In the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, hundreds of school students from Calcutta came together to help Shuffle, an organisation devoted to social welfare. They created kits containing essential items for people in the Sunderbans who had faced the effects of a devastating combination of Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan. The distribution was conducted by Shuffle volunteers who were instrumental in each part of the process — from collection of relief kits to its packaging. Most school students assume that navigating the Sunderbans is a Herculean task and our decision to visit it in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan was not very wise. Armaan Ahmed, coordinator of Project Sunderbans by Shuffle, said, “The government has to come up with better disaster management schemes to help tackle calamities.

Source: The Telegraph June 22, 2020 20:03 UTC