Manual on Disability Inclusive Community - Based Disaster Risk Management

MANUAL ON DISABILITY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

AUTHORS OF THE MANUAL

Preface

Acknowledgements

Scope of usage

Abbreviation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Footnotes

Chapter 1: GENERAL INFORMATION ON DISABILITY INCLUSIVE CBDRM

1. Why disability inclusion in CBDRM is important?

2. Concept of inclusion

Concept of inclusion in DRR

Integration vs Inclusion * 3

Rule of inclusion in DRR

3. Concept of disability

Concept of disability

Types of impairments

General barriers

Examples of removing barriers

1. Thought and attitude barriers

2. Physical environmental barrier

3. Information barrier

4. Policy and Institutional barrier

Case study: Perspectives of disability

4. Policies for Disability inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN/CRPD) (2006)

Incheon Strategy to make the rights real for persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific region 2012-2022 (2011)

Vietnamese Law on Disaster Prevention and Preparedness (33/2013/QH13)

Vietnamese Law on People with Disabilities (51/2010/QH12)

How people with disabilities in the world are affected in disasters?

How do people with disabilities in Vietnam prepare and respond to disasters?

Early warning

Early evacuation

Village disaster preparedness planning process

Contribution of people with disabilities

5. Disability Inclusive Community-Based Disaster Risk Management

Stage 1: Identification of community and risk assessment

Stage 2: Development of disaster risk reduction plan

Stage 3: Implementation of the plan

Stage 4: Monitoring & Evaluation

6. Roles of stakeholders in National disability inclusive CBDRM program

At national level

At provincial level

At district level

At commune level

At village level

Footnotes

Key messages

Steps of Disability inclusive VCA and Disaster risk management planning

Chapter 2: DISABILITY INCLUSIVE VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT (VCA)

1. Concept of disability inclusive VCA * 7

2. Baseline data collection before doing VCA with people with disabilities

2.1. Why is it necessary to collect baseline data of people with disabilities before conducting VCA?

2.2. Who provides the baseline data?

2.3. Time and steps of implementation of baseline data collection

2.4. Types of baseline data of people with disabilities that should be collected

? At commune level

? At village level

3. Performing VCA with people with disabilities

3.1. Hazard map

3.1.1. Steps for facilitating people with disabilities to draw hazard maps

3.1.2. Special tips for mobilizing participation of different groups of people of disabilities

For people with physical impairment

For people with visual impairment

For people with hearing impairment

For people with intellectual and mental impairment

For children with disabilities

3.2. Household interview

Special tips for household interview

3.3. Venn diagram

Special tips for Venn diagram

3.4. Focus group discussion (FGD)

Special tips for Focus group discussion

4. Selection of representatives of people with disabilities in the village

5. Double check VCA results of people with disabilities

6. Integration of information, needs and capacity of people with disabilities in the village VCA

7. Essential recommendations for VCA performance with people with disabilities

7.1. Logistic preparations to ensure disability accessibility

For people with disabilities who have difficulty in communication and understanding

For people having difficulties in mobilization

For people having visual impairment

7.2. Supplemental resources for people with disabilities

7.3. How to ensure effective participation of people with disabilities in the VCA?

For people with disabilities

For VCA facilitators

Inclusive facilitation skills

Appropriate seating arrangement

Participant management

Concept check

Footnotes

Key messages

Checklist (for VCA facilitator)

Chapter 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INCLUSIVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN

1. Importance of the development of a village community based disaster risk management plan

2. Steps of developing an inclusive village community based disaster risk management plan

3. Contents of inclusive village community based disaster risk management plan

3.1. The structure of the village inclusive community based disaster risk management plan

3.2. Detailed contents of the plan

3.2.1. Overview of natural disasters in the village

3.2.2. Summary of data regarding village VCA

3.2.3. Operational diagram of village DRM committee

3.2.4. Procedures for village early warning and evacuation

3.2.5. Detailed schema of early warning and early evacuation per sub-village

3.2.6. Village priority list of early warning and evacuation

Village priority list of early warning assistance (step 2 mentioned in section 3.2.5)

