The Global Conference on DRR for Civil Society Community Resilience; Mutual Learning from Practices...

The Global Conference on DRR for Civil Society

Community Resilience; Mutual Learning from Practices of Nepal

Empowerment of Community Based Organization

16 March 2015Sendai City Support Center, Japan

Lalit Bahadur Thapa Program Officer

Shapla Neer, Nepal Office

3/16/2015 By: Lalit Bahadur Thapa, SN, Nepal Office

Geographic situation of Project area:


Name of the Project implemented in Nepal:

Community Initiatives for Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Chitwan (CIDP)

Project period: July 2011 to June 2016


Rationale of the Project:


Overall goal and project purpose:Overall Goal: To reduce disaster risk through strengthening community based disaster preparedness to water induced disaster in the Chitwan district in various level by the collaboration between villagers and government.

Project Purpose: To develop management capacity of villagers living in flood prone areas in terms of flood related information and local resources. 3/16/2015 By: Lalit Bahadur Thapa, SN, Nepal Office

Good Practices for community resilience:1. Analyzing situation of risk by the communities

2. Developing and revising community level Disaster Management Plan (DMP) by CBOs and household level emergency plan by families

3. Enabling access on DRR information through wall calendar, leaflets, trainings, exposure visits, settlement level evacuation drills, interactions

4. Approaching to the resources of local government, line agencies and stakeholders for small scale disaster mitigation infrastructure works, capacity building, etc. and also doing works in collaboration

5. Developing early warning information (EWI) sharing mechanism/ forming task forces at community level

6. Developing emergency/maintenance funds at CBO level for sustainability of works

7. Sharing locally adopted flood coping mechanisms in inter settlement


Good practices for community resilience 1. Analyzing disaster risk by the communities: Situation of hazard, vulnerability, capacity and risk have been analyzed, updated and shared in the community by Community Based Organizations (CBO) every year.


Tools applied for the risk assessment


Hazard map:

Hazard map preparation steps: Step-1 : - Organize villagers at the

open space/ community building

- Share objective of discussion to the participants by the facilitator


Hazard map preparation steps:Step-2: -Prepare social and resource map using local materials on active participation of villagers

-Indicate man made structures (houses, wells, roads, irrigation cannel, temples, community building, school, health post, etc.) and natural structures (Rivers, streams, Jungle, lands, etc.) on the map. Also, collect demographic data as household indicated in the map.


Hazard map preparation steps:Step-3: • Prepare hazard map by

indicating most vulnerable area, safe place and routes on the social and resource map using appropriate local materials.

• On finalizing the hazard map, reflect the risk situation to the participants for more realization.

• Sketch the hazard map on the paper and can be developed as necessary for the dissemination.


Hazard map dissemination


Good practices for community resilience 1. Analyzing disaster risk by the communities:


Glimpse of community initiatives:


Bio-dyke at Ratani tole (Riu River)Safe shelter at Dhobaha tole

Locally made house to cope with flood Participating evacuation drill at Bote Tole

Glimpse of community initiatives:


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