How did Prashant organize cricket matches for the orphan children in the relief camp?
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1. What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
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The super cyclone devastated everything in Orissa. Majority of the houses had blown away by the strong winds and rains. Muddy water covered everything as far as the eye could see. Many people lost their lives. Bloated animal carcasses and human corpses floated in every direction. Even the strongest of the trees had been uprooted. People became homeless. Children lost their parents and became orphans. There was a shortage of food and drinking water. People were sad and helpless. The scenes were gruesome and heart-wrenching.
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2. How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
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Prashant, who was a teenager decided to help the people of his village by stepping in as a leader. He organized a group of youths and elders to jointly pressurize the merchant to given rice for the people living in the shelter. After this, he organized a team of youth volunteers to clean the shelter and to tend wounds and fractures of the many who had been injured.
Prashant found that a large number of children had been orphaned. He brought them together and constructed a polythene shelter for them. Then he organised cricket matches for children.
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3. How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
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The people of the community came together to help one another under the leadership of Prashant. They jointly started the relief work. They pressurised the merchant to part with his rice for the people in the shelter. They gathered branches from fallen trees to lit a fire, on which they cooked rice for all to eat.
When the military helicopter did not return after dropping some food parcels, the youth task force made the children lie in the sand with the empty utensils on their stomachs to communicate to the passing helicopters that they were hungry. This formula worked well and the helicopter started making regular rounds of the shelter to drop food and other basic needs.
Women were mobilized to look after the orphans, while the men secured food and other essentials for the shelter. Women started working in the food-for-work programme started by an NGO.
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The orphaned children were resettled in their own communityHe takes up a leadership role and starts organising the people. For several months, he helps the people to overcome their difficulties and come back to normal life. He becomes a saviour of orphans and widows. Thus we find Prashant to be a born leader who is ready to work hard to help people to solve their problems. The people of his village are grateful for all his efforts. He is a role model for the youth of our country.
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