Village priority list of early evacuation assistance (step 2 mentioned in section 3.2.5)

List of villagers living in a high risk area and should evacuate (without assistance) (step 4 as mentioned in section 3.2.5)

List of villagers living in area that can evacuate (backup plan if necessary) (step 6 as mentioned in section 3.2.5)

3.2.7. Short, Mid and Long term Action Plan for risk mitigation

4. Tips for active and effective participation of people with disabilities and their family members in village meeting for developing a disaster risk management plan

5. Evacuation drill

5.1. Steps of implementing an evacuation drill

Step 1: Evacuate people in the priority list during the early evacuation assistance

Step 2: village evacuation drill (all villagers participate in the drill)

5.2. Tips for organizing an evacuation drill

5.3. Monitoring and Evaluation of evacuation drill

People in charge of monitoring and evaluation

What to monitor

How to evaluate

Footnotes

Key messages

Checklist (for village DRM committee and commune technical group)

CHAPTER 4: INTEGRATION OF THE INCLUSIVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN INTO COMMUNE PLANS

1. Process of integrating inclusive village community based disaster risk management plans into commune plans

The detailed basic steps are described below:

Step 1: Meeting with commune technical group to develop draft commune disaster risk management plan

Step 2: Agreement of the plan and submittal to the district People’s Committee for approval

People involved in the process of the development of the commune plan

From commune level

From village level

2. Contents of inclusive commune community based disaster risk management plan

a. What contents should be integrated into the commune community based disaster risk management plan

b. What disability-related aspect should the commune disaster risk management plan contain

c. Recommendation

Footnotes

Key messages

Checklist (For commune technical groups and CCFSC)

APPENDIX

Appendix 1: Baseline data to be collected at commune level

Appendix 2: Sample questions adapted and modified from Washington group questionnaire * 12 to identify persons with difficulties in disaster

Appendix 3: Baseline data to be collected at village level

Appendix 4: Sample questions of hazard mapping

Appendix 5: Reference questions for household interviews

Appendix 6: Monitoring form of evacuation drill

Appendix 7: Village community based disaster risk management plan

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN OF DONG HANH VILLAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. General background of village:

2. Village disaster background:

3. Summary of strengths and weaknesses of village toward disaster response

4. Organizational structure of the village DRM committee of Dong Hanh village

5. General framework of early warning and evacuation

6. Sub-group procedures of early warning assistance and early evacuation assistance

6.1. Procedures of early warning assistance and early evacuation assistance of sub-group 1 (including sub-village 1 and half of 2)

6.2. Procedures of early warning assistance and early evacuation assistance of sub-group 2 (including half of sub-village 2 and sub-village 4)

6.3. Procedures of early warning and evacuation of sub-group 3 (including sub-village 2 & 5)

6.4. Procedures of early warning and evacuation of sub-group 4 (including sub-village 6 & 7)

6.5. Procedures of early warning and evacuation of sub-group 5 (sub-village 8 & 9)

7. Priority list of early warning

8. Priority list of evacuation assistance

9. List of households living in low land areas to evacuate without assistance

10. Risk mitigation plan

11. Annex of the village plan

11.1. Name list of the village DRM committee

11.2. Name list of rescue team

11.3. Work to be done pre & post rainy season by DRM committee members

Appendix 8: Commune plan on community based disaster risk management

Title: Community based disaster risk management plan, Dien Minh commune, Quang Nam province

1. General background

2. Commune’s disaster record

3. Purpose, objective and requirements

4. Summary of commune’s strengths and weaknesses in community based disaster risk management

5. Commune’s organizational SCFSC chart

6. Procedures of early warning and evacuation for villages

7. Priority list of early warning assistance (from commune SCFSC to villages)

8. List of households in high land areas that should be rescued in the worst situation (flood water is likely to be higher than alarm level 3 (2m)

9. Plan for risk mitigation

10. Logistic preparation for emergency response

11. Duty assignment for emergency response

12. Annex of the commune plan:

Footnotes

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