10th Annual Research Session(ARS)-2011

The Early Recovery Coordination strategy bringing back the livelihood of flood affected people in resettlement Divisional secretariats in Batticaloa

Mr.S.Thanikaseelan, MDE, EUSL.

Introduction Objectives of the study Methodology Results Conclusion

Contents

The impact of the flood disaster. Most of the people in Batticaloa are depending on the agriculture, home

gardening, field crop, livestock and high land vegetable cultivation for their income generation.

Even though, the destruction of houses, agricultural land, livestock, livelihood assets, market places and other infrastructure as a result of the floods is having a dramatic impact on households’ ability to generate food and income.

◦ 375,205 people displaced◦ Extent of flood damage - 115,000 ha

( equivalent to 77% of the cultivated extent)◦ 214,430 livelihood affected◦ Estimated production loss - 180,908 mt

( 91% of the predicted yield)◦ Estimated economic loss – Rs 5903 million

◦ 23,889 houses damaged◦ 298 Schools damaged◦ 120 major, medium & miner tanks affected

Introduction

Rainfall Averages for Eastern province during the abnormal rainfall period in January and February 2011

District Period- Year 2011

Rainfall-mm

Cumulative rainfall –

mm

30 year average rainfall -

mmTrincomale

eJanuary 1-20th

588.8 1031 115.6

February 1-6th

443.1

Batticaloa January 1-20th

1195.5 1661.3 210.3

February 1-6th

465.8

Ampara January 1-20th

481.3 921 239.1

February1-6th

440.2

Early recovery coordination◦ Early recovery the key phase in the Disaster Management Cycle

(Preparedness, Mitigation, Relief, Responsible, Recovery & Development)

◦ Early recovery is recovery that begins in the post-disaster response or humanitarian relief setting, immediately following a natural disaster or armed conflict.

◦ early recovery and relief efforts aim to generate self-sustaining, nationally-owned processes to stabilize human security and address underlying risks that contributed to the crisis.

◦ This includes activities that will repair, rebuild and strengthen governance, livelihoods, shelter, environment and social dimensions, including the reintegration of displaced populations.

◦ a network of ER focal points from each of the other clusters, to work together on the integration, mainstreaming and coordination of early recovery issues.

◦ High-level information-sharing and decision-making

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0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000

Koralai Pattu North(Vaharai)

Koralai Pattu South(Kiran)

Eravur Pattu(Chenkalady)

Manmunai West(Vavunativu)

Manmunai South West(Paddipalai)

Porathivu Pattu(Vellaveli)

supported by direct inputs

supported via C4W

supported via F4W

Gaps

To Ensure the effective data collection, analysis, finding the needs and gap, updating the analyzed data and disseminate to the all other partners.◦ To organize the coordination meeting in with different partners.◦ To collect the data systematically and develop the livelihood matrix

and updating.◦ To map the livelihood needs, gap and responses.

Status of livelihood assistant.

Objectives of the study

States of Damaged House-Damaged by flood

Agencies Contribution for shelter recovery-17, June-2011.

Planned under constructi

completed Planned under construction

completed

NRC 498 82 40 0 0 0UNOPS 400 0 400 0 0 0ZOA 97 0 0 314 25 120Oxfam 35 0 0 0 0 0Govt 191 0 0 0 0 0offer 29 0 29 0 0 0EHED 50 0 0 0 0 0WV 701 0 701SLRC 50 0 0Total 1300 82 469 1065 25 821

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To ensure the early recovery of the flood affected people in the district.◦ Early recovery activities bordering on humanitarian activities such as

quick impact income generation, alternative livelihood development, indigenous product development, community empowerment and social cohesion.

Ensure the clusters integration and quick response through create the well coordination mechanism.◦ Cluster coordination method.◦ District wise coordination methods◦ Divisional level coordination system.

Methodology:

Based on the paper, secondary as well primary sources are using to achieve the objectives. Under the secondary source the UNOCHA publication, government publications, district wise early recovery reports, monthly flood recovery reports, post-flood assessment reports, district livelihood matrices and maps have selected for analyze the problem to achieve the objectives .

Coordination strategy It identifies the real needs, available capacity of the agencies, and

gap of the response and reduces the duplication and overlap of the recovery assistants.

Strengthen local governance capacity to plan and manage the recovery effort, including facilitation of early recovery prioritization meetings at district and divisional levels

Establish effective and participative early recovery coordination mechanism to support district efforts

Support coordinated early recovery needs assessment, and advocate for early recovery issues to be taken into account in other needs assessments by national and international humanitarian and development actors.

Support early recovery resource mobilization efforts and the tracking of donor assistance

Results

It builds on emergency assistance programmes to ensure that their inputs become assets for longer-term recovery and development.

It supports local initiatives to revive livelihoods, for example agricultural restoration.

It addresses the underlying causes of the crisis.

As a recommendation, to improve the life of affected people, the inclusiveness and effective participation respectively should be developed in the coordination mechanism.

The coordination must well plan and ensure to recover the loses on right time and right people.

The coordination strategy should be develop on priority base such as providing basic needs, housing, resettlement, livelihood, infrastructure and etc.

The mechanism should be consider the follow up and monitoring process to ensure the sustainability in the long term development.

Conclusion

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