2. Outline
• Challenges
• Goal
• Objectives
• Strategy
– Planning
– Design and Implementation
– Expected Outcomes
• Budget
• Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
• Timeline
3. Barguna District
Challenges
• Housing needs
• Access to safe drinking
water
• Economic instability
(rebuilding livelihood)
• Inadequate community
awareness for disaster
management
4. Overall Goal
• To contribute to improving housing and
sustainable economic development in
Barguna District in Bangladesh
5. Objectives
1. To provide housing and sanitation - cyclone
resistant homes, home improvement grants,
school cum shelters and community centers
2. To improve access to safe drinking -
rainwater harvesting, water treatment
3. To increase adaptability to extreme climate
changes– economic sustainability, food
security, health promotion
6. Socio-ecological Framework Government policies- land allocation,
microcredit, home construction
existing farming practices supported by
government , NGO’s
Public
Policy Local NGOs, Local government
agencies, universities,
Organizatio Local leaders, religious
nal leaders, teachers, family
members
Community
Skill-building training
Risk reduction education
Individual Health Promotion
Business management skills
7. Approach
• Active Community Participation
• Stakeholder involvement /partnership
• Capacity building
– Institutional strengthening
– Individual training- skill building and education
• Build on lessons learned
– Avoid duplication
• Use of local resources (money stays in community)
8. Conceptual Framework
Planning Design and Expected Impact
Intervention Outcomes
•Policy Analysis
Housing •Improved
•Improved health health
and
•Community outcomes- Social, outcomes
Sanitation
needs mapping mental and physical
•Improved
•Community Asset •Sustained Food economic
Mapping security development
Safe
•Formation Drinking •Sustained economic •Community
community water
benefits recovery
advisory
board/Spearing
committee •Reduced vulnerability
Adaptability
to future disasters
•Needs
Prioritization
Monitoring and Evaluation
Medium term goal Long-term goal
Short term goal
9. Objective 1: To provide housing and sanitation
• Target Population
– Most vulnerable -Extremely/ultra poor/land less;
Female headed households; Elderly; Handicap
• Selection process (Identification of
beneficiaries)
– Government records (natural disaster record)
– Community advisory board(CAB) recommendation
10. Objective 1: Intervention
• UNDP Model Homes
– Resistant to category 4 cyclones
– Culturally acceptable
– Facilitate rain water harvesting
– Accommodate expansion
• Latrine
– Flood resistant latrines
– 1 unit per three families
• Shelters
– Flood resilient
– Accommodate 800-1000 persons +livestock
– Will serve as schools and community centers
11. Objective 2: To improve access to safe drinking
• Target Population
– Home beneficiaries
– Other community members
12. Objective 2: Interventions
• Rainwater harvesting
– Water storage tank (3,200L)
– 9 liters per day for family of 6
– Tank is used for 4 months
– 1 Tank per 3 families
– Can be made locally in the community
17. Objective 3: Interventions
• On Farm activities
(profitable livestock,
poultry, apiculture,
floating gardening )
• Promotion of nutrient
dense plant (Moringa)
• Rich in micronutrients
18. Objective 3: Interventions
• Off Farm activities
(handicrafts, blanket
making, curd
production)
• Food preservation
techniques- solar drying
• Promotion and
management of small
businesses
19. Objective 3: Interventions
Future that Floats
• Educational Activities
– Partner with NGOs to
promote health
education programs
– Disaster risk reduction
– Community sensitization
20. Objective 3: Interventions
• Microfinance
– Loan amount can range between $25 -$1000
• About 25% ($5,000,000 of the total budget)
• Diverse farming, cottage industry, food production
– Will be managed by co-operative local banks and
community members
21. Key Partners
Government
• Ministry of Land, Upzila Disaster Management
committee, Housing, Ministry of Agriculture,
Environment
• Schools/University (BRAC)
NGO’s
• Samata: Land ownership advocacy/program
• Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Floating schools)
• Bangladesh Rural Improvement Foundation
Legal consultations
22. Justification
• Holistic approach
– Unique ecosystem of the country
– Cost effective
– Empower individuals
– Reduce their vulnerability to natural disaster
– Economic development
– Sustainability
23. Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Description Indicators Means of verification Assumption (risks)
with resolution
Goal: To contribute to * % Population without Bangladesh disaster Government, NGOs and
improving housing and homes preparedness center community members
