When disaster hits, food security is immediately compromised. Food stores are often spoilt and means of food production, such as agriculture, vegetable gardens and livestock, are frequently destroyed. In addition, income loss limits access to external food sources.
Save the Children is addressing this underlying cause of food security through the Nobo Jibon project in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh. The project’s integrated approach addresses three dimensions of food insecurity: utilization, access and vulnerability. As one of many interventions within Nobo Jibon, Save the Children seeks to strengthen capacity of households for cyclone and flood preparedness. This will include conducting training sessions with vulnerable households.
BDPC was contracted by Save the Children to develop training materials in disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness and conduct Training the Trainer (ToT) sessions on appropriate use of the materials.
A collaborative process was used to develop the training materials. This included meetings and workshops with staff from Save the Children and their implementing partners; focus group discussions at community level; a review of existing literature; and field testing with feedback from participants. A five-day ToT course was conducted to enhance the capacity of thirty project personnel in conducting training sessions with the newly developed materials.The materials will be used to conduct training sessions in disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness for around 200,000 households in the most vulnerable areas of Barisal.
