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Caritas India has been extensively involved in emergencies, reconstruction and rehabilitation work. Our response to major national disasters has been immediate considering the speed with which we provide relief assistance to the affected. In almost every major natural calamity during the past few decades, Caritas India and its local partners have been the foremost in action to reach aid where no one else has.

Rescue, relief and rehabilitation are only the primary stages of an emergency assistance. However Caritas India takes up the next level—of preparedness--with serious commitments. With a participatory perspective, our programs are executed in collaboration with the local communities and governments. This approach ensures preparedness and sustainability of life and livelihood.

Our achievements and involvement in some of the major landmarks of disaster response are as follows:

* Bangladesh Refugee Relief in 1970s,
* Maharashtra Earthquake Rehabilitation (1993 - 1998)
* Andhra Pradesh Cyclone Relief & Rehabilitation (1996 - 1998)
* Orissa Super Cyclone Relief and Rehabilitation (1999 - 2003)
* Gujarat Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation (2001).
* Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation (2004)
* Kashmir Earthquake (2005)
* Kosi Breach- Bihar Floods (2008)
* Khandamal Riots, Orissa (2008)
* Cyclone Nisha, Tamil Nadu, (2008)
* Cyclone Aila, West Bengal, (2009)
* Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka Floods, (2009)
  Disaster Management Services
  Caritas India Emergency Policy
  Position paper on CBDP
  Integrating Preparedness measures in Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation

Belief
Caritas India acknowledges people’s right to receive humanitarian assistance of internationally recognized quality and standards and believes that all possible steps are taken to prevent and alleviate human suffering in order to enable a life in dignity.

Objective
* Capacitate partners to respond immediately and effectively to disasters through relief and rehabilitation
* Enable partners to link emergency relief and rehabilitation to long term development.
* Enable the community to strengthen their resilience to disasters by building on their available resources and capacities, to reduce vulnerability.

Strategies
* Integrating preparedness measures in relief and rehabilitation
* Linking Relief and rehabilitation to Development
* Dissemination of Caritas India Disaster Response policy among partners.
* Facilitate partners to develop their own Disaster response policy.
* Build up a pool of competent, potential members for ERST (Emergency Response Support Team).
* Improvised coordination mechanisms
* Capacity building of Caritas India staff and partners on LRRD(Linking Relief and Rehabilitation to Development ) / CBDP (Community Based Disaster Preparedness)

Institutionalization of Sphere Standard
Caritas India is one of the pilot agencies promoting Sphere Standard in disaster management. Sphere Project was launched by a group of NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement in 1997. It sets a minimum standard in disaster response based on humanitarian charter. Caritas India makes every effort to adhere to the common minimum standards towards execution of all its disaster management programs.
 
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