Responding to
DISASTERS CARE's global humanitarian mandate warrants our response to any disaster as per the type and category protocols. The disaster preparedness and response strategy recognizes the need to focus on immediate rapid and slowonset natural disasters and humanmade disasters. CARE India's position to humanitarian work includes preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation. We carry out annual risk proďŹ ling and mapping
of vulnerable locations in India to enhance our preparedness to respond in our programming states. We respond to an emergency in any part of the country where there are gaps in response and unmet immediate survival needs irrespective of the organisation's presence in that state or union territory. In non-presence geography (non-core programming states), depending on the need, CARE works on its recovery and
rehabilitation commitment. Whereas, in core programming states, the possibilities of long term engagement with the affected communities are explored and efforts are made to engage with the affected communities for disaster relief and recovery. During the ďŹ nancial year 2019-20, we reached out to 3,31,392 people through four projects in three states.
