This initiative was jointly undertaken with MCKS Food for the Hungry. Keeping in mind the similarity of objectives of Causeaneffect and MCKS Foundation’s ?Livelihood Program?. We got associated and started working towards creating the means of ?Alternative Livelihoods? for the Tsunami affected victims. As a part of this initiative, Seven Training modules that make up the entire kit for Training the Tsunami Victims in Alternative Livelihood are being developed jointly. A Team of Volunteers of GMCKS and Causeaneffect are undertaking the Training of these modules to various affected victims. These Training Modules will be primarily developed in Telugu.

The Planning, Monitoring, Production and Execution of the Training Modules would be done with the assistance of iridium Interactive Limited, Hyderabad.

From the initial assessment survey conducted, Anjalapuram from Vakadu Mandal was identified to carry out Relief measures. Anjalapuram is a village accessible by travelling ? km by boat and ? km on foot from Dugarajpuram which is 17 kms from Vakadu, the Mandal head quarters. Owing to the difficulty in accessing the village, it was neither the target for the government or the NGO relief and rehabilitation programs. Many houses in this village were completely wiped out and many houses were partially damaged by the tidal wave. All these people had was washed away and the livelihood of the community completely wiped out.

Information on all the families affected was collected – most of whom were fisher folk and girijan families. These worst effected and vulnerable families were identified and provided relief. The relief package included cooking vessels, crockery and cutlery.