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 NSET
has been implementing the project: Community Based Disaster Management
Program in Kathmandu Valley, with the financial support of Oxfam
GB, Nepal. The program is being implemented in the selected 5 wards
(6, 8, 12, 18, 20) of Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City in close collaboration
with the Lalitpur Sub Metropolitan City (LSMC). The main goal of
the project is to enhance the disaster safety of selected communities
through awareness campaigns, trainings and institutionalization
of the process in the local governance system for the sustainability
of such initiatives. The overall objective of the project is the
formation of ward level disaster risk management committee (WDMC)
in selected five wards of Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City and the
capacity enhancement of WDMC and volunteers to design and implement
disaster risk reduction and preparedness activities.
To meet its objectives various activities have been carried out
so far. Such as the;
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Consultation meetings with Municipal
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| Series of informal discussion
and meetings were conducted prior to the induction of the project. |
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| Project Induction Meeting: |
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Project induction meeting was held on 5th
April, 2007. This meeting was held in Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City. The
meeting was actively participated by Municipal Authorities, Municipal Officials,
Ward Secretaries, representative of political parties and other stakeholders.
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| Formation of Ward Level
Disaster Management Committes DMC (through Ward Assembly): |
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| Under this activity, Ward Level
Disaster Management Committees were formed after the extensive discussions
among the participants (represented by community members, neighborhoods,
tole sudhar samiti members, guthi members, club members, community based
organization members, ward secretaries, LSMC members etc) in each of the
five selected wards. An orientation presentation was made before the formation
of the Committee. |
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| Disaster Management Training: |
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A seven-day Disaster Management Training
for Community was held during 13 - 19 May, 2007 in Lalitpur (Staff College).
The training was jointly organized by Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City (LSMC)
and NSET under the project CBDMP-K. Twenty-eight volunteers representing
the five different wards and municipality participated in the training.
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| Vulnerability and Capacity
Assessment (VCA) Trainings/Workshop: |
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After the successful completion of Disaster
Management Training, 3 days VCA training cum workshop was held under the
project. This training was designed to the same volunteers who participated
the seven days training on Disaster Management. The training was conducted
from 30 th May - 1st June, 2007 in the Staff College, Lalitpur. |
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| Vulnerability and Capacity
Assessment (VCA) Field Study: |
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Following the VCA Training, an extensive
field study on VCA methodology and exercise for community volunteers was
conducted from 6 - 12 June 2007. |
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