Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India$ 1.1 Million

ADRRN Members, Universities, Local Governments

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• Formed in February 2002, Kobe, Japan• Currently 35 members from 15 countries

all over Asia• Mission : Promote coordination and

collaboration among NGOs for effective and efficient disaster reduction and response in the Asia-Pacific region

• Tsunami : Turning the tide - Are lessons learnt from recovery being applied?

• Building Resilience : How do we reduce vulnerabilities.

• Climate Change is happening now : Are we ready?

• Way Forward : Partnerships & Synergies

The Project Concept

ADRRN International Project Team Chair: Dr. Jemilah MahmoodProject Manager: Manu GuptaMembers: Anshu Sharma, Takako Izumi, Mihir Joshi, Suman Nag, Paula Silva

Kyoto University

SEEDS IndiaIndia

SarvodayaSri Lanka

Mercy Malaysia Indonesia

SEEDS AsiaMaldives

Madras University, India

Peradaniya University, Sri Lanka

Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

NGOs in Indonesia

• MPBI • SHEEP • 118

Implementation Process:

Good practices

Integrating environmental management into DRR, Maldives

Funadhoo

Milandhoo

Komandhoo

Foakaidhoo

Kandhitheem

Map of Shaviyani atoll, Maldives

Project Location: Maldives, Shaviyani Atoll

Home Kitchen Gardens – Addressing food security to build resilience of island communities

Hands on training –

Coastal protection,

Eco-agricultural practices

Linking environmental protection with DRR :

The Bio Island Concept for resilient communities

Project villages

Hambantota District: Madaketiya Kahandamodara

Nuwara-Eliya District: Gaminipura Vidulipura-North Vidulipura-South Kumbalgamuwa Ladupita

Preparation of village hazard maps

Community Led Implementation : Evacuation path at Gaminipura

Making Schools saferTo inculcate the culture of Safe Schools and Safe Neighborhoods by promotion of Knowledge and Implementation of Risk Reduction Activities.

Safe School

Safe Ward

Safe Community

Community at Core : School Communities and Ward Communities

BUILDING COASTAL RESILIENCE for PURI and GANJAM DISTRICTS of ORISSA

Training & Capacity Building

Institutionalization

Linkages with the Universities

Sustainability throughVillage Disaster Risk

Management Committee

School activities taking place Ward activities

Various other initiatives

Masons training taking place

Retrofitted Gopalpur Girls High School

Coastal Bio-shields in Maldives & India

PILOT BY SEEDS

Project Activities

Thiruvullar District, Tamil Nadu

Advocacy Posters

Showcased at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction , Geneva, June, 2009

Responses

To be distributed among all HFA focal points in Asia

To major Civil Society Organizations in Asia

WHO-EMRO Africa requested for a similar training box for its network of 22 countries.

Department of Civil Protection, Italy-asked it to be replicated.

Nasa Community-Columbia presently using it for training in community.

Key Impacts

– Partnerships for DRR established between civil societies and Governments

– DRR Knowledge to the people: Local communities and field practitioners across Asia equipped with DRR tools and methodologies

– Advocacy channels from people to policy

Key Achievements

Objective : Increased public awareness and knowledge on tsunami risk and disaster risk reduction towards an enhanced culture of safety

Achievements:– IEC Material on DRR and School Safety to be developed at school and

community level in local language (Orissa, India) – Material on Disaster Management, solid waste, home kitchen gardens at a

coastal bio shields to be developed (Maldives)– Film on Disaster Risk Reduction (ADRRN IPT)– Training modules on DRR for field practitioners (Kyoto University, University

of Madras, Peradeniya University, ITB Indonesia)– Disaster Risk Reduction for capacity building of NGOs (Indonesia) – Advocacy workshop for integrating disaster management in education

pedagogy (Indonesia)– Awareness training, creation of task Forces and Mock Drills to be conducted in

schools situated along 5 km coastal belt of Orissa

Key Achievements (Cont’d)

Objective : Strengthened disaster risk reduction (preparedness, mitigation and response) capacities of local communities

Achievements:– Risk Assessment of 5km coastal belt of Orissa, India– Risk assessment and Base Line Studies of seven selected villages in two different

districts of Sri Lanka and in Shaviyani Atoll (Maldives)– Disaster Management Plans developed at school and community level. (Orissa,

India) – Disaster management plans developed for seven selected villages in two districts

of (Sri Lanka)– Project Selamat Tool Kit for field practitioners – Community task forces trained and Mock Drill exercised carried out (India) – Community trainings on coastal protection measures & home kitchen gardens

(Maldives)– Structural Mitigation (retrofitting) and Non Structural Mitigation in 3 model

schools (India)– Hospital Disaster Prevention Plans . (Inida)

– Landslide mitigation measures to be implemented in five villages (Sri Lanka)

Lessons Learned• Networking approach to building resilience creates local

sustainability. Result has been more than the sum of activities.

• Local level awareness and knowledge of risk is low. Even though well developed indigenous knowledge exists. Risk Assessments and further research needed.

• Sustainability and mainstreaming requires long term programming

• Extensive weather related disasters are already affecting local Communities

• Most post-disaster ‘DRR’ initiatives are preparedness oriented. Concept of DRR is yet to be fully understood.

How the outcomes will be sustained…• Organizations facilitating work in the

project areas have developed long term system of engagement with local communities.

• New projects are already in place to sustain and upscale initiatives in this project

• Extensive documentation, DRR Tool Box to invite other stakeholders to replicate successes.

Future plans

• Develop plans for continuing Climate Change Adaptation work with local communities.

• Widen stakeholder engagement both locally and nationally

• To share and replicate outcomes of the project along other vulnerable coastal communities in Asia fulfilling ADRRN’s mission for a safer Asia!

Thank you!

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