How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?

The super cyclone devastated everything in Ersama,a small town in coastal Orissa. As a result, majority of the houses were destroyed,people lost their families and belongings,trees were uprooted. Only the strong cement houses were spared. The air was filled with screams .As far as the eye could see,the land was seen covered with dirty brown with bloated animal carcasses and human corpses floating on that water.The scenes were gruesome.People could be seen trying to save whatever they could lay their hands on. There was shortage of food. People were sad and helpless and a pall of gloom had descended on the people all around.

Prashant helped the people of his village by first getting a grip over himself because he was initially shocked on witnessing the after effects of the cyclone. He decided to step in as the leader of his village. He organized a group of youths and elders to jointly pressurize the merchant to given rice for the people living in the shelter. He was successful in this task. His next task was to organize a team of youth volunteers to clean the shelter and to tend to the wounds of the people who had been injured because of the cyclone.
Prashant also brought a number of orphaned children together and constructed a polythene shelter for them. While women were mobilized to look after them, the men secured food and other essentials for the shelter. When he realised that the women were becoming too grief-stricken, he persuaded them to start working in the food-for-work programme, which was initiated by an NGO. He also organized sports events for children.