1. Community Based
Disaster Risk Management
In Juwana River bank
In Pati District – Central Java
Supported by ICCO
Yayasan Society for Health Education Environment and Peace (SHEEP)
Indonesia
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F o u a ti o
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Indonesia

2. Background
 The destruction in the Juwana river bank area
( Muria and Kendheng Utara ) has increased
society risks and vulnerability
 Uncertainty of society means of living caused
by disaster
 Society basic needs that are neglected when
disaster happens

3. YSI Working ARea
Map of YSI focus area
on the overflow of Juwana river

4. Yayasan SHEEP Indonesia (YSI)
Roles
 Vulnerable society in Villages in Juwana river
bank has the capacity in reducing the
vulnerability in the local level, becomes the goal
of YSI in disaster risk reduction
 The approach that us used by YSI is Society
Management by using methods, such as: Live
In, PRA, Village meeting, Participative Mapping,
Advocacy or Lobby
 Advocacy & Lobby are held in the village,
District or Province level

5. Process
INPUT OUTPUT
• Fulfillment of basic need and society
• Strengthening society based livelihood resource in facing disaster risks
organisation capacity • Village has disaster hazard map
• Village had Village regulation on Disaster
• Strengthening OMS capacity response
• Supporting livelihood • Assisted village society has knowledge on
sustainability DRR concept
• Villager has emergency mechanism and
• Policy advocacy DRR based on the local (culture and norm)
context (Balai Rakyat)
• Disaster Contingency plan in
• District government has commitment on
local (village) level DRR effort in Pati through civil society
involvement

6. Findings
 Society has knowledge on understanding hazards signs (natural
signs)
 Society has preparedness system and/or as a coping mechanism in
facing disaster, e.g. : make faster-slower the planting season, making
the house foundation higher, boat ownership as a transportation
tools, putting household instrument/furniture higher (bed, kitchen,
electronic stuff, etc.) up to relocate to other area or change
profession to make sure that the livelihood resource is enough.
 Local government tends to neglect society effort as a form of DRR on
the development plan (especially in village area).
 Project arientation by government (assistance/aid), not knowing and
overlapping of policies in the local level regulation  no policy
(sectoral)

7. Lesson learn
 Society has the ability
to recognise coping
mechanism
 Society adaptation
on the risks need
huge “energy”
 Active comunication
with stakeholders in
DRR

8. Network
 Local : Pati Farmer Union, Jaringan
Masyarakat Peduli Pegunungan Kendheng
(JMPPK), Jaringan Masyarakat Sungai
Juwana (JAMPI SAWAN)
 Government (local and regional)
 ORNOP National : WALHI, MPBI & CSO
Forum on Climate justice
 Academics : UNIKA Soegijopranata, UPN
‘Veteran’ Yogyakarta & IPB