Presented bySungi Development Foundation

November 19th 2005

The Role of NGOs in Mobilising the Communities

Donors ConferencePakistan

A strong belief and

respect for the power of

nature and indigenous knowledge

Outline of the Presentation

1. NGOs, their work, capacity and legal status

2. Past experience: Earthquake 2004, Heavy

snow and rainfall disaster in early 2005

3. Earthquake 2005

4. Future role of the NGOs

5. What the NGOs expect from the donors

NGOs are

not for profit,

public interest organizations

registered under the law

Registered under• The Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies Act

• Societies Act

• Cooperatives Law

• Trust Act

• Companies Ordinance

All NGO accounts are audited

through licensed Chartered

Accountants

NGOs help in organizinglocal communities

Giving voices to the deprived and marginalised

Enabling people to decide for their own lives and taking charge of their own development

Empowering the marginalized, especially women

Advocating people’s rights

Enabling people to cope with their vulnerabilities

Providing relief through recreation

Earthquake in 2004

Damages to houses

..damage

to schools

Women Relief Committees

Project Implementation Committees Implemented the projects

NGO’s response

Tents: 516

Blankets/Quilts: 3,480

NGO’s response

Tents: 516

Blankets/Quilts: 3,480

Houses Rehabilitated 42Support: SDC-IC

I am back to my School:

Rehabilitated 106 school buildings

rehabilitated 23 health institutions

Aaha: I have access to qualified doctor

Heavy Rains and Snowfall in NWFP

2005

Damage to houses in whole NWFP: 73,881*

Deaths: 453

Injured: 527

Cattle died: 3916

Goats died: 1326

Suffered the most…

It took about two to three months to reach some of the affected areas…

Food to: 6,000 poor families in NWFP, AJK

Support: NOVIB-Norwegian Embassy

..transporting food items to affected areas – a difficult task..

..reaching the most affected… partnership with grassroots institutions and

the local government…

..reaching the most affected… partnership with grassroots institutions and

the local government…

Medical Camp – Beeran Gali

……men, women and Children………

Direct Beneficiaries: 4,100 persons

Rehabilitation of Assets

…Summary of ongoing schemes…in Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Battagram

Houses 440

Hospitals 23Check Dams 20Local Paths 23

Total 729

Irrigation Channels 15DWSS 39Link Roads 24Schools 145

Pakistan Earthquake2005

An Overview

Source: www.earthquakepakistan.com

Relief Activities by NGOs An overview

Majority of the Pakistani NGOs joined hands to respond to the

disaster 2005

Joint Action Committee Earthquake Relief

(JAC ER)

Cooperation among national and international NGOs and

government

Mobilising village organisations to help in relief assistance

Information Sharing and Coordination

www.sungi.orgwww.jacngos.org.pk

www.earthquakepakistan.comwww.spopk.org.pk

-- joint rapid assessment …

Rescue Operations

Relief Efforts – Right from Day 3 of the Disaster

Transitional Shelter: Model 1

Model 2Foreign volunteers helping

Model – 3

Food Distribution

Sanitation

warm clothing

Encouraging female participation for benefits

Earthquake in PakistanEarthquake in Pakistan20052005

Future Strategy

Program Approach

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Building Assets (Social, financial, political, natural, physical, etc.)

Influencing policies/institutional frameworks

A 3-Pronged Approach

Short Term Initiatives

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Launching an awareness raising

campaign on current and potential

risks management

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Increasing people’s access to

information at grassroots level.

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Facilitating the community for their

needs assessment and demand

articulation

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Building community-based disaster

management capacity

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Facilitate in securing of identities and

entitlements of rights of the communities

w.r.t. revenue, property, birth, death etc.

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Enhancing access to civil rights by

providing simplified judicial and

administrative procedures and providing

legal aid.

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Facilitate transparent distribution of

cash grants/income support to

affected communities

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Supporting efficient and transparent

cash grants, and cash-for- work program

through community involvement

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Long Term Initiatives

Reducing the Vulnerability Context and Prevention from Shocks

Encouraging people friendly institutional and

legal arrangements to protect vulnerable

groups such as orphaned children and

women from abduction and trafficking

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Developing community based

accountability forums for restoring and

monitoring of functional mandates of

local elected representatives.

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Involving communities in planning,

execution and accountability of recovery

and rehabilitation operations

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Carrying out community based

social audits of relief and

rehabilitation program

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Affectees

Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)

Mobilizing Male and Female Village

Based organizations

Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)

Providing financial and technical

assistance for construction of

culturally sensitive, hazard resistant

owner-driven housing

Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)

Helping village communities in

construction of infrastructure such as

access roads, water tanks, irrigation

channels etc.

Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)

Creation of income and employment opportunities

Reviving small businesses and micro enterprises

by enhanced access to micro finance

Developing and enhancing skills

Rehabilitating the disabled

Accelerate the revitalization of local economy

Building Assets (Social, Financial, Natural, Physical, etc.)

Rehabilitating their agriculture by providing seed,

diversifying cropping pattern and other technical

input.

Assisting communities in resettlement of livestock

in temporary shelter and improving livestock feed.

Rehabilitating agriculture and livestock

Advocacy: Influencing Policies/Institutional Frameworks

Encouraging communities in decision

making and monitoring of recovery and

rehabilitation operations

Short Term Initiatives

Advocacy: Influencing Policies/Institutional Frameworks

Engaging civil society in the formation of national disaster management policy and plan.

Encouraging people representation in the formation of policy for the disabled.

Encouraging compliance of regulations and building codes

Long Term Initiatives

What do NGOs Expect from Donors?

Assistance to replicate the tested model of social mobilization as an equity partner -

US$ 90 million

Technical assistance

Support for a long-term rehabilitation plan

Many thanks