Community Volunteer Programme

Greetings to all!!!

Oli Organisation along with Chennai Corporation participated in National Disaster Management Authority's "Community Volunteer Programmme".

We have sent few willing volunteers for which we got invitation from Chennai Corporation.

It is immense pleasure and learning experience for volunteers who take part 12 days, week end program of "Aapdamitra Flood Disaster Response Course".

It had covered,
1. Basics of Disaster Management in general and floods in particular. 2. Flood rescue Drill , flood water behavior.
3. Uses of boats, ropes and other safety equipments.
4. Practical works on how to use life jackets, life buoys, under water search and rescue, recovery.
5. Transportation and handling of casualties.
6. Swimming aids and Varies types of rope brides
7. Flood protection methods like sand bag walls etc.
8. Flood survival techniques and impacts of Heat, cold and Moisture, Escape procedure and Self rescue.
9. Methods of using Motor boats.
10. Uses of communication equipments etc.

All this session includes in-site practical classes like swimming, boat riding and scuba diving by officials of National Disaster Response Forces.

The officials of Chennai corporation indicated as idea of conducting separate batch for Oli Organisation volunteers to improve our society preparedness for natural calamities.

We, Oli organization immensely happy to help and learn from society.

It is also opportunity to learn this kind of basic skills to respond in emergency suitations. Those who live in and around chennai can take part in this program. If anyone willing, kindly pin to 9894993015.

Let us learn some basics. Let's serve society.

Jaihind.

With Regards
Team Oli.
#OliOrganisation
#GreaterChennaiCorporation
#DisastorReliefSkills
#NDMA 

Chennai Ennore Oil spill Cleanup Work

• A major oil spill in Chennai took place on January 28, 2017, when the ship BW Maple (UK flag), an LPG tanker, ramed into petroleum tanker Dawn Kanchipuram (Indian flag) at 17kmph (nine knots), just two nautical miles off the Kamarajar Port at Ennore near Chennai.

• The oil slick floating along the Chennai coast travelled 32km south and entered the Palavakkam beach on the East Coast Road. Nearly 70 tonnes of oil sludge accumulated on the Ennore shore at Ramakrishna Nagar Kuppam beach

• We, The Oli Organisation actively participated in Chennai Oil Spill cleanup Works. It was immense work organised by Coast Guard along with Government of Tamil Nadu. There were varies departments along with many NGO's like us actively lent their hands with helps of number of Volunteers, successfully removed Oils reached shore waters of north Chennai after battle of one week.