Download - Role of NGO's in Vulnerability Reduction
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Chowhan Balaji SinghExecutive Director
Care Today Fund
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Disasters destroy development gains
Disasters aggravates inequities within the
communities
Disasters enhances as well as create povertyDisasters diverts attention from pursuing
development programs
Disasters suspends the much required service
delivery
critical for poor
Disasters diverts investments
Disasters are politically sensitive events
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Physical
Vulnerability
Economic
Vulnerability
Social
Vulnerability
Personal
& Behavioral
vulnerability
Poverty and Disasters aggravate vulnerability
Understanding Vulnerability
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Physical location
Extent of need
Unwillingness to adhere to codes / laws
Lack of awareness
Unstable & narrow livelihoods Social divide accepted status of some
Unwillingness to change or adapt
Personal habits / predispositions
Poverty, lack of education, social exclusion contribute
and aggravates vulnerability during disasters
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Mostly they are organization with focused
geographies & functions
Have a strong understanding of the socio-cultural
contextThey understand strengths and weaknesses of the
communities
They are flexible making them easy to organize for
different time frames, locations and scalesUnderstand intangibles
Conscious of brand value
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Often seen working for the underprivileged
sections
Many exhibit technical excellence in a
specific field They tend to carry experience gained from
different location to their site of work
Open for collaborative efforts
Capable of working in missionary mode
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Works very closely with the communities
Believe in genuine community participation
in various stages of the programs delivery
They exhibit capabilities to organizecommunities
They are capable to taking up advocacy for
change with the government as well as with
the communities
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Better Preparedness Before Disasters
Sound Response Immediately After Disaster
Building Back Better
After the Disasters Building Better In normal situation
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We can do many things but not everything
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Identify and assess vulnerabilities
Increase community awareness
Organize communities to enhance preparedness
Identify community strengths & weaknesses and train Promote inclusion of potentially excludable sections
Promote community ownership
Promote livelihood diversification with focus on disaster
resilience in hazard prone areas Promote government policies and convince communities
Strengthen last mile communication
Introduce technology and management models on lower
scales before scale ups
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Immediate deployment for providing relief - Reach and
activate themselves quickly
Identify the most vulnerable to provide additional focus
Capture socio-cultural specificities
To identify and address emerging and newer
vulnerabilities (location specific) and address them
Disseminate relevant information to the communities
Identify and undertake soft interventions Observe government response and provide feedback
Undertake specialized actions for people with special
needs even at lower scales
Respond to smaller emergencies
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Suitable for resource mobilization from citizens and
businesses
Provide an opportunity for citizens from different
countries to get connected Ensure community voices are heard
Protect socio-cultural practices
Promote bottom up approach and community
participation
Provide special focus on excluded communities
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Focus on communities with special needs
Promote appropriate rehabilitation practices
Make the best of the situation and push least
privileged sections up the social value chain
To promote concepts of building back better
Contribute and provide feedback to
rehabilitation strategy Partnering government in service delivery
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Strengthen strategic focus on vulnerability
reduction
Focus on strengthening organizations
systems, processes and capabilities to beable to respond better
Special focus on disaster vulnerability
reduction while planning other programs
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Government should engage NGOs both at
strategic and operational levels
Govt-NGO mechanism for collaborations both
at national and state level with clearguidelines for operational collaboration
Government funding for NGOs for the
vulnerability reduction programs should be
enhanced Actions to enhance and strengthen trust
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C. Balaji Singh
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