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subsequently incorporated as a local organization, World Vision Honduras
(WVH), and became a member of the WV Partnership, in 1979. It has since
implemented a variety of programmes aimed at improving the standard of living
in poor communities throughout Honduras. WVH is a respected member of
FOPRIDEH, the Honduras association of development agencies and has served
as chair of the association. WVH recently signed an MOU with COPECO
(Commission Permanente de Contingencias, the emergency management
commission of Honduras) detailing cooperation between the two entities.
WV accomplishes its work through an Area Development Programme (ADP)
structure that is common to WV country operations in Latin America and other
regions where it works. Each ADP is an independent Community Based
Organization (CBO) and normally includes 15-20 rural communities targeted
for participation in development programmes. WVH supports a total of 31
ADPs. Briefly stated, the function of the ADP structure is to empower
communities to carry out their own development. Facilitating the strengthening
of local capacities is the focus of WVH’s role in its work with ADPs.
When it began in 2001 the WV Central American Mitigation Initiative
(CAMI) project was part of a broad new Emergency Response and Disaster
Mitigation (ERDM) initiative of the WV partnership. The ERDM initiative was
part of WV’s global strategy focused on large-scale emergencies. Currently
called Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs, or HEA, ERDM is one of WV’s
three main branches of activity, including Transformational Development,
Advocacy and Public Policy, and Humanitarian Emergency Affairs.
Complementary activities at the regional and local levels extend the reach of
the HEA strategy to the community level. HEA involves significant
investments in human resources, training, and pre-positioning of relief
supplies. The aim of HEA has been to strengthen WV’s ability to respond to
large-scale disasters and emergencies such as Hurricane Mitch.
Each National Office has developed a National Emergency Plan, which
flows from the Global HEA strategy. A National Coordinator has been
appointed to lead emergency response work at the country level. In order to
maximize the reach of its HEA strategy and capitalize on its global
investment in HEA to the benefit of the local communities it serves, WV
seeks funding from a variety of sources for grassroots mitigation and disaster
management initiatives.
The CAMI programme fit into the WVH HEA strategy. The WVH HEA strategy
aims to optimize the results of prevention, preparation, mitigation and immediate
response in order to minimize the negative impacts of disasters on human life. It
also seeks to complement the concept of sustainable development in program
areas. To accomplish this, the HEA strategy promotes a culture of disaster
preparedness and mitigation throughout the organization and communities
served. National, regional, and community Regional Rapid Response Teams
(RRTs) work in hand-in-hand and coordinate and coordinate closely with other
key actors (COPECO, NGOs, public and private institutions) to target the most
vulnerable population groups.
This article is written as part of World Vision International’s action research
into community resilience.
Impact of storms on coastal communities: Annotto Bay, Jamaica
1. Wilmot-Simpson, C. et al. 1980. ‘Effects of Hurricane Allen along the north
coast of Jamaica’, Geotechnical Report No.42, Geotechnical Reports vol.4, 1-29
Geological Survey Division, Jamaica, September 1980.
2. WRA/HBX-1 (2000) [sic 2003] Disaster mitigation project, Fort George St. Mary
9681401-J, p. 2-20 (Unpublished report to the ODPEM)
3. Statistical Institute of Jamaica. 2003. Population census 2001 Jamaica: age and
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4. WRA/HBX-1 (2000). Op. cit.
5. Wilmot-Simpson, 1980. Op. cit.
6. Geo Technics Ltd. (2002). Initial damage assessment survey , p. 1- 15.
(unpublished report to the ODPEM.)
7. WRA/HBX-1 (2000). Op. cit.
8. Ibid.
9. Wilmot-Simpson, 1980. Op. cit.
Managing climate risks through climate information applications: the
Indonesian experience
1. This article is based on the numerous field visits and programme monitoring
missions conducted by the authors. Corresponding author:
Delineation of potential risk zones, Limbe subdivision, Cameroon
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Mount Cameroon based on studies of macroseismicity and volcanic eruptions
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– Keya H. 1978. ‘Classification of debris flows.’ J. Civil Eng. 20, 24-29.
