Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Management ( DRRRM) DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT Protecting Children from Poverty and Disasters in East Asia and the Pacific. A Symposium on Linkages between Social Protection and Disaster Risk. 22-23 May 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Management (DRRRM)
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
Protecting Children from Poverty and Disasters in East Asia and the Pacific. A Symposium on Linkages between Social Protection and Disaster Risk.22-23 May 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand
Protecting children from poverty and disasters in EAP
Philippine Disaster Situationer
• The Philippines receives an average of 8 to 11 cyclones annually and is often hit by cyclones more than any other country in the world. Eight (8) out of the twenty-two (22) tropical cyclones that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) brought flashflood, landslide, flooding and heavy rains to the different areas in the country.
Protecting children from poverty and disasters in EAP
Social Protection Issues The affected Municipalities of the cyclone suffers vulnerabilities /gaps in the following aspects ;
• Lack of preparedness of the community• Isolation of outlying communities
particularly in the mountain areas• Absence of alternative livelihood• Poorly built housing or shelter• Communities in low lying or coastal areas• Weak or non cyclone resistant
infrastructure facilities• General poverty in the area • Environmental degradation• Vulnerable sectors, Women, Children and
Persons with Disabilities
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DSWD MANDATEExecutive Order No 15 dated 20 August 1998
“To provide assistance to local governmentunits (LGUs), non-government organizations(NGOs), other national governmentagencies (NGAs); people’s organizations(POs) and other members of civil society ineffectively implementing programs, projects,and services that will alleviate poverty andempower disadvantaged individuals,families and communities for an improvedquality of life.”
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Protecting children from poverty and disasters in EAP
Scaling up of Community Driven
Development
Building Adaptive Capacities at all
Levels of Implementation
Lifecycle and Individual Risks
Convergence in the Delivery
of Core Responses
Institutionalized Monitoring and Evaluation System
IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTICIPATORY STRATEGIES
Labor Market Interventions
Social Welfare Social Safety Nets
Economic Risks
Universal Coverage Targeted Areas and Sectors
Environment and Natural Risks Social and Governance Risks
KEY RESPONSE ELEMENTS
Social Insurance
CORE PROGRAM RESPONSES
BETTER AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE
Reduce Poverty and Vulnerability Inclusion and Enhancement of the Social Status and Rights of Marginalized
OBJECTIVES
RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES ADDRESSED
SOCIAL PROTECTION FRAMEWORK and STRATEGY
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Major Components of Social Protection
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Labor market programs
measures aimed at enhancing employment opportunities and protection of the rights and welfare of workers
Social welfarepreventive and developmental
interventions that seek to
support the minimum basic
requirements of the poor
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Social insurance
seeks to mitigateincome risks by poolingresources andspreading risks acrosstime and classes
Social safety nets
stop-gap mechanisms or
urgent responses that
address effects of shocks
on specific vulnerable
groups
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Other DSWD Programs for the Disaster Victims/ Families
1. Core Shelter Assistance Project
2. Emergency Shelter Assistance
3. Food For Work/Cash For Work
4. Balik Provinsya
5. Sustainable Livelihood Program
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THE SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA)
11.06.2013
Typhoon Haiyan at peak intensity on November 7
Formed November 3, 2013
Dissipated November 11, 2013
Highest winds 10-minute sustained:230 km/h (145 mph)1-minute sustained:315 km/h (195 mph)