How to do VCA? - International Federation of Red Cross and Red ...

44International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesYou might, of course, have to modify your plans slightly once theVCA team is in place and more people are involved in planningand decision-making (for example, your National Society maydecide to focus on other communities or branches). Make sureyour proposal to donors reflects these modifications.As mentioned, the VCA should lead to one or more risk reductioninterventions. Recognizing that many specific activities, suchas mitigation micro-projects, will only be identified once a communityparticipatory planning and project development processhas been undertaken. Since these activities will also require funding,they should be considered from the begining and be includedin the VCA funding proposal wherever possible.D Identification of investigation toolsto use in the VCAThe bulk of the implementation team’s training will focus on howto use the various VCA research tools. All of the tools aredesigned to identify and understand the different types of vulnerabilitiesand capacities in a given community in line with VCAobjectives – in other words, creating a baseline of information.A community spatial map carefully drawn from direct observationin the community