Mainstreaming Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)

in the Dumka Division of Jharkhand

March 06 – 07, 2017

AN EXPRESSION.............

As a commitment of Inter agency Group (IAG) supported by UNICEF Jharkhand with The

Janaki Foundation as the Executing Agency, the Divisional level Consultation to build the

capacities of stakeholders on Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and

Climate change adaptation (CCA) was held at Santhal Pargana on 6th and 7th March 2017

IAG is conveying its sincere esteem and admiration towards Department of Home,

Prisons and Disaster Management government of Jharkhand and Shri S C Mishra I A S

Divisional commissioner Santhal Pargana

IAG expressed its contentment and thankfulness to UNICEF-Jharkhand for guidance and

to way forwards the Divisional level Consultation to build the capacities of stakeholders

on Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate change adaptation

(CCA)

IAG also acknowledged the cooperation Deputy Commissioner of Dumka, Deoghar,

Godda, Shibganj , Jamtara , Secretary to commissioner Santhal Pargana ,Chief Medical

Officers of Dumka,Deoghar,Godda, Shibganj, Jamtara and Addl collectors (DRR), senior

government officials, NGOS, Press personals for their cooperation for the successful

Divisional level Consultation on DRR and CCA.

With Kind Regards.

Subir Kumar

Convenor IAG

Ranchi -Jharkhand

Mainstreaming Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the Dumka Division of Jharkhand

Consultation report

Date: March 06 – 07, 2017 Venue: Conference Hall, Commissioner Office, Dumka Division, Dumka. Key Chair persons

Mr. D.C.Mishra (I.A.S), Divisional Commissioner, Dumka

Mr. Kartik.Kumar Prabhat, Secretary to commissioner

Chief Medical Officer Godda and Dumka

Mr. Subir Kumar, Convener, IAG Jharkhand

District Program Managers DHS Dumka, Deoghar

Mr.Raju Mahato District Disaster Management Officer, Dumka Govt. of Jharkhand

Mr. Ashish Kumar, Director, The Janaki Foundation

Mr. Kushal Mukherjee, Facilitator, Inter Agency Group Overview and Background Jharkhand is a disaster-prone state, with large parts of its territory exposed to both natural and man-made hazards. Furthermore, there is a strong body of evidence suggesting climate change has induced alterations to the frequency, predictability, and severity of natural hazards. Such developments have increased the propensity of hazards transforming into human disasters. Children, by definition constitute a highly vulnerable population, and are therefore particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of disasters. Disasters in Jharkhand are chronic and slowly causing huge loss in terms of human beings and economic losses. Drought is chronic disaster and sixteen year old Jharkhand has experienced ten full or partial droughts. The state gets 1000-1200 mm of rains every year but the run off of water is 85%. This has not only affected water availability at Surface or under ground level, but has substantially reduced the water index in atmosphere, soil and vegetation thereby adversely effective yield of food grains and growth rate of flora and fauna both. Pollution, global warming and dearth of suitable livelihood add up to the severity more. Lightning is another major disaster which every year claims more than 200 lives. Mining Disasters, Fire, elephant menace, thunderstorms are other disasters common in Jharkhand. Earthquake and floods are also likely. The consultation “women centric Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation and Children Centric Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation” focussed on the deliberations to assess the child-specific impacts of droughts (climatological disaster), malnutrition and Japanese Encephalitis/Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (epidemic and biological disaster), among others in Dumka Division where these disasters are increasing. Impacts can be age group-specific, with implications varying for infants, primary school aged children, and adolescents. Government of Jharkhand has taken various positive initiatives to reduce the risk of Disasters and Climate change, especially in recent past. The State Disaster Management Authority and District Disaster Management Authorities are more active with various institutional, planning, early warning, capacity building and infrastructural arrangements. The positioning of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Team and notification of all 24 Districts of Jharkhand as Civil Defence Districts has added strength to DRR & CCA planning, prevention, mitigation and preparedness of the state. While legal frameworks are necessary to provide a new direction to disaster management, this needs to be

supplemented by incorporating sound disaster risk reduction measures into our development decisions, policies and programs.

