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On the 26th of December 2004, a tidal wave of unimaginable force struck the south of Asia , including the eastern coast of India, where 11 000 people were killed, 5 000 missing, and 300 000 made homeless.
ADER was one of the few French NGOs already active in South India before the Tsunami. Its ten-year involvement with populations among the poorest in India, in favour of long term improvement of housing and living conditions, and of revenues, has allowed it to be rapidly operational. In partnership with ISCOS-CISL, an Italian NGO dedicated to supporting workers' organisations in developing countries, ADER has set up five post-emergency projects which will benefit several thousands victims of the Tsunami on the coast of Tamil Nadu :
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 Tsunami on 11-26-2004 
Tsunami on 11-26-2004
 ADER's regions of activity
ADER's regions of activity
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India Support to local NGOs
NGOs information office - Photo : ADER |
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Capacity development as well as support towards the financial independence of local small and medium NGOs.
Capacity reinforcement of local NGOs which implemented post tsunami programmes in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu states in order to become self-sufficient in fundraising and sustainable projects.
Area of activity Southern India. Pondicherry, Karaikal and 5 coastal districts of Tamil Nadu
Local partners
- MCC, Murray Culshaw Consulting
- Indian university lecturers
- Topic-oriented specific trainers
Duration of the project 1 year, as from 01/01/07.
Funded by
 Fondation de France
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Integrated reconstruction concerning 4 rural villages
One of the four community centres in construction - Photo : ADER
A weaver at work during the crafts training session - Photo Sébastien Le Clézio
A beneficiary in front of her new house - Photo : ADER
Agricultural activity for the desalination of the lands - Photo : ADER
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The beneficiaries of this programme are 318 landless agricultural labourers' families, all of them untouchables (Dalits), who even before the tsunami were one of the most underprivileged populations in India. The process of reconstruction is being implemented according to an integrated approach, laying the foundations of long term and autonomous development: quality housing reconstruction, economic reorganisation, vocational training, social consolidation, setting up of agricultural co-operatives, purchase and desalination of land. This 2-year project was launched on the 1st of June 2005.
Local partners
- ISED (social support)
- ARTES (housing)
- ICF (handicrafts)
- Enfants du Monde India (agricultural activities)
- DTF (construction training)
Work in progress as of 31st
January 2007
Under the supervision of construction professionals, trained beneficiaries participate in the construction of their own house as part of a " cash for work" programme. At the end of August, 175 houses have been completed in 4 villages, and 47 more are at the finishing stage. A new batch of 70 houses is to start in February. Altogether 198 beneficiaries have been trained in construction works. Construction of two community centres is on going. They will be ready to host training activities by mid February. The 41 beneficiaries who attended a six-month handicraft training have been organised into a society to continue their work. Desalination of 7.5 acres of land by a group of 15 beneficiaries is on going.
Duration of the project
2 years as from 1st of June 2005.
Funded by
 Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (France)
Fondation de France
 Solidarité Laïque - La Ligue de l'Enseignement
 Croix Rouge Française
 ISCOS-CISL
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Economic support to the Dalit populations
Meeting of a women Self Help Group - Photo : ADER
A dalit backwater fisherman on his boat - Photo : ADER |
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An economic support project concerning the Dalit populations affected by the Tsunami in the District of Kanchipuram in the State of Tamil Nadu, South India: through the setting up of micro-credit groups, the Dalit populations who were employed as daily labourers mainly in fishing and agriculture before the tsunami will be able to access new livelihood means (crab farms, livestock, small boats and nets for the backwater fishermen) while others will be given technical training aimed at starting various alternative economic activities. The beneficiaries are 1150 Dalit families. This 18-month project was launched on the 1st of February 2006.
Local partner
- DFDL (District Forum for Dalit Liberation)
Work in progress as of 31st
January 2007
Self Help Groups (SHGs) are now 107 in 15 villages and group 1598 beneficiaries, of which 549 have received loans. In 10 villages these SHGs are grouped into village federations.
Apart from the previous 39 families who were already distributed small inland fishing crafts and nets, 54 families in 5 villages have received cattle, dairy cows or goats.
8 computers have been purchased for a computer-training centre in Mahabalipuram, and 10 load autos purchased, to be managed by the village federations.
Duration of the project
18-month as from 1st of February 2006. Funded by Fondation de France |
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Housing project in favour of the fishing populations
Living conditions of the community before intervention
Living conditions of the community before intervention |
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A housing project in favour of the fishing populations affected by the Tsunami in South India: the aim is to provide permanent housing and improved hygiene to a fishing village affected by the tsunami in the District of Nagapattinam. The beneficiaries are the 600 families in the fishing village of Thirumullaivasal, in the District of Nagapattinam. The families lost their houses in the tsunami and for more than a year have been living in temporary encampments hastily built by the government and the NGOs. The project has been thought out as requiring the active participation of the beneficiaries and the aim is the rebuilding for them of a village equipped with decent sanitary installations as well as a community centre promoting social interaction. This 8-month project was launched on the 1st of February 2006.
Local partner
- VDS
- ARTES (housing)
- CEE (social support)
Work in progress as of 31st August 2006
The project that was stopped in June due to the unavailability of land was restarted in August. Land surveying and cleaning works as well as the selection of a building contractor (by tender) are ongoing. Construction activities are expected to begin in September.
Duration of the project
8-month as from 1st of February 2006.
Funded by
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Local and French NGOs' Co-ordination and Information Office
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