We are committedВ sustainable, healthy, hygienic livelihoods over a 6-12 monthsВ time frame (subject to funding).

Our commitment time frame вЂ“ we are committed beyond immediate relief efforts, as the real work begins to rebuild livelihoods once the immediate attention from relief work subsides.

For more refer to the pages on hygieneВ and clean cooking. Both items are overlooked when it comes to rebuilding the lives of the poor after natural disasters like floods вЂ“ but when addressed properly have tremendous potential to rehabilitate victims and improve their livelihoods now and into the future.

Our focus вЂ“ on hygiene management and clean cooking.

Whilst several NGOs, volunteers and government agencies are engaged in flood relief activities, the Marumalarchi initiative is uniqueВ in threeВ ways: This includes access to clean drinking water, clean cooking, and hygiene management within their homes. Over timeВ Marumalarchi is committed to helpingВ families ease back to their normal lives and routines, freeing themselves of the effects of the flood, with better prospects for health, hygiene and cost saving than before.

Enabling self-reliance in food preparation to reduce dependence on relief workers.

Checking the spread of water-borne diseases like cholera and.

In the aftermath of the floods our immediate focus is on assisting victims with: Focus on creating sustainable livelihoods

Our work centers on families inВ communities of the hardest hit, in and around Chennai. Sign on to read the HT ePaper Marumalarchi Program aims to bring transformational changes to the lives of slum dwellers, immigrant laborers and villagersВ who are impacted by the Chennai floods of December 2015.

Congress is not our electoral ally nor are we running a govt. NCP, Shiv Sena, JMM run a govt with them. The RJD, DMK, CPIM are all electoral allies of Congress. вЂњYes, there will be Opposition unity in Parliament. In a tweet on Sunday ,TMCвЂ‰parliamentarian Derek OвЂ™Brien made it clear that the TMC was not an ally of the Congress but dismissed suggestions that the undercurrent of tensions with the Congress may impact unity of opposition parties on the floor of the Parliament. ДЄlso Read: Farm Laws Repeal Bill passed by Lok Sabha, Congress leaders not happy вЂњTMC will not attend the meeting of opposition floor leaders called by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge tomorrow, but definitely will attend the meetings chaired by the Prime Minister and the Rajya Sabha Chairman,вЂќ a TMCвЂ‰leader was quoted as saying on Sunday.

The Trinamool Congress skipped the meeting of opposition parties called by the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge ahead of the ParliamentвЂ™s winter session in a clear indication of its tensions with the Congress in the backdrop of the Mamata Banerjee led outfitвЂ™s ambitions to become the principal opposition force nationally against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).ДЄpart from the Indian National Congress (INC), 10 other opposition parties including the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M), Communist Party of India (CPI), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Marumalarchi Dravika Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Loktantrik Janata Dal, National Conference (NC) and the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) attended the meeting. Mamata Banerjee led outfit hopes to replace the Congress to become the principal opposition force nationally.