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Managing a disaster
 The
village of Levanjipuram, Tirunelveli district, the state of Tamil
Nadu. A tiny hamlet with 200 houses, mostly
huts. The time was around 1 a.m in
the night on the 24th of January 2004, when the entire village was
asleep. One of huts caught a fire whose menacing flames threatened
to burn the entire hamlet. The resident of the hut, Mohammed
Ibrahim came out shouting for help.
 Immediately,
four young men swung into action: Jaypaul, Velmurugan, Rajadurai
and Perumal. Acting with great
presence of mind, they quickly moved and pulled down the thatched
roof of the burning house with fire hooks and prevented the fire
from spreading.
Apart from this,
they boldly moved in and rescued the meager belongings of the
resident.
A relieved Ibrahim
hugged his saviours and thanked them profusely for saving his only
belongings. The
 village
Panchayat too heaped praise on these brave men.
But the heros of our
story, in turn, thanked Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba who had
enabled them to be of some service to the village. They had
acquired this courage and these skills as part of the nationwide
Disaster Management program that has been
undertaken by the Sathya Sai Seva Organizations. The aim is to
create
vibrant, fully trained, well
motivated and equipped teams of Sai youth members in each district
of India who will move into any natural disaster affected zones
within 24 hrs and render seva to minimize the effects and after
effects of such disasters.
 
Want to be part of
this noble endeavour? Contact your local Samithi Convener
immediately!
Source:
Radio Sai
E-Magazine, June 15, 2004
http://www.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_02/12June15/07_Window_to_Sai_Seva/sai_seva.htm
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