Objectives

1. Basic social structure of disaster prone communities strengthened
2. Flood prone community ready to manage disaster
3. Alternate means of livelihood generated for vulnerable communities, affected by floods
4. Advocating for policy on flood victims

Activities

• Induction training of project staff on disaster management
• Refresher training  of  project staff
• Training of project staff on vulnerability mapping and poverty analysis,
• Training of project staff on asset management and asset creation
• Training of project staff on alternative livelihood and crop diversification
• Awareness generation and baseline survey
• Orientation and refresher of DMGs member
• Training and demonstration of community on risk reduction Initiative
• Training and refresher for BBM member s
• Training for Vasudeva Club  member
• Competition among BBM and Vasudeva members for their performance on disaster management
• Training and refresher of task force on relief and rescue, health and sanitation and information management  (warning system)
• Operation of warning centre (information centre )
• Block level convergence meeting  with government department
• District level convergence meeting with government department
• Eastern UP level convergence meeting with government department (in every six month)
• Exposure visits for government key functionaries and media representative in project area
• Preparation of people-centred plan for flood advocacy
• Advocacy workshop
• Develop IEC material related with disaster management
• Awareness raising through community meeting, wall panting, hand bill and pamphlets role plays, etc.
• Internal monitoring and evaluation of the project  
• Socio-technical planning for NREGA and its implementation
• Meeting of project team for learning and reflection

Expected Outcomes

1. Existing 3,000 families adopting alternative means of livelihood any their income goes up from Rs 700 to Rs 1,200-Rs1,500
2. Community is managing flood related problems of the area in all project villages
a. Task force, at least, for information management, health management, embankment security and for conflict resolution (arising due to flood problems) formed in all villages
3. CBOs/ PRIs existing/ evolved are functional

i. Formation of Vasudeva Club in the cluster of five villages in collaboration with Junior High school and above, identified during the process
ii. Formation of Babu-Bahini Manch (BBM) in all villages
iii. Development Management Group evolved in all villages
iv. PRIs and existing CBOs (cultural committees, mahila mangal dal, yuva mangal dal etc.) are functional in disaster management

4. Community action plan is ready for disaster management in all the villages
5. Standard Operating Procedures (community based, one each cluster, for flood response, mitigation and preparedness) ready
6. Community is managing their food and fodder stocks and keeping it at safe place for emergency situation in all affected villages
7. Community is vigilant and manages department concerned to take care of embankments in all concerned villages
8. Warning system/ information management system developed for all villages
9. Enhanced response from government departments (agriculture, PDS, ICDS, FFW, Health, Rural Housing, PRI - rural sanitation, Jal Nigam, drinking water, irrigation etc.) through convergence

Project Location

25 villages in Khersaraha development block of Siddharthnagar district

Donor

Department for International Development (DFID) through PACS Programme and Purvanchal Gramin Vikas Samiti (PGVS)

Project workers making presentation before block development officer