Transcript BRAC Disaster, Environment and Climate Change (DECC)

BRAC Disaster, Environment
and Climate Change (DECC)
Programme
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BRAC’s Disaster, Environment and
Climate Change (DECC) Programme
 Started in 2008
 Marks a Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management
(REACTIVE  PROACTIVE)
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OUR GOALS
• Enhance BRAC’s institutional capacity to respond to natural
disasters;
• Build capacity at the community level on disaster risk reduction;
• Increase adaptability and coping ability in natural disasters by
conducting predictive research, information transfer and education
in relation to environment, climate change and natural disasters.
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OUR Approach
• Relief Provision
• Community
Awareness &
Education
• Disaster Resilient
Habitat
• Predictive Research
Adaptive Measures
Preventive
Measures
• Preparedness
Training
on
Disaster
Management
• Simulation
Exercises
• Updated Weather
Forecasting using
iCRESS
• Psychosocial
Counseling
• Alternative
Livelihood Option
• Water &
Sanitation
Post-Disaster
Measures
Environmental Sensitivity
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PREPAREDNESS MEASURES: Building Organisational
Capacity
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Guidelines for disaster response across all
phases of a disaster -from Government’s
existing SOD.
• Incident Command System (ICS) has been
established with procedural instructions for all
levels of BRAC staff.
SOP Flyers
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40,000 SOP Flyers distributed
Targeting BRAC staff in flood and
cyclone prone areas
For quick & easy reference
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
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Incident Command System
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PREPAREDNESS MEASURES:
Building Organisational Capacity
Regular Assessments, Trainings
and Disaster Simulation
Exercises conducted to retain
knowledge on preparedness
BRAC Staff
11,111
BEP + ESP
42,494
SS+SK
78,476
VWC Members
60,000
VO Members
200,010
CEP Leaders
50,880
BRAC U
Professional
Degrees 102
Pilot Trainings
69
Simulations
65
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First aid training is only one
of the capacity building
initiatives by DECC
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BRAC school teachers are educating their students on preventive and reduction
measures for before, during and after disasters. The children, in turn, disseminate
this information to their parents.
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65 Simulation exercises replicate
disaster scenarios where community
members have to implement all the
preparedness trainings they receive
from BRAC
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PREPAREDNESS MEASURES :
Building Community Capacity
Emergency Health Support
• Capacity Building Trainings for BRAC SS & SK
• 78,476 BRAC SS & SK trained as emergency first responders
• Emergency First Aid methods taught include:
Treating fractures, snakebites, abrasions & CPR techniques
• SS & SKs also assist with post-disaster rescue missions for the injured
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PREPAREDNESS MEASURES:
IEC Materials for First Responders
•
Rapid Reader Book
• Disaster Preparedness Flyers
• Gananatoks (Folk Theatre)
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PREPAREDNESS MEASURES :
Building Community Capacity
Psychosocial Support
P’
• Mental Health and Psychosocial
Support in Emergency Settings
• So far 210 personnel have
received Psychosocial Training
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OUR INITIATIVES: Alternative Livelihoods
Reducing Vulnerability of Women Affected by Climate Change
Through Alternative Livelihood Options
• Formation of women
group members
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• Review meeting to
identify the most
vulnerable group
members for livelihood
support
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• Livelihood support to
grant to be distributed to
4,000 women group
members.
• Provide skill
development,
Leadership and
Psychosocial training
before grant support.
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Our Initiatives: Rana Plaza
Immediate Short Term Efforts
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First-response medical teams provided by HNPP (Health, Nutrition and
Population Programme) at the Rana Plaza site, who worked alongside
the Bangladesh Army’s medical teams
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Primary psychosocial support to 473 survivors and families of the
missing and dead by trained staff and counsellors from BRAC, BRAC
University and Dhaka University at 6 locations.
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BRAC Limb and Brace Centre provided more than 35 braces to
survivors with spinal injuries.
At the request of the government’s Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, BRAC provided 11 mechanical upper and 1 lower prosthetic
limbs to 12 survivors. The clients are also receiving monthly follow up
and medical treatment, alongside a monthly fixed deposit scheme
worth BDT 1 lakh each.
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Our Initiatives: Rana Plaza
Long-Term Efforts
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Benetton Project: BRAC is giving livelihood support to 350 survivors
and families of victims with skills development training, provision of
seed capital and access to product markets.
• IED: Trauma care and mental health support for clients of all
implementing projects who show signs or symptoms of PTSD.
• BRAC UK:
- Livelihood support to 50 survivors and families (training + seed
capital);
- Family health insurance package through Ganashasthya Kendro;
- Financial support through a monthly reserve fund.
• BRAC USA: USD 1.25 million for BRAC “social safety net” to
rehabilitate RMG workers
• BRAC is also looking to support children affected by or orphaned
following the Rana Plaza building collapse.
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Picture of Limb support
(Assistance and Support to the Victims of Rana Plaza collapse and
their Families Project )
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Picture of Training
Assistance and Support to the Victims of Rana Plaza collapse and their
Families Project
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Lucky Akhter (Savar)
Livelihood support
(small shop) for victims
Firoza Begum(Savar)
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Livelihood support (Small shop)
Assistance and Support to the Victims of Rana Plaza collapse and
their Families Project
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OUR Initiatives: International SOP
• DECC is initiating a new project, whereby SOPs will be
introduced to the following countries through BRAC:
1. Uganda
2. Afghanistan
3. Pakistan
4. Tanzania
5. Liberia
6. South Sudan
7. Sierra Leone
• This will enhance BRAC’s emergency response system
throughout the world and enable it to serve victims and
humanitarian needs even better in the future
• These SOPs will provide context-based guidelines to
streamline and optimise disaster response
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OUR Initiatives: ‘Climate Smart’ BRAC
• An attempt to build organisational resilience and
BRAC’s coping ability to climate change impacts
• Programme components:
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Risk Assessment Research;
Capacity Development (Govt.+ BRAC)
Community Outreach
Action Plan
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OUR Initiatives: BRAC Building
Assessments
Carrying out building assessments of
the following:
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BRAC Centre
BRAC University
Artisan/Aarong
Aarong Tejgaon
Soil test; load capacity assessment
 A part of earthquake contingency
planning
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OUR Initiatives: Structural Refurbishment of
Disaster Resilient Habitat
• Structural refurbishments of
individual houses and
infrastructure buildings;
• Provision of water and
sanitation facilities;
• Community Awareness
training on WASH;
• Livelihood sensitisation and
training for maintenance
related income generating
activities.
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THANK YOU!!!
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