Nearly 2.67 million people have been displaced by flood in Bihar, where over 2000 villages and 50 towns in North Bihar are completely submerged under the river Kosi, aptly called, ‘the sorrow of Bihar’. 351 people have died so far and about 338,000 houses have collapsed. The most affected district are Supaul, Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Khagaria,Madhubani, Gopalganj.

In the mid of the deluge that has devastated people, the worst affected are children and women. With our field reports received from Katariya village in the worst affected Katariya village (about 20,000 people affected) in Supaul district, some parents even abandoned their own children to save their lives. “My parents told me to move ahead saying they will follow me very soon but they took a different direction. Where should I go now”, said an abandoned, innocent and young girl, Kiran at a relief camp.

Child In Need Institute (CINI) has impeccable track record in responding to disasters in the past. Some of the major ones were: Bhuj Earthquake on 2001, Andhra Cyclone, Earthquakes in Latur, Jammu & Kashmir earthquake, Tsunami in 2006 in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, Bengal Floods, Bangladesh Cyclone and many others with your support and rehabilitated thousands of children and people's lives. CINI has decided to provide relief to the Bihar Flood affected people.   A team is visiting the worst affected villages in Supaul district and detail reports will be made available soon.

This is an URGENT APPEAL to join CINI    in its emergency flood relief support programme to the victims of this unprecedented natural disaster. The affected young children and families like Kiran are looking forward to your support right now. For them, tomorrow is too late.

With your assistance and our staff present in the ground, we will make sure of distribution relief at the earliest possible. This emergency programme will continue for the next couple of months. From the available assessment of needs, we are looking for the following relief materials for distribution: Materials support

Dry ration, Medicines, Torch & Batteries, sanitation items, kitchen Utensils, Tarpaulin, Buckets, Bed sheets, all kind of usable clothing & footwear for adolescents and women.  Needed-large quantities of Rice, biscuits, packed eatables Water purifier tablets, Basic medicines, Sarees, children clothing, Tarpaulins or thick polythene, Bed sheets, Cotton cloth for making sanitary napkins, Mosquito nets Stoves, cooking and water storage utensils/bucket, Dry Stuffs, Safe drinking water.

Education -  Study materials/books for students ,  Temporary school building, Reading books, repair of school buildings are required urgently .
 
Join CINI to support the flood affected children and families. To make donations,  Please send cheque /draft in the name of Child in Need Institute,  and send it across to  Child In Need Institute (CINI),  Daulatpur, P.O.: Pailan, Via Joka, Dist: South 24 Paraganas, Kolkata- 700104, West Bengal, India. Tel.: 91-33- 2497 8348/8192/8206   Fax: 91 -33- 2497 8241,

For more details,  please contact us at cini.international@cini-india.org ,  visit us: www.cini-india.org