In the light of the Sendai Framework for Action (SFA), Jharkhand state Disaster Management Department in partnership with UNICEF, Inter Agency Group and The Janaki Foundation is moving forward to strengthen Disaster Risk Reduction Roadmap across the 05 Divisions and 24 Districts of Jharkhand in a participatory manner to reduce economic losses caused by disasters by 50 percent, and the loss of lives by 75 percent. The effort is to work in synergy and convergence with other development partners and the stakeholder Departments of Government of Jharkhand to mainstream Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) planning in the state of Jharkhand. The Janaki Foundation and Inter Agency Group has been an active partner in the planning process on DRR, draft the DRR Roadmap, conduct individual and multi-stakeholder consultations on the roadmap in Jharkhand. Plan of Action: Almost all the 24 districts are affected by different kind of Disaster. There is great need to strengthen the capacity of State, Division, District, Block and Panchayat level of departments, institutions and functionaries to respond to the Disaster at their own level in participation of community. It has the approval of Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prison and Disaster Management Department, Government of Jharkhand and the programme is to be run in coordination and guidance of State Project Officer, UNDP. District and divisional level consultation will be done in overall supervision of respective District Disaster Management Officers. Jharkhand is mainly vulnerable to following kind of Hazards:-

Drought

Chemical and Industrial Disaster (CBRN)

Lightning Introductory Remarks and Lamp Lighting Session Officials from the Dumka Division, Experts from Disaster Management Department, Government of Jharkhand, Inter Agency Group and The Janaki Foundation amongst others were in the panel of four core sessions that addressed resilient villages, resilient livelihood, resilient basic services, Gender Vulnerability and resilient geographies in the Dumka Division Level Consultation on Disaster Risk Reduction. Divisional Commissioner – Dumka Division, Mr. D.C.Mishra (I.A.S) served as the chief Guest and inaugurated the consultation. “The roadmap would ensure that all the safety norms stipulated therein are adhered to by people as well as the government machinery,” said Mr. Mishra. He added that all buildings of public gather such as schools, hospitals, offices and government buildings should be built to be Disaster-resistant, and older buildings should be reinforced to be stable in the event of a disaster. Setting the Context and elaborating on the objectives of the workshop, Mr. Subir Kumar, Convenor, Inter Agency Group said “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptations (CCA) continue to be an evolving field. As disaster risks evolve, and DRR practitioners undergo cycles of learning and reflection, different concepts take prominence to understand and act on disaster risk reduction. He was of the view that Disaster Risk Reduction is an initiative with the policy objective of anticipating future disaster risk, reducing existing exposure, vulnerability or hazard, and strengthening resilience.” In his context setting dialogue – he further highlighted the key concerns and focus area for the future and hoped that the deliberations of the Consultation would better

