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8International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesFigure 1The relationship of the fourVCA publicationsWhat is VCA?How to do a VCAVCA toolboxVCA training guideFollowing the first publication in this series, What is VCA?, thisguide examines the practical issues associated with undertaking aVCA. The aim is to make it an interesting and challenging communityparticipation process.Other International Federation and National Society documents(such as Make that change 1 ) – originally produced for a regionalaudience – also contain useful information. Furthermore, theVCA toolbox and the updated community-based first aid (CBFA)framework 2 provide a range of effective tools for any given VCA,linked to a National Society’s existing programmes.This guide aims to answer the following basic questions:WhyWhatWhoHowWhy is a VCA being proposed? Is it going to help the NationalSociety to reduce vulnerability in communities?What does it involve? What will it be used for?Who will be involved in undertaking the VCA? Who will benefit?How will it be carried out? What tools and methods areinvolved? Do you have the necessary capacity and resources?How do you select the communities most at risk?When When should you start the VCA? When you should not? Howlong will it take?Where In which communities will you carry out the VCA? Is the branchwilling to support and able to undertake the work?1International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Make that change –Community-based disaster management. Trinidad and Tobago: International Federationsub-regional office, 2003.2Available from the International Federation’s Health and Care Department.
How to do a VCA 9Box 1TerminologyA number of terms are repeated throughout this document, which caneither help to make things clearer or complicate matters. To ensure thatthere is no confusion, basic terminology related to VCA is definedbelow:■ Methodology: An entire process or approach (e.g. assessment ofvulnerability and capacity) which brings together specific methodsand tools to support the overall process. Examples of methodologiesare VCA and community-based first aid (CBFA).■ Method: A set and sequence of steps or tasks to be followed aspart of a larger framework (methodology) and is implemented byusing a number of analytical tools. Examples include: emergencyneeds analysis, hazard analysis, livelihood analysis, gender analysis,stakeholder analysis.■ Tools: A means or instrument to accomplish a specific task.Examples include: transect walk, timeline, semi-structured interviews,role play, etc.Selecting the best tools
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