To have presence of mind in …

Prashant went to his friend’s house in Ersama.

The evening turned into a superstorm accompanied by heavy and continuous rain. Many trees were uprooted and water entered his friend’s house.

Superstorm destroyed everything. Water spread everywhere. Several houses were broken. Dead animals, as well as humans, were floating everywhere. His friend’s family had taken shelter on the roof and the fallen coconut trees kept them alive for several days.

Prashant was worried about his parents. He took a strong stick and started his journey to his village. • He waded through the water and had to push away many dead bodies on way. He was worried about his parents. Perhaps they were not alive.

He reached his village, Kalikuda. He found only roofs in the village. He went to the Red Cross shed and met his family there.

He decided to help the victims and work for improvement. He organised a group of youths for this, put pressure on the merchants to give rice. They made fire and cooked food for the victims.

Then, they cleaned the village and removed dead bodies floating on water.

They made helicopters drop the packets of food. They got food for the hungry.

Prashant was the leader of the youths. He made shelters for the orphans and persuaded the women to look after them.

He arranged work for women and children. He worked for the rehabilitation of the orphans and the windows.

Prashant worked for the welfare of cyclone victims. He became the leader of his village.