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Community-Based Approaches to Building Resilience

December 15, 2015

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After completing training, participants receive an emergency kit, including a radio, a torch, a safe documents bag and a battery cell

Community members participate in an evacuation drill for earthquake situations

Emergency bags are distributed to community members

Persons with disabilities face extra challenges in daily life and especially in emergency situations. Community World Service Asia actively encourages persons with disabilities to participate in disaster risk reduction trainings

Trainees practice safe responses to earthquakes

The team demonstrates what happens during an earthquake using a simulation model

Thermocol sheets can be used as emergency flotation devices during flooding. The trainees are oriented on how to use them

Posters are a great way to share important information on disaster preparation, like this poster on how to avoid and respond to fires

Community World Service Asia ensures that women are included in community-level planning, such as in this session on the Emergency Response Team

Ms. Hoor, president of the local Community Organization, displays all of the training charts in the office

This month, Community World Service Asia has conducted disaster risk reduction sessions for 150 men and women from six Community Organizations in the hazard-prone area of Thatta, Sindh province. Community Based Disaster Risk Management trainings are conducted through our innovative Mobile Knowledge Resource Center, which engages community members in disaster preparedness skills. These trainings are bringing vital knowledge to vulnerable communities, and empowering them to build their resilience:

“It was great and fruitful training for us because we never received any training about DRR by presenting simulation models, we never knew about our village’s vulnerabilities, historical hazards, evacuation and emergency equipment.”

Gul Hassan, member of Rahim Dino Thaheem Community Organization

“The early warning system is a very informative method to mitigate any future disaster. It will help us with updates of natural disaster. The phone number provided to us it will help us to remain in contact with government body and NGO. We never know before where we get updates.”

Yar Muhammad, member of Haji Talib Bijoro Community Organization

“I would like to thanks Community World Service Asia for coming here and conducted training especially for women, because we are neglected at any walk of life. I learnt how to take safety measure in a fire disaster; I know about the reason of fire and how to keep away unused grass from kitchen surroundings.”