Community Based Disaster Management: Experience from Chisapani Village, Nepal

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1 Community Based Disaster Management: Experience from Chisapani Village, Nepal Yuka Makino East Asia Rural Development and Natural Resources Unit World Bank, 2002

2 Objective of presentation Share experience in Community Based Disaster Management Provide concrete examples of integrating disaster management with community development Demonstrate the importance of considering disaster management in every development activity

3 Chisapani Village: Background Nearly 800 people of Tamang ethnicity Nearly 4 hours South of Kathmandu Elevation of 2000 m Upstream from main agricultural region supplying Kathmandu 1993 monsoon: Suffered 60 deaths due to landslide and debris flow

4 Chisapani area Landslide map Yellow landslides before 1993 Red landslides after 1993 Area covers approx. 24 km 2

5 View of the Chisapani Village

6 Downstream from Chisapani Village: Destruction of agricultural fields

7 Goal of the Chisapani Community Development and Disaster Management project Reduction of water induced disaster to ensure a safer livelihood; and the reduction of poverty of the people of Chisapani Village

8 Outputs of the Chisapani project Increase in the income level of the community Development and implementation of a disaster management system Implementation of community development activities Construction of physical infrastructures for the prevention of landslides Institutionalization of disaster management and community development process

9 Organizations involved in the project

10 Inter-disciplinary team of the Chisapani Project Disaster management specialist & Sociologist Civil engineer Forester Health specialist (woman) Literacy specialist (woman) Administrative assistant Agricultural specialist Soil conservation specialist

11 Gathering to explain the project to the whole village Introduction of team, objective, implementation methodology, role & responsibility of community PRA resource mapping exercise

12 Participatory rural appraisal exercise: Example of resource map

13 Increase in the income level of the community Cash crop production Increase productivity of cauliflower & potatoes Nursery development & selling of saplings

14 Agriculture & disaster management Terrace improvement Erosion control Drainage control Establishment of community forest Development of a contingency fund

15 Income generation program Pickle production and marketing Study tours to other community development projects around Nepal forestry, fruits production, agriculture projects

16 Literacy program: lead & taught by community using disaster awareness materials

17 Disaster awareness poster

18 Health & sanitation program Toilets: Using local materials Maternal & child health First aid training

19 Warning & Evacuation system Evacuation trail map prepared by each community group Based on previous evacuation experiences Multi-purpose shelters for: school, community center, food storage, evacuation shelter

20 Evacuation drills

21 Reduction of Soil erosion in gullies and hillsides The community is actively involved and trained in each activity and is responsible for maintaining the works Bio-engineering & drainage control Gabion knitting & gabion box production

22 Construction of checkdams & revetment walls

23 Critical aspects of CBDM Build trust & spend time Involve the community from the design of project & Implement through community groups Transparency: Share all information Team lives in the village Work in a community with leaders that is willing & interested in working with you never impose Initial projects should be in areas that are easily accessible to ensure monitoring

24 Reality today in Nepal On July, 2002 monsoon rains caused extensive landslides and mudflow Causing 440 deaths, 173 reported missing, 32,000 homeless, 301,058 people affected (IFRC Oct. 2002)