The severe cyclone Fani, which hit Odisha coast on 3 May 2019, affected 16.5 million people including children in 14 districts. Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, and Kendrapara were the worst affected districts. Following the severe cyclone,  Action Education and UNICEF established 70 numbers of Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in Sadar Block of Puri district in order to provide children a safe place to play, to promote their psychosocial well-being and facilitate healing and recovery.