At times of catastrophes, only a helping hand of support can revive hope and faith for the victims of the brutalities of nature. Being a disaster-prone country, India is highly vulnerable to various types of natural calamities due to its geographical positioning. According to the National Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India, more than 58.6% of the country’s landmass is prone to earthquakes and over 12% is prone to floods; close to 5,700kms out of the 7,516kms long coastline is prone to cyclones and tsunamis; while 68% of its cultivable area is prone to droughts.
Disaster risks in India are further compounded by increasing vulnerabilities related to changing demographics, socio-economic conditions, unplanned urbanization, development within high-risk zones, environmental degradation, climate change, and epidemics and pandemics. All these factors have created a situation where disasters seriously threaten the sustainable development of the country, besides innumerable lives and livelihoods.
Bugle Trust Karnataka has always been in the forefront whenever such a natural upheaval has occurred by providing health, hygiene, education and survival kits to the victims. In addition to this we also provide prosthetic and orthopaedic aid to the injured, vocational training to the widows , temporary shelters, water storing facilities as well as schools.
Bugle Trust Karnataka, with its welfare interventions focused on children and their families, responds to the call of humanity in times of such calamities under its Disaster Response programme. From the Nepal earthquake to the Chennai floods in 2015, Bugle Trust Karnataka has acted promptly to reach out and respond to the immediate needs of the disaster affected people, while also maintaining a sustainable approach to help them rebuild their lives by facilitating their education, healthcare and livelihood.
Some of the calamities during which Bugle Trust Karnataka has initiated disaster response are the Tsunami, the Kashmir Earthquake, the Maharashtra floods, the Bihar floods and the Uttarakhand floods.