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- Summary:
- This document discusses the work of Concern Worldwide in India since the 1999 Orissa Cyclone. It emphasizes a comprehensive understanding of development that includes disaster risk reduction (DRR), vulnerability assessment, and capacity building at the village level. Concern Worldwide is an international non-governmental humanitarian organization focused on long-term sustainable development. This document highlights their efforts to address the threat that disasters pose to development objectives. For impoverished communities disasters are particularly problematic, often triggering downward spirals towards more endemic poverty and vulnerability, and thus the generation of larger and more devastating disasters. Sustainable development in such a context is simply impossible. Concern works to reduce the ‘underlying risk factors’ that lead to disaster by mainstreaming DRR into all of its development programs while building household and community resilience to disaster. The document outlines the organization’s ‘Building Disaster Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Orissa and West Bengal’ project focused on improving the capacities of at-risk communities on the east coast of India, an area particularly vulnerable to climate-induced natural hazards. It presents the hazard profiles of the two coastal states, Orissa and West Bengal; capacity-building work done at the community, school, and individual levels; how to increase access to social security, micro-insurance schemes, and other economic and financial tools that can assist in poverty and vulnerability reduction; and the profiles of local implementing partners, generally local NGOs with extensive and established relationships with communities and their local governing structures. The document also discusses the importance of risk analysis as a basis for development planning, and the role of Community-led Hazard, Vulnerability, and Capacity Assessment (HVCA) in this process. One of the primary objectives of Concern Worldwide is to target the poorest people in the poorest areas of the world. This means dealing with issues that are specific to this target population. Poor governance at the local level is one issue that needs to be addressed through capacity-building work with local institutions. Another is political instability related to weak civil societies. And lastly, reducing small localized disasters of a recurring nature that have the cumulative affect of weakening communities and making them more vulnerable. ( English )
- Subject:
- Disasters and Resilience ( English )
- Scope and Content:
- Preface. Building Disaster Resilient Coastal Communities p. 2; Organisational Perspective. Risk to Resilience: A Concern Worldwide Perspective p. 3; Thematic. Concerted and Systematic Efforts of DIPECHO Partners for Disaster Resilient Communities in India p. 4; Project Overview. Building Disaster Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Orissa and West Bengal p. 6; Community Recovery. Implementation and Technical Support p. 8; Knowledge Sharing. Informed Media Engagement for Resilience Building p. 11; Capacity Building. Initiating Community Resilience: Building Capacity and Developing Methodology p. 12; Knowledge Sharing. Latest Knowledge Products p. 14; Impact Assessment. Disaster Micro-Insurance for Pro-Poor Risk Management: Evidence from South Asia p. 15 ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Davis, I., Peiris De Costa, K., Alam, K., Ariyabandu, M.M., Bhatt, M.R., Schneider, R., Balsari, S. (2011). Understanding risk and intervening to increase resilience with vulnerable communities. All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), Concern Worldwide (Concern), European Commission (ECHO). Southasiadisasters.net.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- For personal and educational purpose only.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13010998
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