Transcript Vulnerability to Disaster

Vulnerability
to Disaster
Vulnerability to Disaster
Course Purpose
• Sharpen participants’ ability to plan for
and respond to needs of every member
in a community affected by disaster
• Show disaster caregivers how to identify
and work with persons who are
particularly vulnerable to lack of
resources for sustainable recovery from
disaster
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Vulnerability to Disaster
What You Will Learn
• Identify ways that people are vulnerable
to disaster
• Identify factors that contribute to
vulnerability
• Identify personal assumptions about
vulnerabilities
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Vulnerability to Disaster
What You Will Learn (contd.)
• Describe pre- and post-disaster roles for
faith-based organizations in identifying,
including, and assisting those most
vulnerable to disaster
• Use tool to map pre-disaster community
assets and vulnerabilities
• Use tool to assess post-disaster assets
and vulnerabilities
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Vulnerability to Disaster
All humans are vulnerable to
disasters – and the trauma and
devastation they bring.
However, some
are more readily
vulnerable than
others.
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Vulnerability to disaster is increased when …
Recovery is limited or thwarted
because …
Underlying causes coupled with
dynamic pressure points …
Create chronic susceptibility
for certain populations or individuals
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Progression of Vulnerability to Disaster
Susceptibility that Originates in
Underlying Causes
Underlying Causes of
Vulnerability
Limited access to:
• Power structures
• Resources
Bias toward ideologies, life
style, cultures, and traditions
Dynamic Pressure Points of
Underlying Causes
Limited access to:
• Affordable/safe housing
• Education/training
Economic systems
• Emotional care
• Health services
Macro Effects of
Underlying Causes
• Information
• Legal services
• Easily victimized and readily
discriminated against
• Lucrative employment
• No voice, power, or
recognition
• Nutrition/food
• Personal support systems have
limited resources
• Strong sense of pride and
independence
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• Mitigative or protective measures
• Planning structures
Fragile Physical Environment
• Dangerous locations
• Dangerous buildings
• Inadequate infrastructure
Fragile Local Economy
• Livelihoods or employment at risk
• Low income levels
Vulnerable societies
• Hazards or resource gaps placing
specific groups or neighborhoods at
risk
• Lack of local institutions or service
providers
• Absence or limited recognition of the
hazard, vulnerable group, or gap in
resources/services
• Safety and security
• Social services
• Transportation
Public Actions
• Lack of disaster education and
preparedness by individuals and
community
• Exclusion of vulnerable populations
in disaster planning
• Poor communication
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Impact of Vulnerability
• Individuals, neighborhoods, and
communities most vulnerable to disaster
are least likely to:
– Plan for disaster
– Be included in others’ planning
– Recover from disaster with resources that
are available to them
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Recap
• Factors that make someone vulnerable to
disaster
• The progression of vulnerability
– Underlying causes
– Dynamic pressure points
– Chronic susceptibility
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Disaster and Vulnerability - What You Will Learn
• That vulnerability is situational
• How a disaster increases vulnerability
• How to identify unmet needs
• How to identify resources
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Vulnerability is Situational
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Vulnerability to Disaster
What Makes a Disaster?
= Harmful event + Vulnerability
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Those Most Vulnerable
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Vulnerability to Disaster
How A Disaster Increases Vulnerability
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Beware
of
stereotypes!
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Barriers That Increase Vulnerability
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Addressing Unmet Needs
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Who Has Unmet Needs?
• People who fall through cracks for
meeting critical needs
• People who will not receive enough aid
for required repairs or rebuilding to
restore safe, sanitary, secure home
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Unique Role of Faith Community
• Recognizes sanctity of all human life
• Offers spiritual care along with physical relief to
all persons in need
– Especially those most vulnerable
– Regardless of economic status and political or
religious affiliation
• Advocates for equitable allocation of material
resources according to need following disasters
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Identifying Resources
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Recap
• That vulnerability is situational
• How a disaster increases vulnerability
• How to identify unmet needs
• How to identify resources
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Addressing Unmet Needs – What You Will Learn
• The faith community and unmet needs
• Building a community response
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Vulnerability to Disaster
The Faith Community and Unmet Needs
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Faith Community Disaster Responders
• Think in terms of two groups:
– Those that do have capacity to recover
– Those that don’t have capacity to recover
without assistance beyond established
assistance programs
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Building a Community Response
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Disaster News Network
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Model for Building Partnerships
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Ask members of vulnerable group to
help you understand their community
Offer to help them better understand
disaster response system and what
happens when a disaster hits
Together you are better able to prepare
for appropriate community response
and to spread critical information to
groups that are hard for you to reach
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Vulnerability to Disaster
Recap
• The faith community and unmet needs
• Building a community response
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Responding Appropriately – What You Will Learn
• How to respond appropriately to
vulnerable populations
• Importance of communication skills
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Responding to Different Populations
Lingua News
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Common Patterns of Cultural Differences
• Communication styles
• Attitudes toward conflict
• Approaches to completing tasks
• Decision-making styles
• Attitudes toward disclosure
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Importance of Communication Skills
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Vulnerability to Disaster
What You Have Learned
• Everyone is vulnerable to impacts and trauma
of disaster; some persons especially vulnerable
to lack of resources for recovery
• Be aware of how you might be stereotyping
• Acknowledge that disaster response assistance
system may leave some people out
• Keep attuned to who is not being served;
identify ways that you can change system to
serve them
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Community
Arise
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