Mainstreaming livelihood centered approaches to disaster risk reduction
Practical Action in Nepal
Practical Action was founded in 1966 by Dr. E F Schumacher the author of "Small is Beautiful." Practical Action is an international non-government organisation registered as a charity in the UK with country and regional offices in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Peru, Kenya, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. Practical Action develops and promotes appropriate technology to uplift the livelihoods of poor people. Practical Action globally works in four International Programme Aims namely - Reducing vulnerability, Making markets work, Improving access to basic services, system and structures, and Responding to new technologies.
Mainstreaming livelihood centered approaches to disaster risk reduction
The project focuses on the roles and linkages between vulnerable communities, district and national level government institutions and humanitarian agencies with regard to disaster preparedness and mitigation. Community based approaches tend to be small-scale, location-specific, and operate in isolation compared to wider national initiatives. The issue usually fails to be considered in wider development planning because the local level environmental conflict and other hazards are not incorporated into the national plans. Thus community based approaches need to be scaled up and linked to wider national agendas and institutional structures. While communities may be able to cope under normal circumstances, at times of extreme crisis they need access to external resources and expertise. As poor local communities are worst affected and likely to suffer most from the impact of stress and hazards, Practical Action has focused on building the resilience of these communities. The project activities are implemented in three VDCs of Nawalparasi District - Pragatinagar, Devchuli and Divyapuri and two VDCs of Chitwan District - Meghauli and Patihani. The project is funded by the Conflict and Humanitarian Fund (CHF) of the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
Output 1: Model for livelihood centered approach to DRR developed and tested Improve water availability for irrigation by improving irrigation channels, constructing reservoirs and installing shallow tube wells Improve farming practices, livestock rearing practices, land use patterns and embankments Introduce improved seeds, breeds and varieties Improve cattle sheds and promote health status of livestock Support for fencing to prevent wildlife intrusion Facilitate formation of VDC level Disaster Management Committees (DMCs) in project location districts Skills development on different on and off-farm income generating activities and other livelihood related aspects through training and input support Facilitate the preparation of VDC level Community Based Disaster Management Plans Output 2: Resource materials on mainstreaming livelihood centered approaches to disaster management prepared Produce booklets, leaflets and posters covering the case studies, success stories and good practices of the project and compile relevant approaches and methods for the formulation of training materials and guidelines. Output 3: Lessons learnt from the project shared with different stakeholders' including humanitarian agencies and policy makers Produce policy briefing and position paper based on the learning from the project initiatives Disseminate project lessons to different development agencies and policy makers working in the area of disaster management through different networks, media and forums Output 4: Policy makers influenced to adopt livelihood centered approach to disaster management Support DMCs, Village Development Committees (VDCs) and District Development Committees (DDCs) to initiate integrated approaches in development and disaster risk reduction strategies and influence national and international level policy makers on livelihood centered approaches to disaster risk reduction.
Project goal
Contribute to national poverty reduction through disaster risk reduction.
Project methodology
The mainstreaming livelihood centered approaches to disaster management project has two main components: 1. Community level activities in both planning and implementation phase which reduces the impact of particular hazards by increasing livelihood opportunities, increasing resilience, reducing vulnerability and promoting preparedness 2. Linking community based experiences with district and national level institutions through exposure, advocacy and capacity building. The impact of community's activities are documented and used to promote the adoption of livelihood approaches to disaster management in government institutions Expected outputs: The project is implementing various activities to achieve the stated objectives under four outputs.
Project partners
MADE Nepal and SAHAMATI are the implementing partners in Chitwan and Nawalparasi Districts respectively. DDCs, VDCs, local communities and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) collaborate in various initiatives to the extent of their scope.
In Nepal, Practical Action is operating through a General Agreement and separate Project Agreements with the Social Welfare Council of the Government of Nepal.
MADE Nepal
SAHAMATI
PRACTICAL ACTION NEPAL OFFICE
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