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Presented bySungi Development Foundation
November 19th 2005
The Role of NGOs in Mobilising the Communities
Donors ConferencePakistan
A strong belief and
respect for the power of
nature and indigenous knowledge
Outline of the Presentation
1. NGOs, their work, capacity and legal status
2. Past experience: Earthquake 2004, Heavy
snow and rainfall disaster in early 2005
3. Earthquake 2005
4. Future role of the NGOs
5. What the NGOs expect from the donors
NGOs are
not for profit,
public interest organizations
registered under the law
Registered under• The Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies Act
• Societies Act
• Cooperatives Law
• Trust Act
• Companies Ordinance
All NGO accounts are audited
through licensed Chartered
Accountants
NGOs help in organizinglocal communities
Giving voices to the deprived and marginalised
Enabling people to decide for their own lives and taking charge of their own development
Empowering the marginalized, especially women
Advocating people’s rights
Enabling people to cope with their vulnerabilities
Providing relief through recreation
Earthquake in 2004
Damages to houses
..damage
to schools
Women Relief Committees
Project Implementation Committees Implemented the projects
NGO’s response
Tents: 516
Blankets/Quilts: 3,480
NGO’s response
Tents: 516
Blankets/Quilts: 3,480
Houses Rehabilitated 42Support: SDC-IC
I am back to my School:
Rehabilitated 106 school buildings
rehabilitated 23 health institutions
Aaha: I have access to qualified doctor
Heavy Rains and Snowfall in NWFP
2005
Damage to houses in whole NWFP: 73,881*
Deaths: 453
Injured: 527
Cattle died: 3916
Goats died: 1326
Suffered the most…
It took about two to three months to reach some of the affected areas…
Food to: 6,000 poor families in NWFP, AJK
Support: NOVIB-Norwegian Embassy
..transporting food items to affected areas – a difficult task..
..reaching the most affected… partnership with grassroots institutions and
the local government…
..reaching the most affected… partnership with grassroots institutions and
the local government…
Medical Camp – Beeran Gali
……men, women and Children………
Direct Beneficiaries: 4,100 persons
Rehabilitation of Assets
…Summary of ongoing schemes…in Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Battagram
Houses 440
Hospitals 23Check Dams 20Local Paths 23
Total 729
Irrigation Channels 15DWSS 39Link Roads 24Schools 145
Pakistan Earthquake2005
An Overview
Source: www.earthquakepakistan.com
Relief Activities by NGOs An overview
Majority of the Pakistani NGOs joined hands to respond to the
disaster 2005
Joint Action Committee Earthquake Relief
(JAC ER)
Cooperation among national and international NGOs and
government
Mobilising village organisations to help in relief assistance
Information Sharing and Coordination
www.sungi.orgwww.jacngos.org.pk
www.earthquakepakistan.comwww.spopk.org.pk
-- joint rapid assessment …
Rescue Operations
Relief Efforts – Right from Day 3 of the Disaster
Transitional Shelter: Model 1
Model 2Foreign volunteers helping
Model – 3
Food Distribution
Sanitation
warm clothing
Encouraging female participation for benefits
Earthquake in PakistanEarthquake in Pakistan20052005
Future Strategy
Program Approach
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Building Assets (Social, financial, political, natural, physical, etc.)
Influencing policies/institutional frameworks
A 3-Pronged Approach
Short Term Initiatives
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Launching an awareness raising
campaign on current and potential
risks management
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Increasing people’s access to
information at grassroots level.
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Facilitating the community for their
needs assessment and demand
articulation
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Building community-based disaster
management capacity
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Facilitate in securing of identities and
entitlements of rights of the communities
w.r.t. revenue, property, birth, death etc.
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Enhancing access to civil rights by
providing simplified judicial and
administrative procedures and providing
legal aid.
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Facilitate transparent distribution of
cash grants/income support to
affected communities
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Supporting efficient and transparent
cash grants, and cash-for- work program
through community involvement
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Long Term Initiatives
Reducing the Vulnerability Context and Prevention from Shocks
Encouraging people friendly institutional and
legal arrangements to protect vulnerable
groups such as orphaned children and
women from abduction and trafficking
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Developing community based
accountability forums for restoring and
monitoring of functional mandates of
local elected representatives.
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Involving communities in planning,
execution and accountability of recovery
and rehabilitation operations
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Carrying out community based
social audits of relief and
rehabilitation program
Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees
Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)
Mobilizing Male and Female Village
Based organizations
Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)
Providing financial and technical
assistance for construction of
culturally sensitive, hazard resistant
owner-driven housing
Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)
Helping village communities in
construction of infrastructure such as
access roads, water tanks, irrigation
channels etc.
Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)
Creation of income and employment opportunities
Reviving small businesses and micro enterprises
by enhanced access to micro finance
Developing and enhancing skills
Rehabilitating the disabled
Accelerate the revitalization of local economy
Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)
Rehabilitating their agriculture by providing seed,
diversifying cropping pattern and other technical
input.
Assisting communities in resettlement of livestock
in temporary shelter and improving livestock feed.
Rehabilitating agriculture and livestock
Advocacy: Influencing Policies/Institutional Frameworks
Encouraging communities in decision
making and monitoring of recovery and
rehabilitation operations
Short Term Initiatives
Advocacy: Influencing Policies/Institutional Frameworks
Engaging civil society in the formation of national disaster management policy and plan.
Encouraging people representation in the formation of policy for the disabled.
Encouraging compliance of regulations and building codes
Long Term Initiatives
What do NGOs Expect from Donors?
Assistance to replicate the tested model of social mobilization as an equity partner -
US$ 90 million
Technical assistance
Support for a long-term rehabilitation plan
Many thanks