[Solidarité Alpes Cachemire] Le village de Bana

Alai valley is a hilly part of Manhsehra division situated at the distance of 29 km from karakoram High Way, a total household of 336 of which majority are women. A link road connects the valley to KKH. The valley has the telephone facility at their homes. The water and sanitation facility was available before the earth quake. But got damaged and no area is having running water facility for the time. The link road is merely a passage than a road to drive through.

The situation after the earth quack disaster has left all the dwellers of the valley homeless. They live in the temporary shelters (tents and cabins). The government has decided to pay hundred thousand Rupees per household to construct or restore their damaged home. Which they think is quite impossible with this much amount. Of which an initial amount of 25000 Rs. has been disbursed to them.
Food items are provided to them mostly by UN- World Food Program and an NGO, Save The Children. The basic items includes flour, cooking oil and cerials.Other daily life expenses they buy their self .(so they are met by the government fund for help in the reconstruction of their home, )

Education is a matter of concerned to all of them after shelter and food. There were three primary level Government schools, two of which were for boys and one girls’ school.  .All the three got collapsed by the quake hit and schools are managed in tents. A private secondary school is in also there and is good condition there where just 40 students out of 150 are attending classes. Below then twenty percent are now attending the school, as fear of danger is still in the minds of children.
 A situation of uncertainty is prevailed in the people of the area regarding their future rehabilitation and sustainability of life. A thinking of dependency is mostly found in them, they all are looking for   help mostly from out side. Still after shocks are observed in the area and psychological despaired is very much existing in their minds. Initially the tents were installed in dawn part of the valley, near road as to provide assistance easily. A gradual shift of people is now going there from road side to their previous places in the temporary cabins.
 
The current need we feel the  people are really in need are  to have help in build up of their houses and schools at least the stationeries, food items other than the main ones they receive. Kitchen items, utensils, soaps etc are major areas need to pay heed.

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