Disaster risk reduction successes in Ethiopia: Video

Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) adopted the full cycle of DRM (consisting of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation) to guide the undertaken programmes with a redirected focus on DRM.

The first step has been to build a Wereda* Disaster Risk Profile (WDRP) which establishes an extensive database at community/kebele* level and provide all necessary information on disaster risk elements. This information system forms the basis for designing DRM strategies.Once the weredas and communities have established their profiles and know the disaster risk elements the next step is to build the programs which forms the full cycle of DRM (consisting of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation). This program focuses on the proactive side - the pre-disaster phase- and hence the Disaster Risk Reduction Planning.

The process seeks to achieve HFA Priority Areas 2 (Know the risks and take action), 4 (Reduce Risks) and 5 (Be prepared and ready to act).

There are two essential steps in the DRR Planning process:

1.Planning to reduce/avoid the risks of disasters and to adapt to climate change through managing the causes of disasters at wereda level (Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Planning)

2.Planning to get an efficient preparedness system that helps them to anticipate and respond timely and effectively to hazards events (Contingency Planning)

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* "Districts or wereda are the third-level administrative divisions of Ethiopia. They are composed of a number of wards (kebele) or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia." (Wikipedia)