1.       Overall Goal

Disaster Resistant Sustainable Human Development in selected districts of Sindh and South Punjab

2.       Stakeholders

Disaster prone communities

Civil Society Organizations

Government

Educational Institutions

Media

3.       Stakeholder- specific Goals

Resilient and humanly developed communities

Sensitized, capacitated and resourceful civil society for

DRM and Human Development

Responsive and capacitated  governance to  citizens’ and children rights for DRM and human development

Education for social change, economic uplift, DRM and human development

Sensitive, responsive and capacitated media for disaster and development communication

4.       Key endeavors

4.1. Research (following a comprehensive research agenda):

-          Engaging higher education institutions and CSOs in the research activities

-          Research findings to inform planning; to mobilize people, institutions and resources; to generate public demand and to influence policies and practices

4.2. Publications:

-          Research reports and other materials including manuals, booklets, books and IEC material etc.

4.3. Advocacy, awareness and communication:

-          Occasional radio programs and announcements

-          Program’s website ‘www.childrenanddisasters.org’

-          Engaging mainstream and local media

4.4. Capacity building:

-          Of community institutions

-          Of Civil Society Organizations

-          Of media

-          Of children and youth

-          Of teachers

-          Of government officials

-          Of program’s own staff

4.5. Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Development Planning

-          Preparation of comprehensive community level contingency/DRM and human development plans by engaging experts from partner universities and other institutions

-          Support to local government for preparation of district contingency/DRM and long term development plans

-          Facilitating preparation of strategic plans for CSOs  

4.6. Networking, association and engagement with key stakeholders at all levels- from local to international; including:

-          Children and youth

-          Communities

-          CSOs (working at community, district, national, regional and international scales)

-          Concerned citizens

-          Media

-          Governments (at different tiers: national, provincial and district)

-          Academic institutions

4.7. Structural interventions (providing technical and financial support for):

-          Safe housing

-          Safe schools/school rehabilitation

-          Disaster resistant community physical infrastructure

-          Improving mobility

-          Sustainable livelihoods

4.8. Integration of the program with initiatives of government and nongovernment institutions directly and indirectly related to project’s goal, objectives and activities.

5.       Program's   implementation arrangements

The first phase of the program (September 2009 to July 2010) was implemented by Indus Consortium comprising:

 1.       RDPI as the lead and focal agency

 2.       Help Foundation, Doaba Foundation and LHDP as the implementing partners in Districts Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur and Thatta; respectively.

 The Second phase of the program is being implemented by RDPI as the core coordination and implementing agency.   

6.       Program's duration

This is initially a three year program started from September 2009