Disaster Preparedness & Development
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Many communities are hit by disasters again even before they manage to recover from the previous ones. Their livelihood is worsened. When the resources in such communities are damaged by disasters, their development of resilience to future disasters is usually hindered. Such a vicious cycle requires outside intervention.
With the mission statement, “Protect human life, Care for the health of the vulnerable and Respect human dignity”, the Hong Kong Red Cross started funding Community-based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) programme in various provinces in mainland China in 2003. Through structural mitigation projects, training and other different activities, capacity & awareness of disaster preparedness of the communities are strengthened. Our overall objective is to reduce disaster risks and enhance communities’ resilience to future hazards. Specific objectives are:
- Enhance disaster preparedness capacity of the individual
- Enhance disaster preparedness capacity of the community
- Strengthen structural disaster mitigation measures of the community
- Enhance the capacities in disaster risk reduction and project management of the local Red Cross branches
We emphasize local participation in the projects. Therefore, we encourage the local communities to get involved from programme planning, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation. This certainly helps the programmes to sustain. Up to date, we have already supported CBDP projects in over 80 villages, benefiting around 150,000 person-times.
Number of beneficiaries
|
|
Hubei |
Henan |
Jiangxi |
Yunan |
Sichuan |
Guizhou |
Anhui |
Hubei |
Number of |
Number of |
|
2004 to |
2 |
6 |
5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
13 |
16,293 |
|
2006 to |
8 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
25 |
27,975 |
|
2007 to |
10 |
6 |
-- |
7 |
3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26 |
32,949 |
|
2010 to |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 |
-- |
6 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
73,812 |
|
Total |
20 |
15 |
12 |
20 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
88 |
151,029 |
Summary for Phase One to Three