Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Addressing the Risk

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: Addressing the Risk and Vulnerabilities of the Clients Presented By: Rusty Binas 2012 MCPI Annual Conference July 26 -27, 2012| Hyatt Hotel, Manila, Philippines

• 80 years emergency aid and structural poverty eradication; • Almost 1000 partners in 36 countries; • Netherlands based

Addressing the following Questions 1)What is DRRM? 2)What are the elements of disaster preparedness? 3)How should microfinance institutions (MFIs) prepare for potential disasters? How should and how could MFIs respond to disasters? 4)What are the roles/functions of MFIs during postdisaster recovery? 5)What are the opportunities for collaboration between MFIs and disaster management organizations with respect to disaster preparedness, disaster response, relief, rehabilitation, mitigation and adaptation?

What are the elements of disaster Preparedness?

Clarifying the dividing line

Clarifying the dividing line DRR DM Towards resilient Towards saving individuals, family, more lives and community, society and reducing the nations… resolving the impact of the unsustainable hazard development patterns

Clarifying the dividing line DRR Activities Building the foundation of safety: through activities that will espouse basic rights to be fully delivered. Building disaster risk reduction measures; through activities that will reduce disaster risk such as hazard prevention and mitigation and eliminating or reducing vulnerability from the hazard through building individual survivability and community readiness DM Systems in place to save lives and reduce the damage

Clarifying the dividing line DRR When hazard events strikes: All internal capacities are being use to cope from the hazard events. No need for external help because internally have capacities to cope. Disaster Risk Management! Damage assessment and needs analysis is a determinant if the situation is to be declared disaster – meaning community needs an outside help because the situation is beyond their capacity DM All actions that will use external help beside internal capacities Insiders could not cope that need outside help If all the set up contingency plan requires further assistance from the outside, resource mobilization from the outside is activated Emergency Response

How should microfinance institutions (MFIs) prepare for potential disasters?

How should and how could MFIs respond to disasters?

Response Scenario Stages Immediate Time Frame First 24 hrs Services n. Search and rescue n. Shelter Sector Priorities n. Triage n. First aid n. Acute medical and surgical services n. Food n. Water n. Public Short term Medium term Long term One week One month information n. Security n. Epidemiological n. Environmental health services n. Energy (fuel, heating, light etc…) n. Care n. Protection n. Restoration (legal and physical) ncommunications of preventive health care services n. Restoration of priority disease control program n. Establishment of health information system n. Education n. Rehabilitation n. Agriculture n. Training n. Employment n. Health n. Social program n. Transport Three months of the dead n. General curative care services n. Control of diarrhea and acute respiratory diseases n. Nutritional surveillance n. Providing measles vaccination and vitamin A supplements is often priority in this phase) services n. Environmental protection information and health education

What are the roles/functions of MFIs during post-disaster recovery? is there a law that limit the function of MFIs to execute their development role to the society?

What are the opportunities for collaboration between MFIs and disaster management organizations with respect to disaster preparedness, disaster response, relief, rehabilitation, mitigation and adaptation? Explore, explore. . . there is no limit if you are adding value to the work!

The Road to Disaster Resilience is far from over… Thank You Very Much!