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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Role of NGO's in Vulnerability Reduction

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