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| Social Determinants of Disaster Risk Reduction « Programmes |
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| Social Determinants of Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority has invited Unnati for providing support to GSDMA for preparation of Taluka Disaster Management Plan (TDMP) of the state. The desk review of DDMPs of Kheda in Gujarat, Sindhdureg in Maharashtra, Barpeta and Nagaon in Assam have also been undertaken to assess the effectiveness of DM planning approach. Consultations were held with the District DM Authorities of Vadodara, Surat and Jamnagar. Efforts have been made to derive some of the salient features practiced in the formulation and implementation of the DM plan. A state level consultation was organized on April 30, 2012 at Ahmadabad. Representatives from GSDMA, GIDM, UNDP, NDMA, District DM Authorities, NGO and |
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| INGO participated in the consultation. Dr Ranjeet Benarjee, IAS, CEO GSDMA inaugurated the consultation and Mr. Thiruppugaz IAS, Addnl. CEO GSDMA, Mr. N M Prusty Chairperson Sphere India and others made important presentations at the consultations. The inputs received from this consultation are incorporated in the TDMP framework and templates. The first draft of templates has been submitted to GSDMA for their feedback. A multi-partner study and advocacy for reducing the disaster risk of rural housing has been initiated with the aim to identify and develop strategies and entry points for integration of risk reduction principles into Indira Awaas Yojana. This study was piloted at Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar and other states covered under the study are Odisha, Tamilnadu, UP and Uttrakhand. |
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| In Rajasthan, for DRR we are working in 75 villages. One project for strengthening resilience of dalit and tribal community to drought covers 50 villages in Balotra and Sindhri blocks of Barmer and Phalodi block of Jodhpur districts. This three year project has already passed its mid-term. Men of the community are important stakehoders in the context of strengthening resilience facilitated by women and girls as change agents. 26 dalit men community leaders from Balotra and Sindhri participated in a three day training (June 13 – 15, 2012) on gender. The participating men agreed to make changes at their household and community level. Stress was on division of household labour and transfer of land on the name of women. The focus of community based monitoring of basic services is on access of the dalit community to the critical services necessary for a quality life with dignity and resilience. 2456 dalit households (Phalodi – 850, Balotra - 865, Sindhri – 741) from 50 villages are monitored regularly. Currently, the list of eligible women, girls, children and households is identified and efforts are underway to link them to services. However, during May-June 2012, dalit women along with local facilitators surveyed 168 service outlets (4 Community Health Centers (CHC), 12 Primary Health Centers (PHC), 29 Sub-centers, 39 Public distribution System (PDS) outlets, 32 anganwadis and 56 primary schools) for understanding details of services and facilities, quality of delivery and issues associated with them. |
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| Owing to location of health centres at long distances,, limited mobility of women and the stringent social and household level norms, health issues faced by women and girls’ require special attention. Women health volunteers track and link the children for complete vaccination. track all pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children for their access to health check-ups, institutional delivery and nutritional support and immunisation. After identification, the Volunteers have successfully linked 67.3 percent of children in the 0 to 1 year age group with vaccination. In the 1 to 2 years age group, 69.1 percent children are linked to immunisation. 69.1 percent pregnant women are registered with the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) and are receiving pre-natal check-ups. 45.1 percent of the deliveries were institutional and have received the benefit of Janani Suraksha Yojana. Seven villages of Phalodi block that had had never been linked to vaccination., eligible children and women were vaccinated for the first time. |
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| 59 households from 13 villages are being supported for development of horti-pasture plots for fodder security. All farmers were provided water support and insecticides. Farmers were provided on-site training especially in pruning of ‘ber’ plants. 30 rain water harvesting tanks are being constructed 29 tanks are through linkage with MGNREGA. 120 very vulnerable households were supported for rain water harvesting tank construction through use of traditional technology during the early part of the project. Dalit women leaders along with other members of their collective had identified 986 households that required further support for water security. Effort was then made to link them with MGNREGA. 343 of these households are now accepted in the plan of 2012-13 and 45 tankas are currently under construction. |
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| A two year project focusing on development of 12 women masons in collaboration with Development Alternatives and Darshan ended in June 2012. This project provided the opportunity to concentrate on building capacity of rural women in habitat services. The phase I of the training was conducted for 15 days (May 10 - 30, 2011), phase II was for one month (Nov 14 – Dec 15, 2011) while phase III was for 6 days (Feb 16-18 and Feb 26-28, 2012). All the women have now started working with master masons outside their home. The women mason group has been supported to prepare a business plan under the banner of ‘Bhim Mahila Karigar Sangathan’. |
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| The second project is operational in 25 villages in five blocks of Badmer and Jodhpur districts of western Rajasthan since the past four years. Community level disaster risk reduction plans were developed for these villages. All the village plans were discussed in the monthly planning meetings in the first week of July. Monitoring access to four basic services (health, child day care centre (anganwadi), MGNREGA, and social security) has been initiated. The community monitored three services under National Rural Health Mission. Out of 313 children age 0-12 momths, 286 have been vaccinated. Out of 310 childern between 12-24 months, 255 have been vaccinated. The remaining children have migrated with their parents in search of livelihood. During this reporting period, 28 women were linked with prenatal services and out of 39 deliveries during this period out of 31 were institutional. |
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| Out of 215 persosn suffering from serious health ailments for the 25 villages (T.B, reproductive disease, and others) 75 have accessed varoius health services. Efforst are being made to set up anganwadis in eight villages that do not have access to this srevice. In the villages without an anganwadi, 21 pregnant women, 285 children (161 boys and 124 girls), 42 lactating mother and 44 adolescent girls are deprived from services. A proposal was submitted to the respective department for Fatehsagar village, for the opening of more anganwadi. Requests were made to the sarpanch of Balotra, and in Kalyanpur, a copy of a proposal was given to the Panchayat, which had been submitted to the CDPO. In 17 villages with anganwadi, out of 208 persons not connected to the anganwadi, 127 beneficiaries (30 boys, 29 girls, 14 pregnant women, 15 lactating, and 39 adolescent girls) were connected to their anganwadi.. At present community, visits are being conducted to monitor the services provided at these anganwadi. Actions are being taken based on these visits. |
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| In the first phase of this project, 65 horti-pasture plots of vulnerable dalit households were developed. The sustenance rate for the plants sown is 99%. During visits community workers gave proper advice to the owners of these plots for trimming of the bare plants, fitting new wires with fencing, and the watering the plants. 55 families were linked to the MGNREGS scheme. Veterinary camps were started in June and a plan has been made for two camps in each of the 25 village by August 2012. 643 vulnerable fanilies have been provided drinking water at thier door step. Other than this, efforts were made to link the needy families to water tanks under MGNREGA schemes. Because of this, 81 families were sanctioned tankas and the construction of 12 of these has already been completed. |
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