final evaluation report akk_iges_final.pdf - IGES EnviroScope

APFED Project Final Evaluation Report 2011
6. Efficiency of project operational strategies
Multiple strategies were applied by the project which include village based risk and resource
mapping; village based organization development; community awareness creation; positive
discrimination policy application to women’s participation; establishment of community based early
warning systems and linking it with the DMIC; receiving flood early warning 72 hours in advance;
linkage building with upazilla government departments for better access to government services;
coordination with UP; establishment of village based EW board; hydroponics cultivation; raising
homesteads; linking indigenous and scientific knowledge, and promoting personal hygiene, access to
safe drinking water etc. The project also has engaged multiple stakeholders which include especially
the government machinery that is often neglected by the NGO-led activities in most of the developing
countries. This has brought great visibility to the project activities in the district.
7. Effectiveness
The project has created the following positive effects:
Augmentation of knowledge and awareness among the community about climate risk
reduction:
From the field visits and interviews, it was observed that the project has contributed to the knowledge
and awareness among the community members on various issues related to the climate change and
related driving forces and needed adaptation mechanisms.
Improvement in mitigation measures and Emergency Response:
The project has contributed to the improved emergency response and disaster mitigation efforts. The
Figure 19 indicates responses from the community members on the impact of the project in terms of
the risk reduction. The community members were of the opinion that raising the cattle shed has
contributed to a sense of security to them since the loss of cattle and other assets were one of the
major concerns for them during the floods. Following the cattle shed raising, the preparedness
activities have contributed to the next biggest sense of security to them since they opined that the
preparedness would help them to avoid any kind of ‘surprises’.
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