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Creating
self-reliant
communities
Approach to Disaster The programme contributes to the United Nations agencies, civil society organisations, academic
Management Sustainable Development Goals, Sendai Framework for institutions and international agencies including To watch the video, please scan
Disaster Risk Reduction and Prime Minister's 10-Point multilateral organisations. At the event, Reliance
Agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction. In particular, the Foundation also showcased a publication called Harnessing technology for enhanced
Reliance Foundation provides immediate assistance “Disaster Management Approaches Towards Resilient disaster response
while also focusing on building long term resilience. programme aims to impact on the indicators such as
It works towards identifying and promoting innovative reducing hunger, reducing mortality, improving health Communities: Learnings from Reliance Foundation’s In order to effectively address pre-during-post disaster
Experiences” to share learnings from its decade-long
practices in disaster risk reduction, mitigation and and wellbeing, reducing number of affected people, work and experience in the disaster management management and response, Reliance Foundation has
response. The disaster response initiatives are reducing economic impact, reducing damages to space, which includes supporting vulnerable extensively used ICT platforms, Geographic
structured around three core functions – critical infrastructure, climate-change adaptation Information System (GIS) and datafication
among communities, collaborations and partnerships, communities through technology technologies. Using the GIS platform, disaster hazard
i. Pre-disaster work focusing on lives and and data-driven early warning advisories.
livelihoods of the communities, protecting assets, capacity building, leveraging technology and The discussion was structured in two parts, map is developed with the help of spatial and
disseminating early warnings, and assisting in contributing to disaster risk reduction strategies and non-spatial data integrating the historical disaster
community and livestock evacuations. improving access to multi-hazard and early warning (i) Understanding livelihood vulnerabilities due to events, and prioritized the vulnerable areas that are at
disaster risk information. disasters and the impact of climate change. extreme risk. Also, information gathered at the village
ii. During-disaster interventions supporting rescue
operations and connecting relief locations. Sharing knowledge to build a stronger (ii) Foster cross learnings and discussions around level on the crucial infrastructure that can be made
iii. Post-disaster support to help bring normalcy to disaster management ecosystem strategies for building resilient communities available as safe shelters would help the local
the lives of those affected. and livelihoods. administration in preparing for emergency operations.
In an effort to share learnings through the years, The roundtable provided cross-learning from Through this, the local administration is assisted in
The three-pronged approach adopted by Reliance Reliance Foundation, in association with the United organisations working in the Disaster Management better planning, including the evaluation of the
Foundation to support disaster-affected communities Nations in India, organised a Roundtable discussion on space and stressed the need for partnership and provision for compensation, by primary data at the
has effectively covered 22 States and 03 Union ‘Building Resilient Livelihoods in the face of Changing collaboration, while also emphasising the household level. The datafication technique helps in
Territories, across 293 districts.
Climate and Disasters’ in Mumbai. The multi-stakeholder breaking-down of silos between functioning of the bringing together various elements that are essential
So far, the Foundation has responded to more than event saw participation from various eminent speakers private sector and public, CSOs and international for comprehensive planning of disaster response and
52 disasters including cyclones and floods. and experts from across the private sector, government agencies in the area of building resilience. recovery support.
