Purpose: The Manual aims to address the urgent requirement from people living in disaster prone communities for basic knowledge on disaster management. The Manual is designed for leaders working at the commune level within the People’s Committee, in mass organizations, for religious bodies, as commune heads, village leaders and also for staff of NGOs and for heads of households. It aims to provide information on the conceptual aspects of disaster management but more importantly, practical guidance to assist people living in communities to prepare for disasters, reduce their risk to them, mitigate against their effects, etc.
Overview: The document provides. Each lesson comprises a Content page, Purpose (a brief statement of the aims of the lesson), Learning Objectives, the lessons and resource materials. A Glossary of terms is included at the start of the Manual for an easy reference to word meanings and the standard word definitions adopted by the VNRC. Each lesson concludes with a Worksheet that you that you should fill in during the training session. It includes 8 lessons as followed:
- Lesson 1 Hazards and Disasters: definitions, main hazards, hazard locations and their frequency,
- Lesson 2 Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment: related concepts and definitions, disaster risk assessment
- Lesson 3 Risk Reduction measures: Introduction, Measures, Public awareness in disaster preparedness, examples of DP and DRR
- Lesson 4 Community based disaster management: concept, steps to undertake, the roles of Red Cros at different levels.
- Lesson 5 Disaster response: Relief supply distribution (learning outcomes, beneficiary and distribution), Information and reporting (importance and types of reporting)
- Lesson 6 Disaster preparedness (DP) planning: purposes, learning objectives, importance of community based DP planning and content of DP plan, check and update, action plan
Usage: Guidance for project implementation, Training
Audience: Communication staff, Volunteers
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