During year (2005-06), Mahiti has implemented Community Based Disaster Preparedness and Management Program (CBDPM) in 15 most disaster prone villages. The aim of this program was to create awareness among communities to face the disasters like floods, cyclones, drought and earthquake to minimize the damages and if possible to make preparedness to face disasters. In all the project villages, a disaster preparedness and management committees (DPMC) were formed. The committees consists of members such men, women and local teachers who can assist people in adverse circumstances. They have been imparted trainings on CBDPM. The activities carried out under this program are briefly narrated here.

The members of Disaster Preparedness and Management Committees were also imparted trainings on First Aid Training in Emergency. The aim was to guide and teach the participants how to provide emergency treatments to victims so as to avoid loss of human life. This training was organized by Mahiti in association of Indian Red Cross Society, Bhavnagar at Mahiti Campus. The trainings included topics like tying bandage on injured hand or on bleeding part of the body, how to tie a sling in serious cases of fractures, giving artificial respiration, brining water out from a drowned person’s stomach. The participants were also given brief explanation on human body system, characteristics of blood and use of first aid kit.