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What do you understand by community-based disaster preparedness? Explain the process and preparation strategy of community-based disaster management plans for resilience.

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Assessment of vulnerable areas, resilient infrastructure Vulnerable population: Children, pregnant women, elderly. 4) Formulation of prepared-ness plan: Should take cognizance of needs of community, clarify measures to be taken by the community before, during & after disaster. Specify roles & responsibilities to various officials, departments, NGOs, panchayats, etc II. During the occurrence of Disaster: 1) Organizing search rescue activities: identifying victims, bringing them to safer places, first-aid of shelter 2) Providing shelter to people & livestock, to be given in pre-planned locations, ensure sanitation, food supply, clean water 3) Debris clearance & dead-body identification Disposing dead bodies & livestock in a major concern in this phase by should be planned accordingly Clearance of debris due to collapsing infrastructure III. Post disaster phase: Detailed damage assessment: to understand the magnitude of loss, tell in terms to drivers of damage to infrastructure, damage to crops, etc

4Preparedness rehabilitation plan: comprehensive economic rehabilitation plan, rehabilitation of livelihood 5) Social rehabilitation: This includes strengthening health-sector, anganwadis, schools, community centres, etc. 6) Monitoring of community-based disaster management: building & appropriate monitoring mechanisms to facilitate people utilization of implementation of resources Communities have good social capital of trust & work good in coordination, but they alone cannot tackle issue as the disaster's capacity is far, so government should work with them & build their capacity, thus reducing the burden central disaster relief machinery as they will be helped by strong local capacities & communities.

— Sayali Bhika Pagar · AIR 87

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Communities have good social capital of trust and work well in coordination, but they alone cannot tackle issues as the disaster's capacity is far, so government should work with them and build their capacity, thus reducing the burden on central disaster relief machinery as they will be helped by strong local capacities and communities.

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Sayali Bhika Pagar

AIR 872023

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Community-based disaster preparedness and resilience

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Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is known for its manufacturing clusters on firecrackers and matches. The local economy of the area is largely dependent on firecrackers industry. It has led to tangible economic development and improved standard of living in the area. So far as child labour norms for hazardous industries like firecrackers industry are concerned, International Labour Organization (ILO) has set the minimum age as 18 years. In India, however, this age is 14 years. The units in industrial clusters of firecrackers can be classified into registered and non-registered entities. One typical unit is household-based work. Though the law is clear on the use of child labour employment norms in registered/non-registered units, it does not include household-based works. Household-based work means children working under the supervision of their parents/relatives. To evade child labour norms, several units project themselves as household-based works but employ children from outside. Needless to say that employing children saves the costs for these units leading to higher profits to the owners. On your visit to one of the units at Sivakasi, the owner takes you around the unit which has about 10-15 children below 14 years of age. The owner tells you that in his household-based unit, the children are all his relatives. You notice that several children smirk, when the owner tells you this. On deeper enquiry, you figure out that neither the owner nor the children are able to satisfactorily establish their relationship with each other. Bring out and discuss the ethical issues involved in the above case. What would be your reaction after your above visit?

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