There was acute shortage of food at the shelter. The children were hungry. The helicopters once dropped some food parcels but then did not come again. Prashant made the children lie on the ground with empty utensils on their stomachs. It very successfully conveyed the message to the authorities that they were hungry. Due to his efforts, the helicopters started dropping food regularly.

Prashant’s family had been worried about him. When he did not return for days, they thought they had lost him. But when Prashant’s family found him alive at the Red Cross shelter, they were extremely happy. They took it to be ‘a miracle’ because it wasn’t easy to survive the rains and the flood.

Prashant could sense the feeling of a deathly grief settling fast upon the people in the shelter. They mourned for the people who died due to the flood and the property they lost. They also had nothing to eat. Prashant formed teams to resolve these problems. He also organised matches to lift their spirits.

Prashant could sense not only the physical but the emotional and the psychological needs also. He made a separate shelter for the orphans. He encouraged women to look after the children. He further encouraged them to come out of the stigma. He organised some amusement activities to lighten up their lives. With his leadership quality, he managed to infuse a new life in them.

On his way back to his village, Prashant saw the havoc caused by the rain and the flood. He saw the villages swept away by the flood and the carcasses and corpses floating in the water. He had to wade through the water. He could see no house in any of the villages. It disappointed and despaired him. He started crying loudly.