KCBC to Build 100 Houses for Landslide Victims in Wayanad

Kochi, August 8, 2024: Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) has decided to build 100 houses under the leadership of the Kerala Catholic Church for those who lost their homes due to the landslides in Churalmala and Mundakai region of Wayanad district and Vilangad region of Kozhikode district.. The decision was taken at a meeting held on August 5 at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad under the chairmanship of KCBC President Cardinal Baselios Cleemis of Trivandrum Archdiocese. All dioceses, monastic communities, church institutions, individuals and systems of the Kerala Catholic Church are working jointly in the disaster management plan.

In the first phase, 100 families in Wayanad and Vilangad areas who have lost their land and homes will be provided with houses at the location suggested by the government. These houses are also provided with necessary household appliances. The services of expert doctors and medical team serving in the Church's hospitals will be made available as needed. The trauma counseling service already provided by the church will continue. 

Kerala Social Service Forum, the social service arm of the Kerala Catholic Church, has been tasked with leading the relief work. The said service unit works under the Justice Peace and Development Commission of KCBC. All these activities will be carried out under the aegis of the Church as per the instructions of the Disaster Management Department of the Government of Kerala.

By Catholic Connect Reporter