🆘 Emergency Relief for Women in Crisis

Swecha Mahila Sangam — Emergency Response Unit provides rapid, dignified and trauma-informed relief to women and their dependents facing acute crises: natural disasters, sudden loss of income, conflict, eviction, or emergencies related to health and violence. Our focus is immediate safety, essential needs, and short-term stabilization while linking survivors to longer-term recovery services.

🎯 Immediate Response Objectives

• 🚨 Provide rapid life-saving support: safe shelter, food, water and hygiene kits
• 🩺 Ensure immediate access to medical care, psychosocial first aid and referrals
• 🛡️ Protect survivors from further harm through safety planning and accompaniment
• 🔗 Link affected women to social protection, cash assistance and legal aid
• 📦 Stabilize households quickly so they can begin recovery

📦 Core Emergency Services

• 🏠 Temporary shelter or safe-space placement (partner shelters or community safe-houses)
• 🍽️ Emergency food parcels and hot meals
• 🧼 Hygiene & dignity kits (sanitary pads, soap, towels, underwear, menstrual supplies)
• 💧 Clean water provision and water-purification supplies
• 🩺 First-line medical assistance and fast-track referrals to hospitals
• 🫶 Immediate psychosocial support and crisis counselling
• 📞 Emergency helpline and rapid response outreach teams

🔎 Protection & Safety Measures

• 📍 Safety assessments and individualized safety plans
• 👥 Accompaniment to police, health facilities and relief distribution points
• 🔐 Confidential intake procedures and secure data handling
• 🛡️ Coordination with protection actors, shelters and legal services for urgent cases

💸 Cash & Livelihood Stabilization

Where feasible and appropriate, we provide:

• 💵 Unconditional or conditional cash transfers for immediate household needs
• 🛒 Vouchers for food, fuel or hygiene supplies redeemable at local vendors
• 🔁 Short-term stipends to cover transport, childcare or emergency medicines
• 🔗 Linkages to government relief schemes, disaster compensation and insurance claims

🤝 Coordinated Multi-Agency Response

We coordinate closely with local authorities, health services, NGOs, and community groups to avoid duplication, fill gaps, and ensure timely aid. Joint needs assessments and referral protocols help route survivors to appropriate services quickly.

📋 Intake, Triage & Referral Pathway

1. Rapid intake and needs assessment by emergency outreach team
2. Triage to safety, medical, psychosocial or legal response as required
3. Provision of immediate relief items and temporary shelter if needed
4. Referral and accompaniment to partner services (health, legal, cash, long-term shelter)
5. Follow-up visits and case management until household reaches short-term stability

📈 Monitoring & Accountability

• 📊 Track response times, number of women assisted and types of assistance provided
• 📝 Beneficiary feedback mechanisms and confidential complaints channels
• 🔁 Regular coordination updates with partners and community representatives
• ⚖️ Transparent reporting of funds and relief distributions

🔒 Safeguards & Ethical Standards

• 🫶 Trauma-informed and survivor-centred approaches in all interactions
• 🔐 Strict confidentiality and informed consent for casework
• 🛡️ “Do No Harm” principle — prioritizing safety and autonomy of recipients
• 🤝 Non-discrimination and equitable access for all women, including transgender and disabled women

💰 Indicative Emergency Kit & Cost Elements

• 📦 Basic dignity kit — ₹300–₹600 per person (menstrual supplies, soap, underwear, towel)
• 🍱 Emergency food parcel — ₹300–₹700 per household (2–5 days’ worth, depending on size)
• 🏠 Temporary shelter support — variable (partner shelter costs or cash-for-shelter rates)
• 💵 Cash assistance — variable by context (one-off or short-term transfers)

*Costs vary by crisis context, local prices and funding model.

🗣️ Survivor Voice

"When the flood came, the team helped us reach a safe place, gave my children food and the dignity kit — they treated us with respect."
– Relief Beneficiary

📞 How to Request Emergency Support / Partner

Location: Swecha Mahila Sangam (Emergency Response Unit)
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 863 928 2611
Email: support@swetchamahilasangam.org
What to share: A brief description of the emergency, location, number of women/children affected, and any immediate safety concerns — our rapid response team will mobilize.