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Leslie Wilson
Nazar Valiev
Sino Zamonov
After the
Big Guys Go Home
Serve in Disaster, LLC SiD/Tajikistan
Contact Information
[email protected](+001) 202.744.1115Skype: leslielwilson
Discover Opportunities To Help
After Disaster Strikes
Presenters:
Why are you in this room?
What drew you to this session?
What do you hope to get out of it?
What is your background – if any – in disaster relief?
Big Guys: WELCOME
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Why Are We Here?
Disaster relief
work is a calling.
It is NOT for
everyone.
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out-of-the-box
radical thinking
for the
disaster recovery
landscape
In the Best of Worlds
Hot Wash: West Virginia USA 2009
Hot Wash: Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan 2010
Unmet Needs
Emergency Management Cycle: Participation Dynamics
Can Helping Hurt?
Big Guy Survey Results – Invite to Participate
Fitting into the Disaster Landscape
Tabletop Landscaping
Wrap Up
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After the Big Guys Go Home: The Lay of the Land
Disaster Relief
It’s chaosbut it’s
organized chaos- a Red Cross Human Resources
Manager at H. Wilma
No “spontaneous” volunteers:
What are spontaneous volunteers?
What do you do with spontaneous volunteers?
Can spontaneous volunteers can actually hinder efforts?
When disaster hits, anyone desiring to help would:
Already be trained
Deploy with a group who knows:o what they are doingo how to use the skills of each volunteer
But then we’d have organization instead of chaos
In the best of worlds
In the best of worlds
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After the Big Guys Go Home: In the Best of Worlds
Get training & experience under some of the best Big Guys in the field:
Red Cross/Red Crescent
Medical Reserve Corps
CERT
AmeriCorps
Samaritan’s Purse
Aga Khan Foundation
Muslims
HODR
Fire & Rescue
Religious organizations or humanitarian associations
…or you may want to help them start one…
Be prepared!Don’t expect to join
after a disaster hits.
Most of these
groups want their
people trained
before
disaster strikes
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After the Big Guys Go Home: In the Best of Worlds: Training & Experience
Can you make any
meaningful,
welcomed
contribution
if you are not tied
in with one of these
larger NGOs?
Finding your ideal volunteer position:
Your background
Your interests
Kind of work you would like to do (or not do)
Limitations
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After the Big Guys Go Home: In the Best of Worlds: The Ideal Volunteer
West Virginia,USA 2009
SitRep
Lessons Learned
Best Practices
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Hot Wash: West Virginia, USA 2009 Floods
Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan 2010
SitRep
Lessons Learned
Best Practices
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Hot Wash: Pamirs, Tajikistan 2010 Earthquake
Emergency Management
Cycle
Disaster Response Urgent, temporary emergency aid
Provider-recipientdynamic
RecoveryMitigation
Preparedness
Partnerdynamic
Response
Recovery
MitigationPreparedness
Disaste
r
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Emergency Management Cycle Participation
Disaster is filled with unmet needs
Disaster
Big Needs
Shelter FoodRoad
Repair
Other Needs
Shuttling, errand
running
Personal item
replacement
Childcare
Senior care
Personal communi-
cations
Big Guys handle huge needs
Little Guys find
niches
UnnoticedUnrelated insignificant
Other
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Unmet Needs – Addressing the Underlying Cause
Needs resulting
from disaster
Needs predating
the disaster
Life may return to
normal
. . .
but what if
normal stinks?
Disaster’s Downward
Spiral
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Unmet Needs – Downward Spiral
Lessons Learned
Best Practices
The participation of disaster-affected people – including the vulnerable groups –in the• assessment, • development, • implementation and • monitoring of responses should be maximized to ensure the appropriateness and quality of any disaster response.
- Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, The Sphere Project
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Can Helping Hurt?
Holistic Approach to Community Partnering
* *
o
Economic Systems
Social System
Religious System
Political System
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Can Helping Hurt?
Big Guy Survey ResultsA work in progress
Survey of various personnel around the nation
in emergency management.
They responded to the following questions:
• Exact work they can do (skills, equipment, level of expertise, …)
• How many people they can provide
• When they would be available for work and for how long
• Be totally self contained (need no housing, food, ...)
• Leave no footprint except improvement
When talking with FEMA, it was suggested that an independent group might contact EM in the area hit several weeks after the disaster (when big NGOs had left, media forgot) to see if there are any unmet needs.