inform the participants on the DRR and CCA felt requirements and pave the way for developing an inclusive Roadmap for Jharkhand. Mr. Kushal Mukherjee from IAG was of the view that a disaster is an extreme disruption of the functioning of a society that causes widespread human, material, or environmental losses, exceeding the ability of the affected society to cope with its own resources. Disasters are either natural, such as floods, droughts, earthquakes and epidemics, or human-made such as fire, conflicts. It is essential to understand that natural hazards do not automatically lead to disasters by themselves. Indeed, the severity of a disaster depends on the intensity of the hazard and on the vulnerability of the people who are facing the hazard. Vulnerability is determined by social, economic, political or geographical inequities. The geo-climactic location of the Dumka Division, combined with its high levels of socioeconomic inequality, suggests that the geography is highly prone to disasters. Mr. Raju Mahto, District Disaster Management Officer, Dumka, Govt. of Jharkhand briefed the officials on DRR efforts being undertaken in the Division highlighting the focus and purpose of the consultation which is as follows: 1. Overview of Disasters in Dumka Division and emergency challenges. 2. Child and women centric DRR and CCA: Challenges 3. Child centric and women centric Health management status and challenges. Mr. Ashish Kumar from The Janaki Foundation informed that with the enactment of Disaster Management Act, 2005, there has been a paradigm shift from the relief centric response to a proactive prevention, mitigation and preparedness-driven approach for conserving development gains and to minimize loss of life, livelihood and property. In order to discuss the issue of integration of disaster risk into development programmes and policies – a Division Level Workshop under the Government of Jharkhand – Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiative has been called to discuss the issue of mainstreaming and integration of Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the division and finalize the strategies and procedures for the same especially for Health, Education and Rural Development Sectors. He informed that the herculean task of providing relief is made easier through efficient and effective coordination amongst various departments in the state including Rural, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Urban Development, Disaster management besides the department of Agriculture. All these departments work in perfect tandem with the vision of controlling the drought induced distress as best as they can. The fact that the districts of Garwah and Dumka were provided a special relief package of Rs.2.88 crores in 2014-15 to cope with “drought-like” situation is a perfect example of the State Government’s commitment to such exigencies. He further said that an inclusive planning is required that encompasses all the 24 districts is required to deal with the situation. This could thus help in pooling of resources, avoid duplication and working with an integrated approach thereby facilitating key policy decisions and implementations on improving DRR and CCA in the State.

Mr. Ashish Kumar highlighted the DRR and CCA situation in Jharkhand and Dumka, the growing urbanization, vulnerability and the challenges ahead saying "With urban population, poverty and destitution rising at an alarming rate in Jharkhand, there is an urgent need for a well thought out strategy that mainstreams child and

women centric DRR and CCA initiatives in Jharkhand. Citing examples of planning in developed nations like United States, he was of the view that proper attentions should also be made to silent disasters like malnutrition, solid and liquid waste management, safe drinking water amongst others. He opined that drought has become a chronic disaster and in sixteen years, Dumka has faced ten full or partial droughts. This has not only affected water availability at Surface or under ground level, but has substantially reduced the water index in atmosphere, soil and vegetation thereby adversely effective yield of food grains and growth rate of flora and fauna both. Pollution, global warming and dearth of suitable livelihood add up to the severity more. Lightning is another major disaster which every year claims more than 200 lives. Mining Disasters, Fire are other disasters common in Division. In regards, a well thought out strategy is the felt need of the hour as preparedness to deal with the situation. Illustrating on `Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation efforts in Jharkhand: Challenges and options, Mr. Subir Kumar, Convenor, IAG said that it is crucial to acknowledge the good works undertaken by the government and other partners as part of the DRR and CCA preparedness. However, he highlighted that more committed efforts are required in the 04 Priority Areas that needs to be taken care off while working on Disaster Plans; and they include - Understanding Disaster Risks, Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance to Manage Disaster Risks, Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience and Enhancing Disaster Preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. He shared the demographic and the vulnerability indicators of the State and related efforts undertaken by the state on DRR and CCA in Jharkhand. Mr. Kushal Mukherjee, Facilitator IAG, Jharkhand was of the view that a better understanding of the geomorphology, geology, hydrogeology and natural resource base to aid in the planning and execution of soil and moisture conservation works. A ridge to valley treatment approach is suggested. Improving the livelihood base by other part time and secondary employment including artisanal work would help increase financial any flows in rural areas. The rural communities need to be exposed to many more livelihood options based on local resources, which include plenty of bamboo, neem, mahua, etc, where some creative ideas could generate good employment. These could include artisanal crafts, simple repair shops, etc. Changing farming cropping patterns to adapt to the changing climatic conditions would be an appropriate step in building land use resilience. One of the major gaps in the PDS seems the poor delivery at the last mile. Both quantity and quality are moot issues and need to be addressed. The monitoring of leakages seems inadequate. This would go a long way in meeting the nutritional requirements of the underprivileged communities. Water and sanitation effort shave t be stepped up especially in areas where open defecation is the norm. Among the recommendations, the strengthening of the water supply and sanitation needs to be taken up on a war footing. Children must also be taught to use toilets instead of going for open defecation. Ms. Shirley Philip opined that in During Disasters that there is a direct loss of life as people especially women have less knowledge about happening and are less prepared. This is primarily due to low access of information like TV and Radio. Vulnerable to Reproductive and Sexual Health especially the pregnant and lactating mother. In scenarios such as Disaster where things are scarce - cases of sexual violence, trafficking and bonded labour increase in high proportions as there is a loss of livelihood. The felt need and focus thus should be on Preparedness, prevention and Risk Reduction.

