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Little Drops in Manipur, India

Little Drops in Manipur, India. “Little Drops Life Helpline”. Manipur. Overview of Manipur. Difficult location, partially isolated in the Northeast region of India Violent separatist insurgency, several militant groups Highly affected HIV/AIDS zones Increase of drug addiction

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Little Drops in Manipur, India

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  1. Little Drops in Manipur, India “Little Drops Life Helpline”

  2. Manipur

  3. Overview of Manipur • Difficult location, partially isolated in the Northeast region of India • Violent separatist insurgency, several militant groups • Highly affected HIV/AIDS zones • Increase of drug addiction • Depleting natural resources • Lack of aid and development * Detailed Analysis at end of Presentation

  4. Overview of Chandel, Manipur continued • Difficult living conditions: hilly, rainy, and lack of supplies • Land disputes, struggle for leadership, and religious conflicts • “No Industry Category” • High unemployment • Bad economic state leading to poverty • Lack of aid and development: • Shortage of water • Shortage of power/electricity • No plumbing

  5. ‘Little Drops Life Helpline’ in Manipur • Why? • Due to the various circumstances of Chandel, and Manipur as a whole, there are a number of poor children • They belong largely to poor and marginalized families, conflict victims, drug addicts, and HIV/AIDS infected families • In order to enable these children to live better lives, they need a stable home and educational support • Little Drops decided to start Basileia Children’s Home to provide the support needed to orphans and poor children who could otherwise fall victim to their circumstances

  6. ‘Little Drops Life Helpline’ in Manipur • How? • Basileia Children’s Home • Currently provides a home and supports education for 35 children • Recently purchased 15 acres to build a new home • Little Drops Health Clinic • Serves the public through medical consulting, providing medicines and blood sample collection for disease diagnostics

  7. Basileia Children’s Home

  8. Currently we have three dorms; one for girls, one each for younger and older boys In our new home we wish to construct two large dorms; one to house 50 girls and 50 boys each Our new dorms can be constructed to keep damp air and other weather conditions out We hope to have beds and some form of insulation to keep the dorms warm and the children safe and healthy Dormitory Our dorms are simple wooden constructions and the children sleep on the floor

  9. The children also use the dining hall to do their school work We would also like to have an in-door area large enough for the children to focus on their school work and extra curricular activities Study Area Today, the children work on their class activities on the floor outside their dorms

  10. We need a dining hall, large enough for all the children and preferably sheltered from the weather We will also need a kitchen and store room for our new home Dining Hall The current dining hall where children eat their food

  11. Our water supply, for bathing, drinking and cooking, is insufficient The amount of water we get each month usually does not last So when it rains, we collect rain water Our new home has a patch of wet grass lands, abundant with water from a nearby stream, where a well could be easily constructed to provide a sufficient water supply Water Supply Currently, we pay for water which is filled in 300 litre tanks by water tankers

  12. In our new home we wish to provide clean, non-hazardous bathrooms for boys and girls, separately Toilet / Washroom The current bathrooms are not very hygienic and very inconvenient

  13. The Chandel district is hilly and rainy , making it difficult and unsafe for the children to commute to school by foot We would like to have a vehicle, preferably a school van, so that the children can get to and from school safely Transportation Currently the children walk to school

  14. The Support We Require • Funds to develop the new home • Our current space (which is rented) is becoming cramped and unhealthy as more children come to the home • We recently purchased 15 acres to build a new home • We need help to develop the land • New Facilities: • Two separate dorms; one for 50 girls and one for 50 boys • Clean , hygienic and non-hazardous bathrooms • Kitchen, Store room, Dining hall • Chapel • Fencing for the safety of the children

  15. The Support We Requirecontinued • Water Supply • The construction of a well in the newly acquired land • A generator for a reliable source of Electricity • With a well and power generator it is possible to provide simple plumbing which will greatly enhance hygienic conditions with regards to drinking water, bathing, cooking, and cleaning • Transportation • There is no transportation for children or for emergency purposes • Today, vehicles are being borrowed from members of community in times of need • A van would be extremely useful for the same

  16. New Land for Basileia Children’s HomeA View of the Newly Acquired Land

  17. New Land for Basileia Children’s Home The wet grass land at the new land would be ideal for a well

  18. Analysis of Manipur

  19. Analysis of Manipur • Manipur is a state located in the Northeast region of India, bordering Myanmar (Burma) • Manipur lays in the midst of hills and valleys and due to its geographical position and natural boundaries access to Manipur is limited • A separatist insurgency in Manipur began in 1964 and developed a violent momentum in 1978 • There are currently 34 groups and organizations, including non-violent ones, that demand independence from India • Some consider Manipur “the worst case scenario in the north-east as far as militancy is concerned” (HRW); there are thousands of individual militants

  20. Analysis of Manipurcontinued • The Chandel district is one of the tribal districts of Manipur which is situated in a hilly and rainy geographical region • There are more militant groups in the state than anywhere else in India, at least seven prominent groups operate in Manipur, and rivalries have begun amongst these groups which has lead to greater violence and lack of development • The insurgent groups are not united and often demands of one group will jeopardize the integrity of another groups demands, leading to conflict • Apart from all this, Manipur as a state is in an alarming situation with regard to HIV/AIDS problems

  21. Analysis of Manipur continued • It is one of the most highly affected zones in the world • There is also an increase of drug addictions due to the nearby poppy fields which are destroying individuals lives and families

  22. Analysis of Chandel, Manipur

  23. Analysis of Chandel, Manipur continued • Chandel, a district in Manipur, is located 64km from the capital city of Imphal • Access to Chandel is difficult due to poor road conditions, frequent rainy weather, and road blockades • The Chandel district , where Little Drops Basileia Children’s Home is located, lacks electricity, there is a shortage of drinking water, and zero plumbing to maintain sanitary conditions

  24. Analysis of Chandel, Manipur continued • There is no hospital or clinic in the area which can test blood on site (Though Little Drops Life Helpline Clinic recently opened and can collect blood to be sent to Imphal to be tested) • According to a National Security Council report, the Chandel District was declared a “No Industry Category” and “amongst the most backward and poorest districts” of the country • The Government of India once recognized the tribal's of the district as “primitives” • Since few industries have developed in Chandel, the main occupation is agriculture (‘shifting cultivation’ which is jokingly said to require farmers to work 13 months a year)

  25. Analysis of Chandel, Manipur continued • People of the district largely depend on the forests and its products for their livelihood • In Chandel, as in the rest of Manipur, there is a general disturbance of underground groups which destabilizes and paralyzes the area • Absence of value based political education amongst the people, party politics and factional politics, have been misleading the people, resulting to inter and intra community conflict • According to members of the Chandel community, “the value of living together, concern for one another, and traditional friendship is deteriorating”

  26. Analysis of Chandel, Manipur continued • Other attributes to the present situation stem from land disputes, struggle for leadership, and religious conflicts • People are being deprived of their rights; rights to work, education, food and water, health and various privileges and opportunities like happiness and peace

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