Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, in association with Desheeya Sevabharathi Keralam Punarjani Counselling Centre, conducted a disaster management counselling camp at Kavalappara, a landslide affected village in Nilambur, Kerala on 7th and 8th September 2019. The camp was conducted at Vellimuttam school of Kavalappara village. Dr. Satheesh Varma, Assistant Professor of Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth lead the camp.
Separate anxiety management sessions were conducted for children and adults in the camp. House visits of the deceased and individual trauma counseling for their relatives were also done by the team.
The camp was facilitated by fourteen psychology counsellors and clinical psychology coordinators of Punarjani project. Around two hundred landslide survivors benefited from the camp.