ANIRUDDHA's ACADEMY of DISASTER MANAGEMENT (AADM)

PREAMBLE

Disaster strikes uninformed, enhancing there by the intensity and magnitude of its impact.

Disaster strikes with full impact where unpreparedness prevails.

So managing and coping with 'disaster' is not a post-occurrence activity. It begins by dealing with unpreparedness, by imparting education and awareness and thereby equipping the common citizen. Imparted education and trained skills along with a positive spirit can and do help to emerge out of a disaster.

Prepare we must for a glance over the recent past brings to the fore horrific instances like the 9/11 episode. This one too struck uninformed and caused ruthless destruction. forcing every nation in the world to reflect over its protection and to consider afresh, its future political policies

Prepare we must for the future is going to be no different. "Over the next twenty to twenty-five years, conflict will become an aspect of everyday events. Values based on theory or principles will have no place whatsoever in this conflict and 'survival of the fittest' will be the only commandment." We are talking about an inevitable Third World War – the gigantic manmade disaster which seems to be knocking on our doors.

In 2001, under the auspicious guidance of Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Upasana Trust,the idea of starting an Academy of Disaster Management took effect. It was Param Poojya Sadguru Shri Aniruddha Bapu's divine foresight and vision that gave a concrete shape to the initiative. The AADM was incorporated in April 2005 as a charitable organization with Disaster Management as its primary cause.

Selfless Service on the path of Bhakti

Today, AADM is the preferred choice of all NGO's to provide competent support to the core emergency services during a disaster emergency to carry out relief measures (AADM - Response) and also during festivals and public events due to their efficiency
in managing huge masses (AADM - Mitigation). AADM has also undertaken projects such as Vermiculture and Pulse Polio Vaccination drives for the general welfare of society.

The strength of AADM is its commitment to the cause and to fellow beings, its strength is its conviction and its faith - its spirit.

Over the years, AADM has been offering its Devotional Services to many events held across the state of Maharashtra without charging any cost to its beneficiary.

AADM intends to provide a platform of certainty, conviction and faith through Devotion and Selfless Service.

AADM - a trained, responsible and compassionate response. 

MISSION

To impart training to and prepare every individual, irrespective of nationality, caste, creed, or religion, in the management of disasters, natural or manmade. At AADM, the management of disasters begins by driving home the vitality of the issue and the imperative need of a comprehensive training; which in other words means, preparedness beforehand and equipping by way of training in rescue methods, primary first-aid, CPCR (until medical help arrives). The training is comprehensive because it equips to handle situations of disaster with the help of learned skills and the acquired emotional strength, before, during and after the occurrence and not only curtails the damage that the disaster could cause, but also goes a very long way in saving life. 

UNIQUENESS OF AADM

• Our strength is our spirit, our commitment to the cause. AADM is committed to imparting training and creating an awareness in every individual, irrespective of nationality, caste, creed, or religion, in the management of disasters of whatever kind, whether natural or manmade, and to build up volunteer bases across the length and breadth of the country for handling disasters effectively.
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• We believe in the philosophy of partnership, be it with our NGO partners, donors, volunteers, or well wishers, who believe in the preaching and teachings of PP Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu. Our hands-on as well as holistic approach to philanthropy gives us a first-hand feel of the community's priorities, creating an iterative learning process for us as well as our partners in areas of program planning, monitoring and evaluation. 
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• Our experience, reach and equity across length and breadth of the country, issues, socio-economic categories has resulted in high levels of flexibility, visibility, freedom to define our own agenda and a public profile that minimizes potential risks. 
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• Our approach is inclusive - we provide an opportunity for every member of society, irrespective of caste, creed, religion or gender to participate in this movement for the welfare of mankind. 
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• We are diligent and our primary concern is the safety of fellow being, which we ensure by way of a timely response to their call. We feel, we owe them this help. 
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• We are entirely independent, without any leanings whatsoever to social, political, or donor ideologies, or to any corporate house, thereby granting ourselves the freedom to go beyond the call of philanthropy and provide assistance to and under the guidance of government and police authorities during manmade or natural disasters, during important festivals and public functions that draw huge crowds and which require expertise in crowd control and in anticipating and averting possible disasters such as stampedes, etc. 
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• We have developed a thorough process for selection and appraisal not only in respect of the initiatives to be supported, but also for drafting of volunteers. 
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• We have developed highly effective planning, monitoring and evaluation systems, that are applied to each of the projects that we work on. 
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• Perhaps the biggest strength that the Academy can pride itself on is the vast cadre of talented, committed and dedicated Disaster Management Volunteers (DMVs). 
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• Perhaps the one single aspect that effectively demonstrates AADM's commitment to its vision, mission and philosophy is that till date the Academy has trained more than 60,000 citizens of this country in the basics of disaster management - a one week course - absolutely free of cost. 
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• To Contact AADM kindly visit   

 http://www.aniruddhasadm.com


TEXTBOOK OF DISASTER MANAGMENT

"Where observation is concerned,chance favours the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur