Community Based Risk Reduction Course

Course Objectives

•          Describe the role of local authorities in Community-based Disaster Risk Management
•          Discuss the key hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities at the local level
•          Explain the rationale and process of community-based disaster risk management
•          Discuss the Disaster Risk Management System in your country
•          Define the key terms and concepts like hazard, vulnerability, capacity, risk, disaster, disaster risk reduction Describe the administrative, political, social and economic structure of the area

Course Content

Introduction to Community Based Risk Assessment (CBRA)

•          Definition of terms relevant to the CBRA

The process of carrying out CBRA

•          Initiating the process
•          Community Profiling -
•          Community Risk Assessment
•          Formulation of Initial Disaster Risk Reduction Plan
•          Formation of Community disaster response organization
•          Implementation of short-, medium-, and long-term risk reduction measures, activities, projects and programs
•          Monitoring and Evaluation

Hazard Assessment and CVA matrix

Risk assessment and CBRA report

•          Preparing a CBRA report
•          Practicing the tools

Views on community-based disaster risk management

•          The Bottom-Up approach

Community based disaster risk assessment

•          Components of community based disaster risk assessment
•          Purpose of Community based disaster risk assessment

Pressure and release model: progression of vulnerability

•          Cause and effect in the Disaster Pressure model

Actors in disaster risk management at community level and their specific roles

Policies and legislative requirements for Community based Risk Reduction

General Notes

•          All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs
•          The participant must be conversant with English
•          Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are expert with more than 10years of experience.
•          Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with Foscore Development Center certificate (FDC-K)
•          Training will be done at Foscore Development Center (FDC-K) in Nairobi Kenya. We also offer more than five participants training at requested location within Kenya, more than ten participant within east Africa and more than twenty participant all over the world.
•          Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
•          The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance and other personal expenses.
•          Accommodation, pickup, freight booking and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.
•          One year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.
•          Register as a group of more than two and enjoy discount of (10% to 50%) plus five hour adventure drive to the National game park.
•          Payment should be done two week before commence of the training, to Foscore Development Center account, so as to enable us prepare better for you.