– Jibson RW. 1992. ‘The Memeyes, Puerto Rico, landslide disaster of October 7,
1985.’ Rev. Eng. Geol. 9, 37-54.
– Kusakabe M, Ohsumi T, Aramaki S. 1989. ‘The Lake Nyos gas disaster:
chemical and isotopic evidence in waters and dissolved gases from three
Cameroonian crater lakes, Nyos, Monoun and Wum’ in: Le Guern F. and
Sigvaldason G. (eds) The Lake Nyos Event and Natural CO2 Degassing I. J.
Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 39, 167-185
– Nkoumbou C, Deruelle B, Velde D. 1995. ‘Petrology of Mt. Etinde
Nephelinite Series.’ J. Petrol. 36, 373-395
– Sigurdsson H, Devine ID, Tchoua FM, Presser TS, Pringle MK, Evans WC.
1987. ‘Origin of the lethal gas burst from Lake Monoun, Cameroon.’ J.
Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 31, 1-16.
– Suh EC, Sparks RSJ, Fitton JG, Ayonghe SN, Annen C, Nana R, Luckman A.
2003. ‘The 1999 and 2000 eruptions of Mount Cameroon: eruption
behaviour and petrochemistry of lava.’ Bull. Volcanol. 65, 267-281.
Community perceptions and response to flood risks in Nyando district,
western Kenya
1. Jaraud, M., 2004. Strategy for flood management for lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.
APFM/WMO/MWRMD, Kenya.
2. Kenya, Republic of, 2002-2008. Nyando District Development Plan: effective
management of sustainable growth and poverty reduction. Ministry of Finance
and Planning. Government Printers, Nairobi.
3. This research was funded by the ProVention consortium, Applied Grants for
Disaster Risk Reduction II.
Livelihoods at risk: the case of the Mphanda Nkuwa dam
1. Unidade Técnica de Implementaçáo dos Projectos Hidroeléctricos (UTIP) 2001.
Mphanda Nkuwa projects data summary,
(accessed 14/10/2005)
2. New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) 2003. NEPAD
Business Monitor: Volume 1, No.1 – July/August 2003
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13/10/2003)
3. Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique 2006, Maputo
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4. The bairro is the smallest of Mozambique’s administrative classes.
5. ‘Dams and development: a new framework for decision-making’, 2000. The
report of the World Commission on Dams: an overview, Earthscan Publications,
London.
6. ‘Grey’ social control refers to the fact that institutions that regulate society
experience little regulation by the state. These institutions include such
fundamental mechanisms as the police and the courts.
7. Isaacman, A. and Sneddon, C. 2002 Post-colonial intervention, regional conflict
and post-colonial amnesia: Cahora Bassa Dam, Mozambique 1965-2002.
Isaacman, A. and Sneddon, C. 2000, Toward a social and environmental
history of the building of Cahora Bassa Dam, Journal of Southern African
Studies 26 4
8. Scudder, T. 2001, ‘The World Commission on Dams and the need for a new
development paradigm.’ Water Resources Development, Vol. 17, No. 3, 329–341
9. Determining the number of people who will be impacted by the rivers altered
ecology is a contentious point as secondary impacts are not well understood.
However the Zambezi river basin is densely populated with some people
providing estimates of 2.8 million people in the Mozambican part of the
valley. This figure of 200,000 is an estimate provided by Gustavo Manez who
worked for two years along the length of the river.
10. Hoover, R. 2001, ‘Dams worsen Zambezi flooding,’ World Rivers Review 16 1.
International Rivers Network, Berkley California.
11. RTE is an earthquake which is triggered by the impoundment of a reservoir;
RIS is the manner in which the seismic potential of an area is increased as a
result of the construction of a reservoir.
12. Hartnady, C. 2002, ‘Earthquake hazard in Africa: perspectives on the Nubia-
Somalia boundary,’ South African Journal of Science98 425-428
13. MCE is the largest reasonable, conceivable, earthquake for a fault, plate or
area that appears possible under the known, or presumed, tectonic
framework; MDE is the maximum level of earthquake that the dam wall will
be designed to withstand.
Disaster risk management needs media support: InWEnt’s commitment to
human resources development for journalists and press relations officers
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