Even thinking about the lashing rains, followed by massive landslides, road cave-ins, a bridge collapse, and hundreds of crumbling homes, brings chilling fear back to her bones. It has taken months for families in Chandel district of Manipur to get back to some semblance of a regular life; a life that was so cruelly destroyed by the unprecedented deluge last year. But if it wasn’t for Shangnaidar Tontang, the affected communities wouldn’t have been able to get through this difficult time. With no previous experience in either emergency response or rehabilitation, these events have been a huge learning for her.

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