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RedR Canada aims
to relieve suffering in disasters by selecting, training and
providing competent and effective personnel to humanitarian
relief agencies world-wide. Livelihoods based approaches
provide a powerful tool for understanding and interpreting
the linkages between development and disaster management
practice. The worskhop is being coordinated by David
Sanderson,
Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP),
Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Workshop
Objectives
By the end of the workshop participants ought to be able to:
- Understand
the concepts of livelihoods based programming.
- Have
a greater awareness of the issues faced by vulnerable
communities.
- Apply
a range of tools for disaster risk reduction within a wider
framework of vulnerability.
Workshop Sessions
- Morning
presentations and case studies.
Day one will cover the elements of
livelihoods, including basic needs, assets, vulnerability,
rights, discrimination, shocks and stresses, governance
and resources. Day two will focus on how communities
‘cope with and recover from shocks and stresses'.
Day three will look more at practice-based responses concerning
how NGOs and others develop and implement livelihoods-based
programming.
- The
afternoon role play simulation will
be of a vulnerable community. Day one will ‘set
the scene' of issues that vulnerable communities face.
Day two will concern a rapid-onset disaster,
such as fire or earthquake, while day three will focus on
agency planning. Participants will be given individual identities
for the simulation.
- The
syndicate groups will comprise
groups of 3-4 participants who will reflect on issues raised
during the day and what this means for them and for their
practice.
- End
of day plenary will seek
to draw together lessons learned and strands of thought.
Prices
Fee (Individuals): $450
Fee (Institutions): $600
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