Disaster Risk Reduction

BHAKARI is supporting communities, households, and individuals in their journey to self-reliance, while reducing the overall humanitarian caseload in the Karnali River Basin area, focusing on reducing the impacts of climate change and natural disasters while improving food security.

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

BHAKARI collaborates with Emergency Operation Centers and Local Disaster Response Management Committees (DRMCs) to develop and implement integrated disaster risk management plans and strategies. This includes the formation of community first responders and task force members and risk assessment and watershed level assessment planning.

The DRR component successfully formed community disaster management committees (CDMCs) and local disaster management committees (LDMCs) in all of BHAKARI’s 252 working communities and strengthened their capacities with early warning tools, light search and rescue (LSAR) materials, and access to information platforms to respond to and mitigate local shocks and stressors.