Chennai 2015 Flood and Volunteering

After every natural calamity, a big question is thrown at all of us – When will India have a solid disaster management policy? It’s typical to hear lot of discussion in the press, on TV and on the Internet about the failure of government machinery in combating the situation. Often, this kind of discussion, press notes has a limited shelf life. Soon, some other incident will take precedence. Next, there is hardly any mention about it and the priority of the government steers to another story.

Planning at the time of a Natural Calamity – Volunteering 
So, for the time being let’s forget about the Government welfare and support. Let’s focus on how organized volunteering will be a big support to citizens in times of need.

First of all, it’s important to plan, organize and create a systematic plan for people to volunteer. Before, I care the crux of the idea, visit Seth Godin’s blog to read this post.

According to him, any volunteering activity should have these three aspects such as: An Agenda, Peer Support, and a hierarchy of achievement.

The notes written on the blog clearly summaries the key aspects of having a problem plan, right from support structures, which can lead to better outcomes. I hope you will read the blog and start a proper framework to amplify the result. And finally, there are thousands of people in each locality who are willing to volunteer for different causes, but don’t know where to go, how to go about it, etc.

Can you steer a path?