The way forward
The community based approach to disaster
preparedness has proved effective and sustainable in
reducing vulnerability to natural hazards, as
demonstrated in the response to Cyclone Favio.
The five-year community-based disaster preparedness
programme was based on a previous disaster risk
reduction project in Sofala province (funded by
GTZ), and two pilots in Inhambane and Zambezia
provinces (funded by the Danish Red Cross and the
International Federation respectively). A three-year
programme based on the recommendations and
lessons learnt from these previous programmes is
currently being implemented in three provinces with
support from the British Red Cross and the UK’s
Department for International Development (DFID).
The Mozambique Red Cross Society is seeking
support to identify and review lessons learnt from the
DFID-funded project and to add value to the overall
disaster management programme.
In particular, the Mozambique Red Cross Society, in
cooperation with the National Meteorology Institute,
plans to conduct a real-time assessment of how
communities understand the colour-coded cyclone
early warning system, and to make changes to the
way cyclone alerts are broadcast as required.
The Mozambique Red Cross Society will continue to
target vulnerable communities identified with
assistance from the National Institute for Disaster
Management, with a particular focus on areas where
there is scope for integration with other core
programmes of the Mozambique Red Cross Society
(health, water and sanitation, HIV) that will reduce
overall vulnerability at times of disaster and
otherwise.
Following the recent floods and cyclone, the
Mozambique Red Cross Society has increased its
profile at government level as a key provider of
disaster preparedness and response at the national
level. The National Society is seeking to strengthen
the existing relationship with the National Institute
for Disaster Management and other government
agencies and to encourage further integration of the
Mozambique Red Cross Society community-based
disaster management approach into a national
disaster management strategy.
The way forward
The community based approach to disaster
preparedness has proved effective and sustainable in
reducing vulnerability to natural hazards, as
demonstrated in the response to Cyclone Favio.
The five-year community-based disaster preparedness
programme was based on a previous disaster risk
reduction project in Sofala province (funded by
GTZ), and two pilots in Inhambane and Zambezia
provinces (funded by the Danish Red Cross and the
International Federation respectively). A three-year
programme based on the recommendations and
lessons learnt from these previous programmes is
currently being implemented in three provinces with
support from the British Red Cross and the UK’s
Department for International Development (DFID).
The Mozambique Red Cross Society is seeking
support to identify and review lessons learnt from the
DFID-funded project and to add value to the overall
disaster management programme.
In particular, the Mozambique Red Cross Society, in
cooperation with the National Meteorology Institute,
plans to conduct a real-time assessment of how
communities understand the colour-coded cyclone
early warning system, and to make changes to the
way cyclone alerts are broadcast as required.
The Mozambique Red Cross Society will continue to
target vulnerable communities identified with
assistance from the National Institute for Disaster
Management, with a particular focus on areas where
there is scope for integration with other core
programmes of the Mozambique Red Cross Society
(health, water and sanitation, HIV) that will reduce
overall vulnerability at times of disaster and
otherwise.
Following the recent floods and cyclone, the
Mozambique Red Cross Society has increased its
profile at government level as a key provider of
disaster preparedness and response at the national
level. The National Society is seeking to strengthen
the existing relationship with the National Institute
for Disaster Management and other government
agencies and to encourage further integration of the
Mozambique Red Cross Society community-based
disaster management approach into a national
disaster management strategy.
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