Thanigaseelan.S, December 2010 “The early recovery coordination strategy bringing back the livelihood of flood affected people” Eastern University Annual Research Session

1. Mr.S.Thanikaseelan, MDE, EUSL.

2.  Introduction
 Objectives of the study
 Methodology
 Results
 Conclusion

3.  The impact of the flood disaster.
 Most of the people in Batticaloa are depending on the agriculture,
home gardening, field crop, livestock and high land vegetable
cultivation for their income generation.
 Even though, the destruction of houses, agricultural land, livestock,
livelihood assets, market places and other infrastructure as a result
of the floods is having a dramatic impact on households’ ability to
generate food and income.
◦ 375,205 people displaced
◦ Extent of flood damage - 115,000 ha
( equivalent to 77% of the cultivated extent)
◦ 214,430 livelihood affected
◦ Estimated production loss - 180,908 mt
( 91% of the predicted yield)
◦ Estimated economic loss – Rs 5903 million
◦ 23,889 houses damaged
◦ 298 Schools damaged
◦ 120 major, medium & miner tanks affected
Introduction

4. District Period- Year
2011
Rainfall-mm Cumulative
rainfall –mm
30 year
average
rainfall - mm
Trincomale
e
January
1-20th
588.8 1031 115.6
February
1-6th
443.1
Batticaloa January 1-
20th
1195.5 1661.3 210.3
February 1-
6th
465.8
Ampara January 1-
20th
481.3 921 239.1
February1-
6th
440.2

5.  Early recovery coordination
◦ Early recovery the key phase in the Disaster Management Cycle
(Preparedness, Mitigation, Relief, Responsible, Recovery &
Development)
◦ Early recovery is recovery that begins in the post-disaster response or
humanitarian relief setting, immediately following a natural disaster or
armed conflict.
◦ early recovery and relief efforts aim to generate self-sustaining,
nationally-owned processes to stabilize human security and address
underlying risks that contributed to the crisis.
◦ This includes activities that will repair, rebuild and strengthen
governance, livelihoods, shelter, environment and social dimensions,
including the reintegration of displaced populations.
◦ a network of ER focal points from each of the other clusters, to work
together on the integration, mainstreaming and coordination of early
recovery issues.
◦ High-level information-sharing and decision-making

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Koralai Pattu North(Vaharai)
Koralai Pattu South(Kiran)
Eravur Pattu(Chenkalady)
Manmunai West(Vavunativu)
Manmunai South
West(Paddipalai)
Porathivu Pattu(Vellaveli)
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Gaps
 To Ensure the effective data collection, analysis, finding the
needs and gap, updating the analyzed data and disseminate
to the all other partners.
◦ To organize the coordination meeting in with different partners.
◦ To collect the data systematically and develop the livelihood matrix
and updating.
◦ To map the livelihood needs, gap and responses.
Status of livelihood assistant.

7. States of Damaged House-Damaged by flood

9.  To ensure the early recovery of the flood affected people in
the district.
◦ Early recovery activities bordering on humanitarian activities such as quick
impact income generation, alternative livelihood development, indigenous
product development, community empowerment and social cohesion.
 Ensure the clusters integration and quick response through
create the well coordination mechanism.
◦ Cluster coordination method.
◦ District wise coordination methods
◦ Divisional level coordination system.

10. Methodology:
 Based on the paper, secondary as well primary sources are
using to achieve the objectives. Under the secondary source
the UNOCHA publication, government publications, district
wise early recovery reports, monthly flood recovery reports,
post-flood assessment reports, district livelihood matrices
and maps have selected for analyze the problem to achieve
the objectives .

11. Coordination strategy
 It identifies the real needs, available capacity of the agencies, and
gap of the response and reduces the duplication and overlap of the
recovery assistants.
 Strengthen local governance capacity to plan and manage the
recovery effort, including facilitation of early recovery prioritization
meetings at district and divisional levels
 Establish effective and participative early recovery coordination
mechanism to support district efforts
 Support coordinated early recovery needs assessment, and advocate
for early recovery issues to be taken into account in other needs
assessments by national and international humanitarian and
development actors.
 Support early recovery resource mobilization efforts and the tracking
of donor assistance

12.  It builds on emergency assistance programmes to ensure that
their inputs become assets for longer-term recovery and
development.
 It supports local initiatives to revive livelihoods, for example
agricultural restoration.
 It addresses the underlying causes of the crisis.

13.  As a recommendation, to improve the life of affected
people, the inclusiveness and effective participation
respectively should be developed in the coordination
mechanism.
 The coordination must well plan and ensure to recover the
loses on right time and right people.
 The coordination strategy should be develop on priority
base such as providing basic needs, housing, resettlement,
livelihood, infrastructure and etc.
 The mechanism should be consider the follow up and
monitoring process to ensure the sustainability in the long
term development.

14. Thanks