INDRANARAYANPUR NAZRUL SMRITI SANGHA

(INSS)

WELCOMES YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

Mission:INSS shall strive to provide meaningful opportunities for social and economic development of the poor and deprived sections of the society , working towards a sustained growth to improve the standard of lives of the target communities. INSS shall give preference to

empowerment, entitlement and equity of women, children and other differentially vulnerable groups.

The organization shall ensure a harmonious integration of human lives with the natural environs.

Vision:Capacitate community to take local initiatives for self help

sustainable changes towards just society.

• INSS is a leading NGO with its own network in South 24 Paraganas, West Bengal

• Emergency Response and CBDP-one of the major programmes.

• Emergency Response through our partners

• INSS also promotes Community Organization

THE ORGANISATION

EXPERIENCING ON…

COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

(CBDP)

Community Based Disaster Preparedness

(CBDP)

Area Covered:

District Block GPs No.Villages24 Pgs.(S) Sagar Gangasagar 5

Dhablot 10

Moriganga 10

Mathurapur-II Raidighi 5

Kankandighi 5

Nagendrapur 10

1 2 6 45

Community risk assessment brings out…….

• Change of mindset leading to behavioral change • Community ownership • Community’s own plan for disaster preparedness• Community preparedness • Strong involvement of women in decision making• Linkage built with Panchayat and Administration• Capacity building of all stakeholders in the program• Paradigm shift from dependency to self- reliance

The challenges of risk assessment• Difficulty to find out a motivated team of key

informants.• Observing only one side of a situation or problem

and not getting the total picture of the community• Developing high expectations amongst the people• Chances of overlooking and avoiding the invisible

aspect• Participation of a few or lack of representation of all

sections, especially those who are vulnerable and/or marginalised

The tools and techniques of community risk assessment• Vulnerability and

Capacity Analysis (VCA) through Inter Personal Communication and FGDs (individual and family vulnerability)

• Risk analysis and assessment through PLA Participatory Learning and Action – ( physical, material, organizational, motivational vulnerability)

Risk Assessment and Analysis brings understanding

• Identifying period of stress, hazards, diseases, vulnerability etc.

• On need of participation in emergencies

• Use of local resources , land use zones for shelter etc.

• Problem and opportunity.

• Help to analyse problems, vulnerabilities, capacities

• On past hazards, changes in their nature, intensity and behaviours

• On hazard area, elements at risk.

• Gives a semi structured community contingency plan

hazards, diseases, vulnerability etc.

Community level actions on CBDP to reduce vulnerabilities and increase capacities

• Plan of Action (PoA) on CBDP

• Family & Child Survival Kits with their own efforts

• Task Forces emerged from their own need (six type of TFT formed in each village)

• Civil Defence Training on ‘Capacity Building of the Community for Disaster’

• Community Preparedness

Activity Done to increase Capacities:Activities No.of Activities Participants

PLA/VCA 45 3375

Group Discussion (FGD) 45 270

Gram Sansad Mobilisation 45 2475

Para Level Meeting 60 10500

Mother’s Meeting 45 1575

SHG Meeting 15 300

CD Show 25 2500

Mock Drill 45 11250

FSK,CSK,ORS Demo. 46 813

Training on hand pump raising 25 315

Training on temporary shelter 45 725

Training on First Aid 45 678

Trg.on Boat making & life Jacket 45 1620

Task Force Team formation 45 1620

Village Level Plan of Action (PoA)

45 320

Lessons Learned……..

• Paradigm shift from dependency to self-reliance

• CBDP a new tool for social analysis• Whole community approach• CBDP brings together all the

stakeholders• Sustainability-With the support from all

quarters, community is empowered to carry forward the process.

Replicability of CBDP risk assessment

CBDP risk assessment and

analysis relies with its positioning in the socio-political

and economic contexts of the

particular area…..Cont..…

• Replicable in a Flexible approach

• Capacity Building: is the prime need

• Vulnerable people in the disaster prone villages should have the capacity and capability to plan and implement strategic action for their preparedness,

• Replicable political environment and effective decentralization process

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