The group should be able to state:
Any other suggestions?
Any particular skills most needed?
Is this a group you’d want to work with?
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Big Guys Speak Out
Big Guy Survey Results
Providing resources or services for disaster survivors:
• Gift cards
• Food
• Clothing
• Personal /home items (appliances, toys, …)
• Tools, computers, office supplies, …
• Post-disaster cleanup
• Vehicle/phone/computer services
• Other _____________________________
Providing services or resources for responders:
• Office help
• Shuttling, communications
• Work gloves, cleanup supplies, etc.
• Food
• Entertainment
• Other _____________________________
What type of help generally would be most appreciated?
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Big Guys Speak Out
Big Guy Survey Results
If a small group or individual wanted to offer assistance after a disaster, whom
should they contact:
• Emergency manager (county level, city, …)
• Red Cross
• Social Services (government, NGO, …)
• Other ____________________________
When would you likely be most interested in such help (given typical disasters you are likely to deal with):
• Immediately after disaster
• One week after
• One month after
• As soon as outside NGOs, agencies leave
• Other ____________________________
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Big Guys Speak Out
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Brainstorm Questions:
•What are the needs that are often unmet?•How can average people help meet those needs? •Should they even try to meet some of those needs?•What approach to use?•Who do they approach to get started?
Don’t let your desire to help fade with the news coverage:
•Follow the news as relief efforts unfold•Look for the unmet needs•Think of ways you, your associates might fill unmet needs•Build a comprehensive plan while initial relief efforts flow
So how do you translate all this into a formula that will let you fit into the disaster landscape?
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Fitting into the Disaster Landscape
Recovery Plan Components
List perceived unmet needs
Brainstorm how your group may help meet these needs:
Meet or call regularly in early days of the disasterList your KSAs: skills, knowledge, and abilities for each personGo through the rest of the list at each discussion
Whittle out impractical options
Follow news, updates, sources to see if these needs continue
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Fitting into the Disaster Landscape – A Plan
Whittling Down Your List of Unmet Needs
With a list of candidate needs, determine:
Skills required
Resources required
Time needed to implement a solution
Will it require being on site? YES - How big is your footprint? NO – How well can you do the work remotely?
Do you need to involve other players?
Other Ideas?
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Fitting into the Disaster Landscape - Whittling
First Contact Making a Good First Impression
So you found some need not being met The initial media attention has disappeared The Big Guys have mostly gone home Now how do you make First Contact?
Find several likely contacts:
• Local emergency manager – county, city• Local houses of worship• Active coordinators you may have seen in the news• Person/organization related to the work you hope to do
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Fitting into the Disaster Landscape - Contact
Polish Your Elevator Speech(don’t waste anyone’s time.)
•contact your selected POC•briefly state the services you can offer:
number of personsskill setsequipmentrange of dates availablestate that you will not be dependent on any local services
(provide your own food, accommodations, etc.)Leave no footprint except improvement
“Can you use our help?” “If not, can you
recommend another organization, person who might want our
help?”
“May we leave our contact information in case a need develops where we may help?” “Thank you for your
time and best wishes to you and your
community.”
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Fitting into the Disaster Landscape - Elevator Speech
Tabletop Landscaping
Expectations Met?
In the Best of Worlds: the Ideal?
Lessons Learned in West VA
Lessons Learned and Applied: Pamirs, Tajikistan
Addressing Unmet Needs
Helping without Hurting
Big Guys Speaking Out
How You Fit into Disaster Landscape
scarey
thought
for the
day
Thorough research
Objective assessment of what you can offer
Logistical organization
Respectful approach
you may not only find your niche in the disaster response landscape
but You may some day
be one of the
Big Guys!
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Wrap Up
Thank you for all you do!
Or soon
will do
to be continued
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Our Thanks!
A Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management:Principles, Themes, and Pathways for Action
FEMA 12/2011
Whole Community Principles:
• Understand and meet the actual needs of the whole community.
• Engage and empower all parts of the community.
• Strengthen what works well in communities on a daily basis.
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Thanks to FEMA
A Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management:Principles, Themes, and Pathways for Action
FEMA 12/2011
Whole Community Strategic Themes:
• Understand community complexity.
• Recognize community capabilities and needs.
• Foster relationships with community leaders.
• Build and maintain partnerships.
• Empower local action.
• Leverage and strengthen social infrastructure, networks, and assets.
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After the Big Guys Go Home: Thanks to FEMA
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