Towards Building Disaster Resilient Communityin Indian Himalayan Region

through Non-formal Education and Awareness

Rashmi Gangwar and Abdhesh GangwarCEE Himalaya

Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir

India http://www.ceehimalaya.org

• Shelter• Livelihood• DRR Education• Capacity Building• Village contingency

plans• Civil society

organization

Disaster preparedness through non-formal educationFor students as extracurricular activity

Activities • Risk Mapping• Mock drills• School safety checklist • Count down• Concentration• Chinese whisper/pass

the message • Disaster Management

Committees

Teaching • Disasters definition• Risk and Vulnerability• Types of Disaster • Major & Minor Disasters • Hazards • Landslide• Earthquake• Avalanche• Cloud-burst • Flood• Fire• Epidemics

DRR Module

Capacity building for Teachers & Teacher Trainers

1. Awareness amongst teachers about the importance of disaster preparedness

2. Inculcate necessary skills to mitigate the impact of disasters

3. Orientation for disaster mitigation education as per the CBSE syllabus

4. Climate change and its possible impact

5. Child rights in general & particularly during the disaster situations

6. Orientation towards activity based, participatory joyful teaching and learning

7. Activities: mapping of school premise for disaster proneness, mock drills and evacuation, making evacuation plan of the schools, identification of possible disasters that can occur in the area, First Aid, fire safety etc.

Community Awareness on Disaster Preparedness

Cultural and Transitional barriers

Focus on attitude behaviour training

NFE: Adult Learning Principals

Participatory Learning Action (PLA)

Information sharing

Traditional adaptation mechanisms

Gender Inclusion

Mainstreaming gender in the process

Mapping of vulnerable target groups to respond accordingly

Mapping of factors that render women vulnerable

Added burden on women during disaster situation

Plan of Action (PoA) at village level

Tools of PoA• Historical Profile of village• Village Resource Mapping - Social

& Natural• Hazard mapping • Risk mapping• Opportunities mapping

Environmental and natural resource management

Sustainable livelihoods

Social Inclusion

Insurance

Physical infrastructure

Responsibility and resource allocation

Participation, voluntarism and accountability

Role of local authorities

Linkages with all relevant departments at local level

Strategies towards prompt response and relief by community

Psychosocial care

AWARENESS ON…

Actions

Sanitation and Health

Protection

Rescue operations First aid Fire fighting

Information dissemination

Climate change, which the scientific community now accepts as certain and to have far-reaching consequences, will exacerbate

vulnerability of communities to new forms of disaster particularly in the fragile ecosystems like mountains

Climate Change & Related Awareness

Adaptation measures at local level

Community preparedness

PARTNERSOxfam GBWelthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) Plan IndiaCare IndiaGive2AsiaMridula Sarabhai Foundation

Towards Building Disaster Resilient Community in Indian Himalayan Region through Non-formal Education and Awareness