Project period March-December, 2009:
This document reports on the Community Disaster Resilience Fund (CDRF) project implemented in several districts of Orissa, which aimed to channel resources directly to at-risk communities, particularly grassroots women groups, to support them in initiating and scaling up effective grassroots Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) practices and in developing the necessary relationships with local and regional authorities and NGOs to effectively address community disaster risk on a sustainable basis.
The main purpose of the CDRF project report is to demonstrate women community-led initiatives in DRR; initiatives that are designed by communities and which enable them to increase their awareness of their vulnerabilities and to address these vulnerabilities through collective risk mapping, identification of priorities, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
It demonstrates that increasing the resilience of poor communities’ livelihoods reduces their vulnerability to disaster risks while contributing to a sustainable approach and that liaison with local authorities indicates their willingness to try to incorporate livelihoods approach into local development and DRR planning. Other outcomes include strengthened community cohesion, an increased capacity to make informed decisions regarding their well-being and increased self-confidence amongst the poorest and most vulnerable families.
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