At the Policy Level, efforts that can be promoted include Awareness and Advocacy; Gender Sensitive Risk Assessment-gender specific indicators; Analysis and Review; Gender –aware Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Products; Gender Responsive Recovery; Capacity Development He further illustrated that as part of solution the need is to develop an innovative solution that addresses the concerns of the gender concerns and vulnerabilities in Disasters and supports in evidenced based planning and provisions for DRR and CCA within the government systems. To take the initiative forward, The Janaki Foundation is in the process of developing a Gender Equity Index for women in Disaster and Disaster like situations in Jharkhand where benchmarking can be done from the dimensions categorizing empowerment, social and economic, livelihood and political. To Support the effort, it is also in the process of developing a knowledge bank on Gender development promoting Gender Just Society focusing on Disasters and vulnerability. The effort is to serve as a one stop solution for all technical and knowledge related issues pertaining to Gender Development, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptations. The second day of the consultation focussed on revisiting the District Disaster Development Plans as a group. This was presented by Mr. Raju Mahto, District Disaster Management Officer, Dumka, Govt. of Jharkhand. He illustrated on the specifics and chapters that contained the following components: Chapter I: Introduction, Profile, Geology of Jharkhand, Physical Regions, Climate, Temperature and Rainfall, Natural Endowments of the state Chapter II: Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis, Disaster Profile, Disaster Calendar of Jharkhand & Map, Situation of Agriculture Drought, Proposed strategy on Integrated Agriculture Drought management in Jharkhand Chapter III: Urban Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Analysis, The polluting Industries in Jharkhand, Air Pollution in Jharkhand, Gaseous Pollution, Water Pollution Chapter IV: Capacity analysis of the institutions to respond to Disasters Chapter V: Disaster Management in Jharkhand; Multi-Hazard Disaster Management Plan, Trigger Mechanism Chapter VI: Proposed plan for the holistic Disaster Management in Jharkhand, Incident response System (IRS) Chapter VII: Minimum Standard of Relief Operation Chapter VIII: Standard Operating Procedures Chapter IX: Offences and Penalties Chapter X: Monitoring and Evaluation Chapter XI: Proposed Incidence Response System for the state While the officials of the key stakeholder departments of the Dumka Division acknowledged the Dumka Disaster Plan; they were of the view that much improvement are required on the same as this needs to be more area specific, focusing on vulnerabilities in Disaster, population vis-à-vis tentative budget provisions. Many officials saw the document for the first time and were of the opinion that this document needs an intensive reworking so that the department and the District owns it in regards to their responsibilities, commitments and mandate. This is in consideration of the fact that meteorological drought is almost a constant in the north and west, especially in districts like Dumka and Garhwa. The rainfall Departure Index (DI) of Dumka shows that between 2012 and 2015, the variance from normal has been on a declining trend. Dumka witnessed a short burst rainfall in July 2015 wherein 50% of the 2015 rainfall fell in a single day. Symptoms of agricultural drought, hydrological drought, socio-economic drought, and ecological – all have been witnessed in these hard hit areas. These cumulative droughts have robbed underprivileged rural communities of any semblance of minimum “Quality of Life’ and has had a toll

