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Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Management (DRRRM)
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
Protecting Children from Poverty and Disasters in East Asia and the Pacific. A Symposium on Linkages between Social Protection and Disaster Risk.22-23 May 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand
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Philippine Disaster Situationer
• The Philippines receives an average of 8 to 11 cyclones annually and is often hit by cyclones more than any other country in the world. Eight (8) out of the twenty-two (22) tropical cyclones that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) brought flashflood, landslide, flooding and heavy rains to the different areas in the country.
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Social Protection Issues The affected Municipalities of the cyclone suffers vulnerabilities /gaps in the following aspects ;
• Lack of preparedness of the community• Isolation of outlying communities
particularly in the mountain areas• Absence of alternative livelihood• Poorly built housing or shelter• Communities in low lying or coastal areas• Weak or non cyclone resistant
infrastructure facilities• General poverty in the area • Environmental degradation• Vulnerable sectors, Women, Children and
Persons with Disabilities
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DSWD MANDATEExecutive Order No 15 dated 20 August 1998
“To provide assistance to local governmentunits (LGUs), non-government organizations(NGOs), other national governmentagencies (NGAs); people’s organizations(POs) and other members of civil society ineffectively implementing programs, projects,and services that will alleviate poverty andempower disadvantaged individuals,families and communities for an improvedquality of life.”
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Scaling up of Community Driven
Development
Building Adaptive Capacities at all
Levels of Implementation
Lifecycle and Individual Risks
Convergence in the Delivery
of Core Responses
Institutionalized Monitoring and Evaluation System
IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTICIPATORY STRATEGIES
Labor Market Interventions
Social Welfare Social Safety Nets
Economic Risks
Universal Coverage Targeted Areas and Sectors
Environment and Natural Risks Social and Governance Risks
KEY RESPONSE ELEMENTS
Social Insurance
CORE PROGRAM RESPONSES
BETTER AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE
Reduce Poverty and Vulnerability Inclusion and Enhancement of the Social Status and Rights of Marginalized
OBJECTIVES
RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES ADDRESSED
SOCIAL PROTECTION FRAMEWORK and STRATEGY
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Labor market programs
measures aimed at enhancing employment opportunities and protection of the rights and welfare of workers
Social welfarepreventive and developmental
interventions that seek to
support the minimum basic
requirements of the poor
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Social insurance
seeks to mitigateincome risks by poolingresources andspreading risks acrosstime and classes
Social safety nets
stop-gap mechanisms or
urgent responses that
address effects of shocks
on specific vulnerable
groups
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Other DSWD Programs for the Disaster Victims/ Families
1. Core Shelter Assistance Project
2. Emergency Shelter Assistance
3. Food For Work/Cash For Work
4. Balik Provinsya
5. Sustainable Livelihood Program
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THE SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA)
11.06.2013
Typhoon Haiyan at peak intensity on November 7
Formed November 3, 2013
Dissipated November 11, 2013
Highest winds 10-minute sustained:230 km/h (145 mph)1-minute sustained:315 km/h (195 mph)
Lowest pressure 895 mbar (hPa); 26.43 inHg(Estimated)
Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was one of the
strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, which devastated portions of Southeast
Asia, particularly the Philippines, on November 8, 2013.[1] It is the
deadliest Philippine typhoon on record. Haiyan is also the strongest storm recorded
at landfall, and unofficially the strongest typhoon ever recorded in terms of wind
speed
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WHAT THE DSWD DID WELL
• Early response - prepositioned
relief packs; quick setup of an
interim communication facility
• Rapid assessment
• Re-validation of Conditional
Cash Transfer (CCT )
beneficiaries
• Big number of volunteers were
mobilized
• Readily available evacuation
center
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Continuation …• Successful forced
evacuation• Support of other
regions, officials and staff and LGUs, no more boundaries
• Spirit of service among staff
• Availability of funds
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MAJOR
CHALLENGES
• 150,000 food packs needed to have been prepared for distribution daily
• Staff were also victims of disaster• Report generation, data
consolidation• Mobilization of other agencies'
logistics• Augmentation of personnel
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MAJOR CHALLENGES
• Inadequate communication facilities
• Logistics - warehouse and transportation, food supply management
• Inadequate accommodations for the responders/augmentation staff
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MAJOR CHALLENGES
• Protection of the vulnerable sectors i.e. women, children, etc.
• Conduct of psychosocial interventions such as Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing (CISD), counselling and play and art therapies for children;
• Setting-up of friendly spaces and/or activity centers for women and children;
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Lessons Learned/Implications to DSWD
• Existing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policies & systems no longer appropriate for massive scale disasters
Disaster Response System
• Needed: safer and better-equipped evacuation centers;
• Capacity building on evacuation center management.
Evacuation Centers
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Lessons Learned/Implications to DSWD
• Relief goods handling and warehousing and logistics need to be enhanced;
• Location and capacity of warehouses;
• Personnel capacity on different aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) need to be enhanced; and,
• Urgent and necessary response-support equipment are needed
Logistics
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INSIGHTS AND REALIZATIONS
• Acceptance and willingness of DSWD responders to offer services even beyond the call of duty; willingness to volunteer in the service to humanity
• Need to build resilient evacuation centers and allied institutions
• Need to have a written disaster and evacuation plan based on the “new normal”