Figure 01: Sri Lanka is away from quake prone regions (WEB ref.1 03) Tsunami devastation and the response of Caritas Sri Lanka 2 14 out of 25 districts were affected (56%) 3 # of Districts affected 14 Deaths 30,629 Women 30% Children 50% Men 20% Injured Persons 16,236 Missing 4,356 IDPs 835,208 4 Impact Assessment • More than 100,000 buildings including permanent houses were totally destroyed • 195 education facilities -including schools, universities, and vocational centres -damaged • 97 healthcare institutions were damaged • • • • • 14 districts were affected. men and women lost their sources of livelihood. 23,449 acres of cultivated land were affected 58 registered hotels were destroyed 16,479 boats were destroyed 5 Response of Caritas Sri Lanka, Church, CBCSL “Our journey with people” • Support within the local Church network/”nonaffected to affected” • Donations from other Caritas, Europe, USA • Special professional team established • Rescue operation (Youth & volunteers) • Medical volunteers (Sri Lanka & outside) • Psychosocial experts (Sri Lanka & outside) • Media & communication 6 EDUCATION HOUSING 7 Relief activities • Over 39,117 persons received food, medicine and Non Food Item • Over 5,711 temporary shelters and 7,024 transitional shelters constructed • Latrines and septic tanks were constructed and water tanks provided 8 TRANSITIONAL SHELTERS Trincomalee Galle Total 640 580 7,024 Jaffna 942 Seth Sarana 186 Batticaloa 4,862 9 PERMANENT HOUSES * Trincomalee Galle Total 1,238 614 10,713 Jaffna Batticaloa Seth Sarana 3,520 426 1,730 * Houses repaired + built 10 PSYCHO-SOCIAL - TOTAL 157 Support programs 4,962 benef. referred to professional counselors 9,075 Individual and group counseling Psycho-social 572,308 House visits 142 Play activities 10,342 participants Trainings 9,426 benef. participating on Psychosocial programs 11 “Our hardwork and your support” • My name is Monika Shayamalee. I am married and blessed with a son. We were very poor and living in A small house near the sea shore in Beruwala. • We were badly affected by the tsunami disaster in 2004. We lost all our belongings except our lives. We had to live in a refugee camp for some time. • At this stage Seth Sarana – Caritas Colombo came to our assistance. We were given a new house from the Kumarigoda Housing Sheme, Vocational Training and Financial Assistance to start a self employment. • Thanks to Caritas Sri Lanka, we now live in a comfortable house with all the facilities. My husband is now self employed and hiring out sound system. • I am also self employed running tailoring shop. We have a very good income and live happily as a family. • We thank all of you who helped our community affected by Tsunami. THANKS 12 “Effect of twon disaster” Mr. Alphones Kingsly Wilfred(Tsunami housing Beneficiary) Maruthankeny /Vettilaikeny In Tsunami • I lost my 1 ½ & 2 1/2 years daughters, it was very painful. • In 2006 Caritas provided permanent house and Danish INGO provided fishing boat & engine.We started living in that house. • From the Later part of 2006, we displaced several times due to war and living in different IDP camps. In 2010 we were allowed to resettle our own village. • Presently I’m living with my four daughters in the same village. • Luckily my house was not damaged during the conflict. • I am thankful to Caritas HUDEC for the support which give the safety and security for my daughters. 13 Implementation Methodology 14 Sectoral approach “From institutional to community participatory” – towards “ownership in the process” • Housing Temporary shelters – designed and done by Caritas DC/institutions Transitional shelters – designed by Caritas with the limited participation of non-affected communities • Permanent houses – designed in consultation with the affected communities, (paradigm shift from contractor to owner driven) • Livelihood • From distribution of materials to voucher system (increasing the documentation, decision making process gradually) • Psychosocial: From community to individual counseling to professional level in coordination with the Government Mental Health Unit. 15 Psychosocial Policy Human Resource Policy Livelihood Policy Revision & Establishment of Policies Housing Policy Finance Policy Procurement Policy 16 Developing new systems PMS and PASS Data entry (M&E) “Money market” Communication n e t w o r k 17 Institutional Changes • Organizational restructure • CBCSL (Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka) • Tsunami Task Force (with professionals/purpose of good governance) (Retired Justice, Senior Lawyers (P.C) Senior Chartered Accountants, Consultant to IMF, Private sector Advisors) • Finance Committee-Advisory committee to make policy recommendation to TTF • BOD – Executive Body • Steering committee/Management committee – sector coordination focus and for periodical reviews 18 Beyond the Tsunami Waves MISSION ACCOMPLISHED journey continues 19 Lessons Learnt • From the disaster • From the responses and implementations • From MOs collaboration and accompaniment 20 From the Tsunami disaster » Cultural practices (men & women’s dress) » Fencing systems in villages (barbed wire) » Lack of women leadership and dependency on men/husband » The time of the disaster hit the land (early morning) » Density Vs intensity/impact