As a part of the Jammu and Kashmir Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program, AKDN and its partners undertook this project to improve disaster resilience in over 13 schools of Uri Tehsil, in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The goal was to develop a comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction model that can be incorporated into […]
Through the project Implementer, the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, India (AKPBS, I) implemented better sanitation and water supply infrastructure in 10 villages of 300 households, each with a headcount of 1500. The project benefitted 3,000 households in Junagadh district of Gujarat.
Part 2 of the DIPECHO project highlights the steps undertaken between July 2009 and September 2010 for inculcating disaster preparedness among a certain geographical area in Rural Gujarat. The project was designed for areas close to the seismic fault line and successfully attempted actions related to disaster preparedness, early warning, and risk reduction.
Community awareness about collective cleanliness within 50 project villages led to a voluntary ban on open defecation. The project sought to ensure that the needs of women, children, and other disadvantaged groups are recognized at the village level and are addressed appropriately. The project was able to bring about awareness as per discussions by Panchayat […]
This combination of multiple stories of training and awareness showcases how AKAH provided training in the areas of gender and caste discrimination, water rescue training, early warning systems, government networks, CERT formation and training, and a host of other initiatives to villages spread across Talala & Malia Hatina, in the Junagadh district.
The Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, India, an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network, took up interventions towards disaster preparedness, enhancing livelihoods, and providing a demo kit for constructing earthquake-resistant buildings for families that were affected by the earthquake in J&K, India.
This exhaustive report highlights the widespread initiatives and planning undertaken by AKAH and its partners for the first part of project DIPECHO. From geographical mapping, school and community hazard mapping, and development of School Disaster management plans, all the way to financials to the number and types of individuals impacted, the report captures it all.
The DIPECHO-based intervention covers 18 at most risk communities in the villages of Talala and Malla Taluka of Junagadh district, which are most prone to earthquakes. The initial parts of the project focused on building a culture of school safety, while the new project arm aims to take a wider DRR approach.
Over 301 Villages were devastated in the deadly Tsunami of 2004. The Andhra Pradesh Relief to Development Project was launched in April 2006 to benefit 14,784 individuals in 4,091 households across 15 villages. The project was undertaken by AKAH in partnership with the Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada (FOCUS-C), and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The DIPECHO project, short for “Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid – ECHO,” is an initiative to begin educating school children about resilience training against natural disasters. The first project aimed at 25 most-at-risk schools to develop a mathematical risk model and evaluate and implement a channel through which resources are utilized in an equitable manner […]
To provide temporary shelters to the poor and homeless, The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an MOU with the Aga Khan Foundation, India (AKF, I) on 27th August 2001, for providing ‘Temporary Shelters’ to 300 earthquake-affected families residing in Anjar town in Kutch district.
