Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Approach
Communities are the first responders to any crisis. As a result, the Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Approach should be the foundation of any risk reduction strategy. The CBDRM approach is a process that results in a locally owned disaster preparedness and risk-reduction strategy. The CBDRM strategy also involves climate-vulnerable communities in the discovery, analysis, planning, implementation, monitoring, and assessment of disaster risk-reduction actions.
The method promoted by Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) is to strengthen people’s ability to cope with disaster risks and reduce their susceptibility, resulting in safer and more resilient communities. These approaches have been recognized and widely practiced by various community groups, national and international organizations and government departments for over two decades in South East Asia countries.
Disasters are viewed as both a cause and a result of climate change. Karachi’s communities are vulnerable to a variety of natural hazards, including heavy urban flooding, heat waves, and shifting rainfall patterns. Climate change and harsh weather pose substantial hazards to the inhabitants of Karachi.
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Training
This Training Manual on Community-based Disaster Risk Management contains both conceptual and practical tools that will help CBOs’ activists regarding Community-based preparedness and early warning systems help in saving lives, protecting property, and reducing economic losses.
The manual aims to train CBOs’ activists, and local youth, from the areas of Malir, East and Central Districts of the Karachi. This manual offers flexible training suggestions and materials to support and enhance their Understanding about the community based disaster risk management, coping strategies and adaptation plan. It is designed for both trainers and activists. More specifically, the manual’s goals are to:
- Impart basic ideas and knowledge of the CBDRM Approach
- Explain the community-based planning and risk assessment
- Describe the role of local leaders and CBDRM committees in natural disaster coping techniques.
- Presenting area adaptation plan
This training manual is designed to assist trainers in conducting training at two levels. The first is train CBOs’ activists in CBDRM approach and concepts building and local applicable practices towards disaster risk reduction, and the second is resilient plan presentation.
Community-based Disaster Risk Management – CBDRM: This level of training is geared towards providing participants with conceptual frameworks of CBDRM Approaches, as well as exercises, case studies, and documentaries that supplement their knowledge and provide opportunities for practical application.
CBDRM training materials and exercises are provided to give trainers background information as well as to provide the steps for a challenging and creative learning environment for participants.