on the quality of the social lives of the women and children in Jharkhand. Hence a concerted evidenced based strategic effort is required to deal with the situation in an effective and efficient manner. Recommendations and Key Outcomes of the Dumka Division consultation The participants called for the process for the development of the DRR Framework to take a bottom-up approach that is inclusive, integrated, and comprehensive. They agreed that climate change and related Disaster Risk Reduction efforts is one of the defining existential and development challenges of our time. The team felt that through lessons learned from recent disasters, the goals should be to identify policy alternatives, decision-makers to meet practical responses through policies and challenge emerging opportunities that arise. The effort thus should effectively increase partnerships for response redressal to enhance access to essential services, particularly for the poor and marginalized can help alleviate poverty and response during emergency. In essence, the team decided that the factors to consider are improved capacities for data collections, increased knowledge content of economies, diversify learning and innovations, training and capacity-building and risks being further marginalized in the Division. Key Messages: a) Integrated Planning and Action for DRR, CCA and Development to be strengthened, with contextualized local solutions in respect to the impacts of the causal relationship between disasters - development - climate change, especially on people's lives in the Division. b) Turning vulnerability into resilience c) Strengthening bottom-up and multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder engagement Water Sanitation, Hygiene

For drinking water, disinfection at source must be made mandatory with checks on the quality at source and at delivery.

Awareness Generation in regards DRR and CCA is very low in Jharkhand, Concerted and innovative efforts is the need of the hour to inform and educate the masses regarding WASH, DRR and Child Rights.

Roof rain water collection units to be promoted for use in institutional toilets (PHCs, Schools and Anganwadis)

Child Education and Protection

Establish links of water scarcity and impacts on education; ensure school WASH facilities are functional.

Governance in Child Protection is critical in managing child protection.

Village level child protection centres to be strengthened in drought affected districts

Village Level Child Protection Committees (VLCPCs) to work in close coordination with the Migrant Resource Centres

Support and care of migrant children through networking with local NGOs Health and Nutrition

To enhance the quality of health services, the concept of community based monitoring need to be re-introduced in the health system of the state. This can be implemented in all the government services including the PDS and MNREGS.

Effective supply of balanced noon meal schemes, at schools and anganwadis, to be a priority in drought affected villages

Institutionalizing capacity building and knowledge transfer on food and nutrition.

To lay intensive focus on combating malnutrition that is turning out as a silent disaster with grave results. The type of disaster is a key determinant of impacts on children and women. For example, while malnutrition is the crucial underlying impact of droughts (with repercussions for health, education, and in the long term for livelihoods), the disruptive effects on education emerge as a recurring concern for children affected by disaster.

Livelihood – Agriculture and allied activities

The changing rainfall pattern due to erratic rainfall with high intensity showers and prolonged dry period is playing havoc with agriculture, especially in a situation of rain fed farming. It is recommended that the cropping pattern should follow suit and crops like minor millets, pulses, etc., with lower water needs and better resistance are adopted and with new cropping patterns developed.

The crop of paddy may be replaced with less water intensive crops like Corn, Millets, Kharif Sorghum, Kharif Mung, Pulses like Arhar and Urad in the long term

In this drought situation, there was no money with the cattle owner farmers to buy the fodder. Under such situation a small support through the subsidies for fodder and cattle feed purchase may be helpful.

Since migration is a serious problem, it could be facilitated by the government with NGOs support and by setting up Migration facilitation centers. The tracking of children may be helpful to address many child right issues violation during the migration.

Inclusion of the drought affected blocks/ districts under the massive livelihoods programmes like National Rural Livelihoods Mission may help in improving the livelihoods of the communities. Efforts need to be made by Government organizational and NGOs for skill development for women and girls to enhance their income levels as per the needs

Filling up all the positions required for the child protection cell in the district. Regular trainings of Child protection committees at block and district level suggested.

