A Presentation on "Building Safer Communities in Bihar with focus on Child Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction" Presented by Mr Ray Kancharla -Save The Children Foundation at Workshop on Preparedness & Response for Emergencies and Times of Natural Disaster, Patna, Bihar - India, Organised By :-Corporate Disaster Resource Network, For Report please go to :-http://www.cdrn.org.in"

1. Towards…. “ Building Safer Communities in Bihar with focus on Child Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction” April 2009 – March 2011 INVESTING IN THE FUTURE – FOR SEEMLESS BREAKTHROUGHS

3. Drought Cold Wave 76 % people and 73% land mass is leaving under Recurring floods High Wind Earth quake zone IV & V Hot Wave Multi-Hazard Vulnerability of Bihar

4. Strategic Positioning Araria, Supaul, Katihar, Purnia – are traditionally prone to trafficking - The raison-d-etre for Save the Children to be positioned in Araria to mitigate vulnerabilities to children by way of potential risks of trafficking and abuse There has always been an existing collective forum

6. Child Centred DRR – as a niche strategy of Save the Children India 2008 – 2011 – in Bihar Save the Children and 4 Partners energized a very enriching process of Child Centred Community Based DRR - 50 villages with IKEA support 100 VILAGES with a magnanimous support of ICICI Foundation and CSO Partners Children have played a major role in hazard mappings, development of community and school safety planning and became leaders in Task Forces

7. How many of us work FOR children?

8. How many of us work FOR children? How many of us work WITH children?

12. Children and Rights Immediate Rights Progressive Rights Protection Participation Development Survival Best Interest

13. Coverage areas with CSOS support in CCCBDRR An Inter-Agency Humanitarian Space was facilitated and supported through Sphere India as another hallmark of this unique cooperation with ICICI Foundation and CSO Partners Partner District Block Villages No of HH Jan Jagaran Sansthan (JJS) Madhepura 2 30 3467 Vikas Vihar Araria 1 20 3515 SAKHI Supaul 1 20 2805 Nav Jagriti Khagaria 3 30 3760 TOTAL 4 7 100 13547

15. Trained & Equipped work force

16. CCCBDRR Program Rooted in Children Eco system

17. PVCA Tools helps children and their community to Identified their Risk , Vulnerability and Capacities

20. 28th Feb PATNA Yudhisthira SKILLED AND EQUIPPED TASKFORCES FOR SAFE VILLAGES

21. Community is better prepared to face any future disaster

26. Child Friendly Flood Safe Shelter ( CFFS) AMANI CFFS PURBI THATA CFFS KHOKSI CFFS On an average, 1000 persons (neighbourhood of 2 to 3 villages) can take shelter in the severe flooding days During non-disaster days, it serves as a school, community hall and other creative purposes

27. Good Concerns by themselves GENERATE Good Resources Around Six lakhs were mobilized from Government of Bihar for CFFS construction Site Mound Raising from MNREGA Hand pump Community Toilets including Hand Pumps AMANI CFFS 50,000 100,000 Purbi –Thata CFFS 50,000 100,000 KHUTAHA CFFS 200,000 SISWA CFFS 50,000 KHOKSI RAMGANJ CFFS 50,000 10,000 TOTAL 400,000 10,000 200,000

28. 100,000 children from 3 states say: A BIG THANK YOU to ICICI Foundation, CSOs Partners, Give India and to the state Governments