for flood victims of Bihar-India, after their succeeding  campaign in Nepal. 
Haruna Darbo shares: For more detail, please visit 
_http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/News-and-Media/News/Pages/Emergency-relief-programme-in-India.aspx_ 
(http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/News-and-Media/News/Pages/Emergency-reli
ef-programme-in-India.aspx) 
Emergency relief programme for flood victims in India 
 
     
01/09/2008 - After starting an emergency relief programme for flood  victims 
in Nepal two weeks ago, SOS Children's Villages has now also  started to 
provide emergency relief in the Indian province  Bihar.

 
     
(http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/News-and-Media/News/GalleryImages/bihar-floods.jpg)   Thousands  of children are affected by the flooding in 
large areas of Bihar - Photo:  REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri, courtesy of  
_www.alertnet.org_ (http://www.alertnet.org/) Large  areas of the Indian province of 
Bihar, which is situated on the border to Nepal,  have been flooded. More than 
two million inhabitants of one of the poorest  regions in India have now been 
directly affected by the flooding of the dam on  the Kosi river, which was the 
result of heavy monsoon rains. Large scale  evacuations are being carried out 
and more than 250,000 houses have already been  destroyed. 

An SOS emergency team is on the ground in Bihar to carry out  a needs 
assessment and provide the first emergency relief, particularly for  children. The 
new SOS Children’s Village in Begusarai has taken on the role of a  base camp 
and has started to distribute emergency packages containing dry food,  baby 
food, milk powder and clothes to the families affected. An emergency relief  
centre has also been set up in Purnia, where 1,600 families with around 3,000  
children are being provided with relief supplies (baby food, drinking water,  
medication) and sanitary facilities are being set up. 

SOS Children’s  Villages has opened all its facilities in Begusarai to the 
flood victims and has  made various offers to the authorities to provide 
emergency relief. In this way,  children who have been separated from their parents 
can be accommodated and  cared for in the SOS Children’s Village until their 
families are found. Children  who have been orphaned might be admitted to the 
village in Begusarai on a  long-term basis. 

All emergency relief measures are carried out in close  cooperation with the 
authorities. In the framework of its family strengthening  programmes, SOS 
Children’s Villages would also be in a position to support  families affected 
over a period of six to nine months (by providing food,  medical support, 
childcare,  etc.).








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