Relief & Disaster Management: Our goal is help local communities during natural calamities and disasters. A cyclone in the Indian Ocean equivalent of a hurricane called “Fani” hit the coast of Odisha state on Friday, 3rd May 2019 at a magnitude somewhere between Category 3 and 4. The wind speed was 200 km per hour. The local Indian Government pulled off a near miracle, evacuating over 1.2 million people ahead of the storm, resulting in a death toll under 50. Many local villages, were able to take shelter in the STEP campus’s concrete buildings. We helped with food and water during this crisis. So far, 5000+ have been helped with relief and food packages.
COVID-19 RESPONSE: India is one of the populous countries with 1.2 billion people with a fragile economy, struggling to help the needy and poorest of the poor. COVID-19 lockdown was announced on Tuesday, March 24th, a nationwide lockdown until 30th May 2020. STEP is committed to serve the poorest of the poor in this time of crisis, created by the COVID-19 pandemic. During this difficult time STEP served the families in remote villages with food packets and distributed masks (produced in our sewing center) in the remote villages.
Food & Hygiene Packages Distributed: 315 Families (Approximately 1575 people benefited)
Blankets Distributed: 50 Children