sustainable economic *Employment rate National Surveys will support the project
development for * Household income Health facilities
approximately 41,000 * Health records -
families Diarrheal
Purpose: To reduce * Structural integrity of Comparison of pre-and Housing solution,
vulnerability to disaster homes post-intervention data capacity building and
and improve economic * Income level economic strengthening
stability will reduce vulnerability
24. Project Description Indicators Means of Assumption (risks)
verification
Output : Number of homes Project records Government, NGOs and
1.Construct 8,157 constructed within 30 Ministry of community members support
cyclone resistant homes months housing Weathering conditions will
favorable for building
2. Construct – 8 cyclone Number of shelters Project records Same as above
resistant shelters constructed
3.- Improve access to Number of tanks Project records Interventions are acceptable
safe drinking water constructed Health records by the community
Number of person using
water treatment techniques
Reports of diarrhea
4. Increase adaptability # of people accessing Bank report Capacity building and
to climate change microfinance Project records microfinance will improve
Success rate of business Ministry of food security and income
Household income agriculture
Increase food production
# of individual diversifying
agriculture
# of people attending
educational and training
workshops
25. Project Description Indicators Means of verification Assumption (risks)
Activities: Formation of spearing Project Data Community leaders and
1. Community community and advisory stakeholders will
mobilization board support program
2. Hiring and training of Personnel hired and Project records Staff members will
staff trained possess skills to execute
program
3. Baseline assessment Baseline data collection Filled out questionnaire Active participation
of community needs Focus groups transcripts
and assets
4. Capacity building – Number of workshops Attendance records Individuals will
Skills training (n=20), conducted Number of Evaluation forms participate in the
educational (n=10) and persons trained training
risk reduction workshop
(n=10)
5. Project evaluation Pre-and post- Analyzed reports
intervention surveys
6. Dissemination of Community and
results stakeholder meetings
Publications
White papers
26. Project Time Frame Year1 Year2 Year3 Year 4 Year 5
Preliminary Phase (Identify and build
partnerships, Community engagement,
Formation of community advisory
board)
Community needs assessment- (focus
groups, base line data collection,
community mobilization)
Community asset mapping
Project Implementation- (Construction
of houses/latrine, Safe water and
sanitation, risk reduction education)
Program monitoring
Program Evaluation
Process
Outcome
Impact
27. Project Evaluation
• Community based committees will routinely engage in self
monitoring to measure progress of community development
and sustainment.
• Records of projects will be maintained at the community and
administrative levels to conduct process and outcome
evaluation
• External evaluation will be conducted during implementation
and on a six month basis during sustainment to supplement
community self evaluation efforts.
• Impact evaluations
– Final Impact Evaluations
28. Budget
Description Units Cost, $ People benefited
Housing 8157 9,959,697 48,942
Latrine 2719 108,720 48,942
Water tank 2719 407,700 48,942
Shelter - 3,900,000
Microfinance ($25-$1000) - 5,155,502 206,220 - 10,331
Administrative cost (personnel cost, -
conducting baseline, conducting service,
conducting monetary evaluation)
1 Program manager 72,225
4 Supervisors 33,335
10 masons/carpenters 108,369
5 field workers 144,450
Equipment and supplies 10,000
Capacity building cost (support to existing - 100,000
NGOs for educational activities)
Total 20,000,000 248,942-58,942
29. References
• Rafiqul Islam. Pre-and post-tsunami coastal planning and land-use policies and
issues in Bangladesh.
• http://www.fao.org/forestry/13138-098e3e2e57aa60088543a509788445c8d.pdf
• Emily Wax . Washington Post In Flood-Prone Bangladesh, a Future That Floats
• September 27, 2007; Page A01 and A22.
http://www.directrelief.org/uploadedFiles/Where_We_Work/Countries/Bangledes
h/InternationalReports_v4.0.pdf
• Climate Change Case Studies – May 2009. Extending emergency relief and
rehabilitation to increase community resilience to natural disasters Cyclone Sidr
Response, Bangladesh http://wvasiapacific.org/downloads/case-
studies/Bangladesh_Cyclone_Sidr_Response.pdf
• Practical Action. Sustainable and Diverse Livelihoods. Available
http://practicalaction.org/page/2844. Accessed on 03/03/2012
• Tamima U. Population Evacuation Needs Assessment in Cyclone affected Barguna
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