A photograph is a Story – Day 5 (Theme – A symbol of Education)

Image 5 – माझी शाळा / My School
डोंगरावर वसलेली, झाडा-फ़ुलांनी सजलेली
बसायला जमिन आणि खेळायला शेत…
कवेलुचं छत आणि भिंतीला शेणाचा लेप…
स्वच्छ हवा देते जगण्याचं बळ…
आणि ही माती देते शिक्षनाचं बळ…
शोधुनही मिळणार नाही अशी सुंदर शाळा…
माझी शाळा

Located on a hill, surrounded by trees and flowers…
A floor to sit and a farm to play…
Roof made up of mud and wall coated with cow dung…
Fresh Air gives the power to live…
And this soil gives the power of education…
It is difficult to find such a beautiful school…
This is my School…

Location: Kalewadi Village, Western Ghats
#Liveliness_ST

Specifications –
EOS 1200 D
Tv 1/1250
Av 7.1
ISO 200
53.0 mm

Understanding Cunningness and Challenges in Assessment of Need

A Case Study of Adiware and Malin – Amade Grampanchayat, Pune

Abstract

In this paper a case study of Adiware and Malin – Amade Grampanchayat is explained. The main objective of this paper is to focus on the issues of coordination, communication and local participation in the context of loopholes and challenges of need assessment. This paper speaks about the geographic details of the disaster affected area situated in Western Ghats (Eco Sensitive Zone) and how human interventions have converted a hazard into a disaster. Further, it deals with the factors influencing the methodologies adopted for need assessment and how it leads to generate gaps within the assessment. Historical evidences of disasters and how it has interlinkages with the need assessment, resource allocation and monitoring is explained in this paper as a part of case study. Finally the paper reflects the importance of inclusion of social, physical, environmental and economic factors into the need assessment and how non calculated need assessment generates disorganization is described.
Keywords –– disasters, need assessment, human factors.