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The FIOH Education and Development Fund
48 Churchward Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire SN2 1NH
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Tel/Fax 01793 532353
Registered Charity Number 1047953

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FARM AND TREE PLANTING NURSERY NEAR MUNIGUDA, ORISSA

BACKGROUND
In 1984 Eliazar Rose, whose parents once suffered from leprosy , a Research Trust established with some of his friends to help the the tribal people in the Rayagada District of Orissa suffering from leprosy, cholera, malaria TB and hepatitis. Although this early work was focused on these diseases, it was soon recognised that addressing the needs of the people required a more holistic approach that would increase incomes whilst at the same time preserving the natural environment on which the tribal people depended.
In 1985 an organisation named the New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust was established to develop this approach. The FIOH Fund has supported some of the smaller projects of New Hope since 1995. FIOH UK has also supported projects before the affiliated charity was established.

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		An 11 hectare plot of land was purchased by New Hope with a grant of £2,500 from the FIOH Fund in 1990. Part of the land was used to establish a nursery for 60,000 tree seedlings. These were later supplied to tribal people living in the surrounding hills where demand for fuelwood had been causing deforestation and erosion. Bricks were also produced here from the local clay and fired using waste rice husks. Some of the bricks were used to construct on-site facilities for vocational training for both leprosy and polio patients.

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	CYCLONE RELIEF - THE GREEN EYE CLUB This project was started after the severe cyclone that hit the coast of Orissa in 1999 to involve children in (i) growing tree seedlings and green vegetables to reduce vitamin A deficiency (the main cause of night blindness) and (ii) the identification of old people with eye cataracts.
		A red mark on the side of the school in the coastal village of Kiada, Ersama Block, indicates the level at which the water settled on the 29th Oct 1999 after a 9m tidal wave generated by a severe cyclone caused devastation along the Orissa coastline.


		Women, most of them widows as a result of the tidal wave, were provided with vegetable seeds to establish their own kitchen gardens.
	Children started planting tree seedlings in March 2,000 and helped with a simple procedure to identify old people with cataracts.
New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust, PO Box 1, Muniguda, Rayagada District, Orissa, India 765020 - Web site

The New Hope Rural Community Trust is a registered charity based in the UK dedicated to supporting the work of the India Trust - Web site

	TRANSIT CENTRE FOR STREET CHILDREN IN GUNTUR In 2000, Mohan Rao and his brother and some friends established HEARTS to help poor and marginalised people. One of its first projects was to rent lock-up buildings close to Guntur railway station to provide the 'street' children with accommodation, some education and vocational training and games facilities. In 2003 the FIOH Fund provided a grant for a permanent home for the children at a rural site about 6 miles from Guntur city centre on a one and half acre site which HEARTS had acquired with a bank loan. The home was inaugurated on 19th Feb 2004 during a visit by FIOH Fund chairman, Mike Thomas. Plans for the future include a row of vocational training workshops, playing area, sheds for buffaloes and chickens, small neem tree plantation and organic vegetable plot. The boundary will be defined by rows of coconut trees. A 60m deep borewell and pump have been provided for the home and the crops and animals. The FIOH Fund provided a grant to build the new home.

Further details of the project HERE

	TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF Backgound A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake struck Indonesia on 26th Dec 2004 and was to claim the lives of about 273,000 people in total along coasts around the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea and extending as far as Africa. The FIOH Fund responded by fundraising to help the victims, as were thousands of other people around the world. The following pictures illustrate the aftermath situation far better than words can. New Hope was once again involved in helping the victims, especially in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The FIOH Funds help was this time routed through HEARTS. This disaster, perhaps because of the large number of tourists killed, had received wide media coverage. Many of the tourists who narrowly escaped the disaster raised large sums to help the victims and an early warning system, similar to the one that already operated in the Pacific region, has now, belatedly, been installed. Ironically, this disaster helped to lay the foundation of an agreement between the Indonesian government and rebels in the Aceh region. However, towards the end of 2007, the large amount of aid which flooded into the region was to create tension between coastal dwellers and poor people inland who had not benefited .




		The pictures show evacuation, people sleeping on the street,victims of the tsunami and relief work. HEARTS director, Mohan Rao, is shown on the left helping orphan children.


	HEARTS, PO Box 247, Arundelpet, HPO, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India 522 022

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