Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)

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Project title: Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) inclusive in South Asia program.

Donor: Handicap International. Duration: June 2011 to September 2012.

Goal:

Contribute to reducing the vulnerability of South Asian populations living in areas most affected by natural disasters, by increasing the awareness and the response capacities of local communities to potential and frequent natural disasters and to reduce the effects on the most vulnerable.

Specific Objective:

Enhanced inclusive community based disaster risk management practices at community level in South Asia serve to advocate at national and regional levels for inclusive disaster risk management.

Background:

YPSA has been awarded one 15 month long (July 2011 to August 2012) regional project, namely “Make community-based disaster risk management inclusive in South Asia” under the DIPECHO VI Action Plan for South Asia. The principal objective of this project is to “contribute to reducing the vulnerability of South Asian populations living in areas most affected by natural disasters, by increasing the awareness and the response capacities of local communities to potential and frequent natural disasters and to reduce the effects on the most vulnerable”. This regional project will be implemented in 5 countries of South Asia, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Under this regional project, Handicap International Bangladesh is responsible implement the component Bangladesh. As a part of implementation strategy, Handicap International Bangladesh is entering into partnership with Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) for quality implementation, sustainability and joint advocacy. The project will be implemented in Sitakund, Chittagong.

In the context, this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is being proposed between two organizations, Handicap International Bangladesh and Young Power in Social Action (YPSA).

Geographic Location Coverage:

Name of District	Name of  Upazilla	Name of Union	Name of Shelters	Name of Village	Beneficiary/TG coverage
					Categories	Direct	Indirect	Total
Chittagong	Sitakund	1 no Sayedpur	North weast SayedpurMohanagar	North weast SayedpurEast SayedpurAnterkhali Kaderkhil Mohanagar	Male	250	2000	2250
					Female	500	3500	4000
					Child	180	1500	1680
		7 no Kumira	AlakdiaKazipara	AlakdiaKoatparaNorth GoramaraKaziparaShonarpara Hinguripara
					Total	930	7000	7930

Major Activities:

1. Conduct participatory community vulnerability mapping and develop inclusive contingency plans.
2.  Conduct community capacity building and awareness on rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in inclusive disaster management.
3. Implement community mitigation initiatives to improve accessibility and participation of persons with disabilities in community based disaster management processes.
4. Conduct community trainings and drills on inclusive disaster preparedness.
5. Pre-positioning at disaster management centres of disability related equipment for disaster response
6. Identify persons with disabilities and their families, assess their needs, and provide them with information and referral to facilitate access to services
7. Support persons with disabilities to increase mobility in case of disaster
8. Capacity building of persons with disabilities and caregivers for self-preparedness for disaster
9. Collect and document good community level inclusive disaster risk management practices
10. Support the linkage, interaction and exchange of disability and DM bodies at different levels
11. Initiate strategic collaboration with relevant institutions and DRM actors to increase their knowledge and advocate for the inclusion of disability and DRM issues in practices and curricula.
12. Proactively integrate disability actors, particularly DPOs into DRM and inclusive DRM.
13. Provide technical support to DM authorities to review policy documents and make them more inclusive.
14. Train senior and middle management staff from DM authorities, district, block and local self-governance institutions on UNCRPD and inclusive disaster management
15. Conduct a regional KAP study of stakeholders on the integration of disability in DRM
16. Consolidate tools developed within each country into a regional disaster management toolkit
17. Share good community-level practices at regional level and coordinate the development of innovative practices and guidelines on selected topics
18.  Develop the linkage between Disaster Risk Management and emergency response.
19. Disseminate good practices towards governmental and non governmental actors.

Target & Achievement:

Activities	Target(11-12)	Achievement(11-12)	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
Union level program  inception	02	02
Upazilla level program  inception	01	01
Disaster volunteer meeting	32	32
Disaster volunteer training	04	04
Cyclone Shelter Management Committee meeting	32	32
Cyclone Shelter Management Committee training	04	04
Union Disaster Management Committee meeting	16	16
Union Disaster Management Committee training	02	02
Upazilla Disaster Management Committee meeting	07	07
Upazilla Disaster Management Committee training	02	02
Masson training	01	01
Disable  focal person training	01	01
Village level Community Risk assessment(CRA)	11 village	11 village
Union  level  Community Risk assessment(CRA)	2 union	2 union
Village level Contingency  plan	11 village	11 village
Union  level Contingency  plan	2 union	2 union
Artisan training	01	01
Accessibility Orientation	01	01
Courtyard Meeting	86 meeting	86 meeting
Fisherman meeting	18 meeting	18 meeting
Self help group meeting	40 meeting	40 meeting
Program  inception for Self help group	04	04
Inclusive DRM training for School Management Committee  training	04	04
Mock drill	07	07
Day observation	02	02
Art Competition	08 school	08 school
Inclusive DRM training for Other Disability Concern group training	04 batch	4 batch
Assistant  device  distribution	200 person	200 person
Eye Camp	01	01
ENT Camp	01	01

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