HANDS-ICD training Brochure on Disaster Management

1. HANDS ICD
HANDS-ICD is the largest network
of capacity building institutions in
Pakistan, making a great effort
toward institutional development
and capacity building at the
community and grassroots level,
which focus to design and
implement institutional
strengthening and capacity building
HANDS-ICD Head office Three days training on
training for community leaders,
activists, doctors, teachers,
Disaster Management
government officials and its
staff. HANDS-ICD empower HANDS-ICD 140-C Block-11,
underprivileged and deprived PECHS, Karachi, Pakistan
community through training and Tel: 0092-21-34532804, 43527698
capacity building program so that Fax: 0092-21-34559252
manage their own affairs and to Email:info@hands.org.pk
work collectively to foster and Website:www.hands.org.pk
sustain positive change in the
society.

2. Three days training on
Disaster Management Training Objectives
disaster risks and vulnerability and building The training will train participants to be
community capacity to promote a „culture of able to:
safety.‟ Through exercises and simulations  Examine various models of
participants practice risk assessment and risk disaster risk management;
management planning. The participants will have  Design and conduct community
a chance to learn about globally acknowledged based disaster risk assessment;
programs and projects on community based  Identify measures for hazard &
disaster risk management from leaders of these vulnerability reduction &
initiatives, with a particular focus on examples community capacity building;
The HANDS training provides an
from South And South East Asian and Pacific  Prepare a risk reduction plan &
opportunity for practitioners to learn
regions. The HANDS training tackles the issues understand how to integrate it into
essential skills and knowledge in
in disaster risk management from a development activities;
community based disaster risk
developmental perspective, discusses the issues  Analyze problems in the
management to address implementation
and problems concerning sustainability, implementation of community
challenges in a systematic manner.
replication/ adaptation of HANDS practice and based risk reduction plans;
HANDS participants acquire tools and
integration of risk management plans with
obtain knowledge on “how to” design
government and non‐government development
and implement programs for reducing
plans.