Institutional Capacities and awareness

Build institutional capacity in government by educating public officials on the unique impacts faced by children, and adopt measures to ensure a child-focused approach in all disaster mitigation, preparedness, and relief and response efforts of the government – so as to increase awareness.

Raise awareness of the very real psychosocial impacts, which children experience when disasters strike, and implement initiatives that promote the mental and emotional wellbeing of children, such as the creation of “child friendly spaces” in disaster zones.

Institute disaster risk reduction as a mandatory element of school curriculum in disaster prone regions, so that children’s awareness is increased and they are enabled to have greater agency in preparing and responding to hazards.

Ensure widespread adoption of innovations that have proven to reduce disaster impacts, such as elevated hand pumps and hazard-proof toilets.

Improve district-level data collection on indicators related to disaster impacts, and address research gaps with respect to child-specific hazards (e.g. abuse and trafficking) and their deleterious immediate and long-term effects on children.

To put up in a nutshell, the matrix of the recommendations in the domain of Health, Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture and convergent actions can thus be summarized as below:

Division Level Consultation

Mainstreaming Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in DUMKA

PARTICIPANTS OBSERVATIONS /GAPS Identification AND RECOMMENDATIONS during Group discussion and Plan

of action

Sl. No. Sector-

Departments

Observations/Gap Recommendations

1 Nodal

department

DRR Policy and /Existence of DDMA & BDMA

Establishment of DEOC.

Review & Updating of DDMP.

Lack of Fund availability (Periodic MEETING, Capacity building etc.)

Urban Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Analysis,

Monitoring of SDMA.

Resilience and accountability

Advancement in Convergent action

Strengthening of Institutions across at District & Block level .Capacity building on DRR & CCA to health-ICDS-Sanitation education forest-agriculture functionaries

People Centric decentralized Drought Response Manual to be developed for the State, with detailed guidelines on decentralized management.

Standard Operating Procedures for mitigation of Urban Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Analysis, The polluting Industries in Jharkhand, Air Pollution in Jharkhand, Gaseous Pollution, Water Pollution

Circulation 0f Standard Operating Procedures

Establishment of DEOC and announcement DEOC to all Departmenst

Executing additional Committee to be defined and strengthened.

Convergent Actions & Role of the committee to be defined and sharing of Multi-Hazard Disaster Management Plan, Trigger Mechanism to dist department heads

Listing of district wise Voluntary / Supporting organisations (NCC, NSS, NGOs .and other agency )Bi annually sensitization meeting

Periodic meeting & follow up.

Monitoring team Constitution by State Disaster Management and district level Disaster Management.

Installation of Lightening Conductor in the offices/Schools/Hospitals/APHCS/HSCS/PRI office/ICDS office

2 Gender equality, equity, diversity At the Policy Level, efforts that can be promoted include Awareness and Advocacy

Gender Sensitive Risk Assessment-gender specific indicators

Analysis and Review; Gender –awareness Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Products

Gender Responsive Recovery; Capacity Development

Gender sensitive IEC materials display at Dist Hospital-APHC-SHC-ICDS Dist /Block office

3 Health Development of MFR or First Aid Teams

Convergence with allied sectors

Contingency plan on seasonality (Drought-rainy seasion)

Emergency Plan for Maternal treatment centre to address malnutrition during drought)

Mapping of the District for Disaster Zone

Lack of IEC materials related to Disaster.

Direction from Health Dept to District Officials

Convergence of IDSP with DDMA

Well Equipped Ambulance & HR for Trauma Management.

Pre stock of Life saving drugs & Medicines for vulnerability profile.

Avaibility of ORS at AWCs-HSC for distribution on demand and urgent situation

Place identification and preparation of additional beds and Funds avaibility for treatments of malnutrition

Need & region based IEC to be developed.

