Humanitarian Assistance andSustainable Development inDisaster Management

HAFIZ AMIRROL • Head, Building Resilient Communities, MERCY Malaysia
Kobe University UNESCO Chair Summer Program on Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction Support
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
12 September 2018

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ABOUT MERCY MALAYSIAUNESCO Chair Summer Program

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Emergency Medical Relief

Psychosocial Intervention

reaches communities affected by either
complex or natural disasters at the earlystages when tragedy strikes.

is an important aspect of relief that helps
people build their coping mechanisms
through programs such as psychosocial
first aid, Child Friendly Space and Women
Friendly Space

Humanitarian Relief andRecovery
provides the essentials of life as afoundation for survival whether during
acute stages or while the communities arerebuilding their lives.

Recovery, Reconstruction andRehabilitation
provides repairs and rebuilding ofhealth & critical public facilities (latrinesand wells) and also or schoolchildren at atime when infrastructures around them has
almost collapsed.

Capacity Buildingin health related areas are shared with themedical fraternity and this supports thehealth development in these communities.
It also provides workshops in Building
Resilient Communities (BRC)

Community Health Program
gives remote communities access to
medical aid, dental and eye treatments
through our mobile clinics.

Disaster Preparedness,Prevention and Mitigation
prepares the communities with the usefulknowledge, compounded by relevant skills
to reduce future damages cause bydisasters.

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HUMANITARIAN CRISIS:READING THE REALITIESUNESCO Chair Summer Program

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STRATEGIC APPROACHESIN HUMANITARIAN ANDSUSTAINABLE
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What is a disaster?
A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of acommunity or a society involving widespread human,material, economic or environmental loss and impacts,
which exceeds the ability of the affected community orsociety to cope using its own resources.

Disasters are seen as the consequence ofinappropriately managed risk. These risks are the productof a combination of both hazards and vulnerability.

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Why strategic approaches are important?

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Total Disaster Risk Management

Total Disaster Risk Management(TDRM)LOW RESILIENCY
Less prepared =More response and recovery needed

HIGH RESILIENCY
More prepared =Less response and recovery needed

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Building Resilient Communities

Community-based
Disaster Risk
Management

SchoolPreparedness
ProgramResilient
HealthInfrastructure

Resilient
PrivateSectors

Resilient
Local Government
Units

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OBJECTIVESCOMMUNITY-BASEDDISASTER RISKMANAGEMENT

To provide a platform forcommunities to actively participate indisaster risk reduction activities, gain
knowledge, skills and competencies
in DRR and indigenous early warning
systems are enhanced and used.

To generate a culture of disasterawareness and response amongst
school children, teachers and staff.

PRIVATESECTORSRESILIENTHEALTHINFRASTRUCTURE

PROGRAMSSCHOOL
PREPAREDNESSPROGRAMS

Building Resilient Communities
EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES
Rebuilding
Capacitybuilding
Safe schools

To provide DRR and DRM education
for private and corporate sector
through DRR for Private Sector andBusiness Continuity Plan (BCP).

LOCALGOVERNMENT
UNITS

Healthsupports
and services

Knowledge
generation
Research

Evacuation
facilities
Resilientinfrastructure

Policies& regulation
Planning

To educate, train and strengthen
relevant LGU stakeholders on DRR
and DRM.

Early
warningsystems

Innovationtransfer

To increase and introduce hospitaland its management to DRR andimprove the hospital’s disaster
preparedness and early warning
systems through the implementationof DRM.

WASH

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Alignments to Global Agenda
Sustainable Development Goals

Sendai Framework For Disaster Risk Reduction

New Urban Agenda

Agenda For Humanity

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Sustainable Development Goals

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Agenda for Humanity

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Professionalism in humanitarian works

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Humanitarian principles
Humanitarian principles provide the fundamental
underpinning for humanitarian action. It ensuresrespect and is an essential element of effective
coordination of humanitarian actions.
Operating in accordance with humanitarian principles isthe basis for establishing acceptance by all relevant
parties for humanitarian activities to be carried out.
Humanitarian principles are thus central to establishingand maintaining access to affected populations.

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Humanitarian principles
Humanity: Human suffering must be addressed
wherever it is found. The purpose of humanitarian
action is to protect life and health and to ensure respect
for the human being.
Impartiality: Humanitarian action must be carried out
on the basis of humanitarian need alone, giving priority
to the most urgent cases of distress and making no
distinctions on the basis of nationality, race, religious
beliefs, class or political opinions.

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Humanitarian principles
Neutrality: Humanitarian actors must not take sides inhostilities or engage in controversies of a political,racial, religious or ideological nature.
Independence: Humanitarian action must beautonomous from the political, economic, military orother objectives that any actor may hold with regard toareas where humanitarian action is being implemented.

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DELIVERYUNESCO Chair Summer Program

The Cluster Approach

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The Cluster Approach

UNESCO Chair Summer ProgramCore Activities – Disaster Response
and Sustainable Health Development

UNESCO Chair Summer ProgramCore Activities – BRC

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WASH Programs

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Risk Mapping

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Risk Mitigation

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Risk Mitigation

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Technical AssistanceUNESCO Chair Summer Program

Rebuilding and Reconstruction

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Rebuilding and Reconstruction

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Advocacy and Human Development

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Refugeesand Asylum
Seekers

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Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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Humanitarian Lab
The Humanitarian Lab is intended as a common
platform for experts, researchers and advocatesto discuss, research and develop strategies in
responding to the said issues regarding protection
and registration, access to education and healthof refugees in the country. The lab will apply
strategic frameworks, database and basic
principles in order to reflect and further advocate
its agenda and wills to political mechanism

Lab methodology•

Consultation session
with stakeholders(government
agencies, NGOs,CSOs, CBOs andrefugee communities)•Mapping of Who’s doing
What and Where?

•Focus group discussion onframeworks, strategicplans and action plans•

Implementation of lab
output: service delivery,
outreach and advocacy,trainings and knowledge
exchange

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Knowledge and Information

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MOVING FORWARD
TOWARDSRESILIENCY ANDSUSTAINABILITY

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Humanitarian – Development Nexus
Total Disaster Risk Management(TDRM)LOW RESILIENCY
Less prepared =More response and recovery needed

HIGH RESILIENCY
More prepared =Less response and recovery needed

SustainableDevelopment
Goals

Total Disaster Risk Management(TDRM)

Vision for sustainable
development and humanitarian
actions are divided

Disrupted development delivery andvalue chain due to the humanitarianand development agenda divide

CURRENT SCENARIO

Humanitarian anddevelopment nexus forsustainability and resiliency

FUTURE SCENARIOLOW RESILIENCY
Less prepared =More response and recovery needed

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Value Proposition: The Resilient Agenda
Humanitarianleadership

Stakeholders growthand sustainability

Higher resiliency

Opportunities fordevelopment

Peace and security

Total Disaster Risk Management(TDRM)

HealthyandLOW RESILIENCY
developednation =Less preparedMore response and recovery needed

REDUCING DISASTER RISK, PROTECTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTHM
Less respo

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