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"We
want security to our lives first than livelihood"; this
was the
statement of the villagers of Erasama Block, Orissa (INDIA)
after the cyclone. Livelihood security without a saline embankment,
coastal greenbelt, shelter to protect from winter and summer,
repaired village road to access to market, fodder land in
the saline inundated land and a repaired hospital and school
were the priority over goat and cow, vending and retailing.
Who
would think of an enterprise when they suffer from Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD)? The
concept of livelihood changes with the incorporation of life
with dignity. In this way livelihood is a meaningful occupation
of oneself using its endowment (material and human) in a sustainable
manner.
The
skill, capability, accesses and control over resources and
opportunities are essential features of the livelihood security.
This
paper describes how in a disaster project this is embedded
with life and satisfying all the conditions that affect a
dignified living devoid of trauma at least. Since the life
is paralyzed in a disaster project, the dignified living must
be embedded in design simultaneous to planning in farm and
non-farm livelihood function. For long term livelihood security,
the assertion of rights and good governance is necessary.
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