WEATHERING THE STORM IN ERSAMA

WEATHERING THE STORM IN ERSAMA

HARSH MANDER

Prasanth a young boy of 19, becomes a great hero in his native village- Ersama, a Coastal village in Odisha.

The place was hit by a severe unexpected cyclone.

All the houses got destroyed.

The death toll was very high.

What all things did he do?

1.      After studying the situation of his devastated village, he organized a group of youth and collected rice from the market, and distributed the same to the needy.

What all things did he do?

2.      He cleaned the shelter house with the help of volunteers

3.      When helicopters stopped dropping food packages, he asked the boys to lie on the ground and made them place the empty utensils on their bellies to attract the attention of the flying helicopters

What all things did he do?

4.      He brought all the orphaned children under one shelter and asked the women to look after them and men were directed to collect food for them.

What all things did he do?

5.      He asked women to join “food for work” NGO programmes.

6.      He organized cricket matches for children

7.      Thus HE TRIED TO REBUILD HIS COMMUNITY after the cyclone

Multiple Choice

WHEN did the cyclone happen?

• 1999 november

• 1999 October

• 1999 spring season

• 1999 March

Multiple Choice

How old was Prasanth, when this happened?

• 20

• 18

• 15

• 19

Multiple Choice

Where did the cyclone happen?

• In a small town in Andra

• In a small town in coastal Odisha

• In Mumbai

• In Bangladesh

Multiple Choice

Where was Prasanth when the cyclone hit the place?

• In his own home

• in his grandma's home

• In a friend's house

• In his town

Multiple Choice

What kind of a house his friend had?

• A house made of mud

• A house made of bricks and mortars

• A concrete house

• A house with a roof

Multiple Choice

Why did his friend's family asked him to stay back, when he got ready to search for his relatives?

• They had a good time staying on the top of the roof.

• They wanted his presence in the house

• They were anxious about his safety.

• Good number of coconuts were available there

Multiple Choice

Why did he use a stick to find the path?

• Because the injured animals may attack him

• Because the path was not visible

• He wanted to go rowing

• He used it to help others

Multiple Choice

When he reached his house, what did he see?

• He saw his grand mother

• He saw that the house was in tact

• He saw his house completely destroyed

• He saw his relatives dead

Multiple Choice

When he entered the Red Cross shelter house, what happened?

• He started cleaning the shelter

• He saw many orphaned children

• His grandma came rushing to welcome him

Multiple Choice

Why did he make the young boys to lie down with empty plates on their bellies?

• He wanted UN agencies to help them.

• He wanted to attract the attention of the helicopters

• He wanted the food to dropped straight to their plates

Poll

What does his efforts show us?

• It shows that even young persons can rise up to the occasions and become heroic.

• It shows that heroism only needs dedicated and focused work

• It urges us to wake up and act for our own community

• It reminds us that there are times and spaces when and where, we should provide our help

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