Institutional guideline for safety measures and response to be shared with all functionaries.

Ensuring ambulance services for trauma.

Expansion of donor based list for blood bank.

Inclusion of one chapter for Disaster management in Sahiyya Training module.

Installation of Lightening conductor in all hospitals /CHC/HSC

Fire Fighting equipments at all the service delivery points

4 WASH Water Sanitation, Hygiene

Understanding of Water level in the Panchayat

Roof top Rain Water Harvesting to be done.

Awareness Generation in regards DRR and CCA is very low in Jharkhand, Concerted and innovative efforts is the need of the hour to inform and educate the masses regarding WASH, DRR and Child Rights.

Water Assessment & Quality testing

CB of Jal Sahiyya on Disaster Management.

Management of Public toilets.

Periodic drinking water well cleaning

Promotion gender sensitive toilet at offices and public utility places and its maintance

5 Education Education and Protection

In cress in the understanding on DRR and CCA by School teachers and dissemination of information in the classes

Installation of Lightening Conductor /fire fighting equipments in Schools.

Training & CB for disaster prepadness to students & Teachers.

Monitoring of hand washing practices by point person at each school

6 Building

Construction

Department

Building safety for Earthquake, fire & lightening

Plan to be focused on Building safety for Earthquake, fire & lightening.

Installation of Lightening conductor in all the govt building and service delivery points

7 ICDS –Social

welfare dept

Strengthening the malnutrition reduction process

Efficacy in the supply of balanced noon meal schemes, at schools and anganwadis, to be a priority in drought affected villages

To lay intensive focus for reduction malnutrition that is turning out as a silent disaster with grave results.

Malnutrition is the crucial underlying impact of droughts . Emergency Plan for Maternal treatment centre to address malnutrition during drought

Strengthening the AWWS meeting focusing on Appropriate complimentary feeding practices

Supply of mid arm circumference tape at AWCs and old /defective Growth monitoring machines to be replace

Supportive supervision at AWCs on Growth monitoring

Coordination with health department and effective linkages with NHM program Rastriye bal swath

yojana (RSBY)

8 Health-ICDS-

PHED

IEC for Mainstreaming Child and Women

Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and

Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the

DUMKA

Need & region based IEC to be developed

Awareness Generation in regards DRR-Sanitation –Health-Gender-Malnutrition in the AWWs/Shiyas monthly meeting taking consideration seasonality

Each AWCS-APHC-HSC-PRI-schools and other service delivery points must have Poster on DO and DONTS related to DRR

Tool kit/Protocol of CB to be disseminated

9 Livelihood –

Agriculture

and allied

activities

Livelihood – Agriculture and allied activities Erratic rainfall with high intensity showers and prolonged dry period is playing disaster with agriculture, especially in a situation of rain fed farming

skill building on Kishan credit Card (KCC) maximum usage of it by farmers

migration is a serious problem, it could be facilitated by the government with NGOs support and by setting up Migration facilitation centers

Divisional Commissioner - Dumka Government of Jharkhand

ANNEXURE

Schedule

Dumka - Division Level Consultation

Mainstreaming Child and Women Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate

Change Adaptation (CCA) in the state of Jharkhand

Consultation theme: Preparatory measures to address Disaster Risk and Preparedness