force 21 22 Method of construction of houses Contributing factor for impact of disaster • Red brick building • Lack of maintenance • Vertical side facing the sea (increase risk • Lack of space for sea water passage • Contributing factor for impact of disaster 23 Construction techniques safeguard the building during disaster 24 Trees will reduce the speed of water Banyan trees/tamarind trees/Cypress tress 25 From the Operation/Response/Implementation a) Usefulness s of the EARST team with experts b) If existing policies and systems are updated periodically the post disaster response become more effective and timely c) Establish inter-religious forum/committee at ground level and design/work through them specially in Multi ethnic and multi religious community. (it reduce the inter community tensions and could practice “do no harm ” principal. d) importance of preparation of the communities to learn about the survival mechanism * Re-design the housing structure; i. ii. iii. iv. v. with base concrete, plinth beam ring beams (technical drawings & photos available) location of the house in the land facing the sea in the coastal (risk) areas build safety room is part of the house plan allow the community to design the houses according to their cultural & religious practices and believe Parapet walls with holes/grills .. specially in the coastal belt (replacement of barbed wire) 26 • As a result of the Tsunami operations the CSL human resource capacity was developed, especially in the field of financial management, Project management & psychosocial. • Credibility and Visibility of CSL increased among the public and the Government. • Caritas Sri Lanka was recognized as one of the leading and credible humanitarian organizations particularly among the different ethnic and religious communities overcame the prejudges about the Church among the other religion communities. • Developed a good partnership and coordination with government authorities. 27 From MOs collaboration & accompaniment • Usefulness of the ERST team with sectoral experts/specific sectoral experience personnel from MOs is an added value • Should have knowledge of local Church structural & it’s working patterns • Knowing the cultural practices and cultural values could reduce the misunderstanding and increase the public/community relationship (e.g. Muslims, Hindus & Buddhists) 28 • Change …………….. • I am Zahira from Kathankudy, Eastern Province, in • • • • • the Batticaloa district I am happy to share my story with all of you present here. Due to the Tsunami disaster my house destroyed. I was totally helpless. During this time Caritas Batticaloa selected me as one of their beneficiaries. I was first given a tent as an emergency measure and subsequently given a temporary house followed by a permanent house. To maintain my livelihood I was given a sewing machine and also a grant of Rs. 10,000. With such assistance I was able to develop my livelihood. 29 • I have two children and my husband went abroad in 2007 finding employment but has not returned. When he left my children were studying in the grades 4 & 5. • During this time Caritas Batticaloa set up several self help groups and I was made the leader of one of these groups. • This has enabled me to interact with other community groups and help other backward families to improve their quality of life. • Sometime later in 2010 I got the opportunity to work as an volunteer to the Animator working for Caritas Batticaloa in the Kathankudy DS division. • The Director of Caritas Batticaloa appointed me as an animator – field officer. • My daughter studied up to the GCE A – levels in commerce subjects and obtained good results. • She is at present studying to become a Mowlavi (a teacher cum preacher). • My son has also completed his A-levels and is at present studying at University in the engineering faculty. • Even though I have not received any support from my husband, with the support of my relatives and my own efforts I have been able to bring up my children to a good state in life. • Caritas Batticaloa helped me and motivated me to come up in life. I appeal to them to help more people like me, giving them the confidence to come up in life. • I seek the blessings of God so that this effort to help others will be fulfilled. • I also take this opportunity to thank the Director of Caritas Sri Lanka, Caritas Batticaloa and you all the partners providing me the self confidence to develop myself. • THANKS Challenges • Coordination among the actors immediately after the disaster. • Developing/revising systems and policy, at the same time responding to the post disaster emergency situation. • Unstable/unclear/non-practical policies of the government (clearing goods, buffer zone, minimum standards/constitution codes) 32 Future trend in Sri Lanka and its challenges • Increase the type of disasters and its frequencies • Change of weather patterns/seasons and its impacts on a) environment b) livelihood • Landscaping • Coping mechanism among the community is very low(contrast/experience –situation of floods after the drought within a month) 33 “OUR MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED, our journey with people continues” CARITAS SRI LANKA 34 Thank you 35
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