Disaster Risk Reduction and Response

Management (DRRRM)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

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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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Major Components of Social Protection

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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”

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