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Assam Flood Relief Reaches More Than 12,000 People
Heavy monsoon rain has caused serious flooding in Assam, India.
Many families have lost access to homes, food, clean water, healthcare, and roads.
True Impact Foundation and Bharat Benevita Foundation are working together to help them.
Their teams have reached more than 12,130 people in over 24 villages.
They are giving out food, medicine, hygiene supplies, bedding, and other useful items.
They also provide cooked meals to about 1,500 people every day.
Volunteers are travelling through difficult areas to find families who need help most.
The groups say families will need support for a long time to repair homes, restore jobs, and rebuild their lives.
The relief initiative has reached over 12,130 people across more than 24 villages in Assam.
Aid has been delivered in Sivasagar, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, and Charaideo districts.
A daily cooked-meal programme is currently serving 1,500 people.
Supplies include food, medicines, hygiene items, rain protection, mosquito nets, bedding, and household goods.
True Impact Foundation and Bharat Benevita Foundation say continued support is needed for recovery and livelihood restoration.
- Who
- True Impact Foundation and Bharat Benevita Foundation, with donors, volunteers, local coordinators, and community members, are providing relief.
- What
- The organisations are distributing emergency supplies and cooked meals to people affected by flooding.
- Where
- Across more than 24 villages in Assam’s Sivasagar, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, and Charaideo districts.
- When
- During ongoing monsoon rains and the resulting flood emergency; no specific date is provided.
- Why
- Flooding has displaced families and disrupted access to food, clean water, healthcare, markets, schools, and livelihoods.
Key facts
- People reached
- Over 12,130 people
- Villages covered
- More than 24 villages
- Districts covered
- Sivasagar, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, and Charaideo
- Daily meal programme
- Cooked meals for 1,500 people each day
- Relief supplies
- Dry rations, grocery kits, medicines, hygiene supplies, rain protection, mosquito nets, bedding, and household items
- Priority groups
- Children, elderly people, daily wage workers, and families without regular food access
- Attribution discrepancy
- The article identifies the initiative with True Impact Foundation but attributes one quote to Shameem, described as founder of True Hope Foundation.
Quotes
Deepak Kumar Saw
CEO of Bharat Benevita Foundation
“When a family is affected by a flood, the need is not limited to one thing. People need food, medicines, clean surroundings, basic household supplies, and protection from the conditions around them. Our focus has been to reach communities directly and provide support that can make their immediate situation a little easier. With the support of our partners, we want to continue reaching families who are still waiting for essential assistance.”
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“No single organisation can meet a crisis of this scale alone. Partnering with True Impact Foundation let us combine local coordination with wider reach, and that is what got relief to families faster. We have worked in these communities long enough to know that floods do not just take homes, they take stability for months afterward. Standing with them early, and staying engaged after the water recedes, is the commitment we made.”
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