Day -1

Time Session plan Objective Facilitator

10.30 AM –

10.45 AM

Registration

10.45 AM –

11.00 AM Welcome and introduction of the

participants

Purpose of the Consultation

defined and welcome Ms. Shirley Phillips, Inter

Agency Group

Mr.Subir Kumar – Convenor,

Inter Agency Group

11.00 AM –

11.45 AM An overview of Child and Women centric DRR and CCA in Jharkhand.

Participants has Improved clarity and Understanding on DRR and CCA in Jharkhand

Ashish Kumar, Director –

The Janaki Foundation

11.45 AM –

12.15 PM Inauguration and welcome speech

Shri. D.C.Mishra (I.A.S),

Divisional Commissioner,

Dumka

12.15 PM –

12.30 PM Tea break

12.30 PM –

1.00 PM District Disaster Management Authority, Dumka, Jharkhand

Participants has Improved

clarity on structure and DRR

efforts in Dumka

Mr. Raju Mahto

District Disaster

Management Officer

1.00 PM –

1.30 PM Sharing on the outcome of the state

consultation and recommendations

- Brief of the Project - Recommendations

Drawing out the mandate on

DRR and CCA from the State

Level Consultation

(December 22, 2016)

Shri. Kushal Mukherjee,

Inter Agency Group

1.30 PM –

2.00 PM Lunch

2.00 PM – Gender Issue and Challenges during

Disaster Management: Concepts,

Participants has Improved clarity and Understanding on Gender and Development

Director – The Janaki

Foundation

2.30 PM methods and tools

Challenges during Disaster

Management

2.30 PM –

3.00 PM Perspectives on DRR and CCA and its

importance in developing and

mainstreaming an evidenced based

plan

Participatory exercise to

discuss on thematic

challenges and Emergency

Preparedness Response

during Disaster for

mainstreaming.

Mr. Kushal Mukherjee –

Inter Agency Group

and District Disaster

Management Officer

03.00 PM –

03.15 PM

Health and Nutrition Challenges during Disaster Management: Concepts, methods and tools

Participants has Improved clarity and Understanding on Health and Nutrition Challenges during Disaster Management

Moderator from IAG

03.15 PM –

03.30 PM

Education and Livelihood Challenges

during Disaster Management :

Concepts, methods and tools

Participants has Improved clarity and Understanding on Education and Livelihood Challenges during Disaster Management

Moderator from IAG

03.30 PM –

03.45 PM Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

(WASH) Challenges during Disaster

Management : Concepts, methods

and tools

Participants has Improved clarity and Understanding on WASH Challenges during Disaster Management

Moderator from IAG

3.45 PM –

4.00 PM Day-1 Closing remarks with

participatory evaluation of learning

for the day

Day -2

Time Session plan Objective Expectation

10.00 AM –

10.30 AM Review of the Day-1

10.30 AM –

11.00 AM SDG Overview and Sandai frame work Participants has Improved

clarity and Understanding on

SDG and Sendai Framework

Mr. Kushal

Mukherjee – Inter

Agency Group

11.00 AM –

12.00 Noon A Road Map on Disaster Risk Reduction

and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR and

CCA ) in Jharkhand

Participants develop a

detailed understanding on

the developing the situation

analysis paper and the DRR

and CCA Roadmap pertaining

to induced disaster

vulnerabilities

Convener – Inter

Agency Group

12.00 Noon

– 12.30 PM Action plan frame work along with the

deliverables and Measurable indicator.

Participants develop

understanding on Disaster

Risk Assessments and

Management

Inter Agency Group

Experts

12.30 PM –

1.30 PM District wise discussion / Group exercise

Forward Action Plan

developed for the respective

districts / geographies as

preparedness towards micro

and macro disaster risks.

Inter Agency Group

Experts

1.30 PM –

1.45 PM Open discussion on a sample State DRR &

CAA plan and Budget with Suggestive

Recommendations to support evidenced

based DRR and CCA planning.

Participants develop and Understanding on the importance of evidences for a robust Disaster plans and Budgeting provisions

IAG / DDM

1.45 PM –

2.00 PM Workshop Summary, next steps illustration, Action Plan Frameworks; Brief on Division and District Level Action Plans; Evaluation and mainstreaming indicators/protocols

Sharing, vetting and buy-in

of the action plan developed

on participatory basis as next

steps towards

institutionalization and

mainstreaming.

District Disaster Management Officer

2.00 PM

onwards Closing remarks and proceed for Lunch By the Chair