Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA)

Home , Bhimber, Dadyal, Mirpur District, Ramkot Fort, Samahni

AJK State Branch Muzaffarabad

Sector F-2 South Katchi Abbadi, Tehsil & District Mirpur, Azad Kashmir

16th – 21st May, 2012

Table of Contents:

S.No Contents Page No

1 Executive Summary 3

2 Background of District Mirpur 5

3 Sector F-2 Katch Abadi, District Mirpur 8

4 Vulnerability & Capacity Assessment 8

5 Objective of the VCA 9

6 Strategy of the VCA 9

7 VCA Tools 9

8 VCA Tools:

Annex A: Direct Observation 10

Annex B: Spatial Mapping 13

Annex C: Seasonal Calendar 14

Annex D: Historical Profile 16

Annex E: Venn Diagram 16

Annex F: Livelihood Analysis and Coping Mechanism 17

Annex G:Prioritization and Ranking 18

Annex H: CIT 20

9 VCA Team 23

Executive summary:

The purpose of this assessment was to conduct Vulnerability & Capacity Assessment (VCA) in the most vulnerabilities communities of district Mirpur with a view to map out hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities within the targeted areas sector F-2 south & F/2 extension (F/2 Katchi Abadi) This was to empower communities to identify their own needs and priorities. The VCA results will enable the Pakistan Red Crescent Society to work with communities to design appropriate small mitigation (structural & non structural) initiatives.

The targeted community Sector F-2 South& Extension( F/2Katchi Abadi) is located at a distance of 2km from district headquarter of district Mirpur. The area was selected for VCA by the Pakistan Red Crescent Society according to the PRCS community identification criteria.

The standard IFRC VCA approaches and tools were used to access information for this exercise. The tool used during the 5 days (16-20 May,2012) exercise by spatial mapping, direct observation, semi structure interview, historical profile , visualization and projection, seasonal calendar, livelihood analysis, venn diagram. The methods used were talking to wall, prioritization, ranking and CIT model.

As a result of VCA tools applications the main hazard identified in the community were;

Unavailability of safe drinking water, dangerous foot tracks, poor sewerage system, seasonal flash floods, poor hygiene conditions, and lack of awareness which directly affected the people lives, livestock, livelihood and their environment and thus increased community vulnerabilities resulting on their dependency on external support.

In relation to the hazard identified, communities were able to bring up the causes and measures that could be taken by the community themselves to reduce their risks to disaster. To minimize the effect of the land sliding/land erosion due to heavy rainfall, community prepares bags of mud to mitigate the land erosion and land sliding. The other sources identified were road, primary school, private clinics, graveyard, shops, streams, mosque, trees, mobile phones and overseas Pakistani’s, i.e. working in Middle East.

Communities of the targeted area made recommendations in terms of their needs and priorities which include:-

Dangerous foot tracks:

Dangerous foot tracks within targeted areas posing a constant threat to humans. The people are facing difficulties in transportation of patients, dead bodies, material, and daily consumable items from / to main road due to vulnerable condition of foot tracks especially during rain fall. 3

Unavailability of safe drinking water:

The residents of F-2 Katchi Abadi are exposed to health hazard due to unavailability of safe drinking water. The only option available for drinking water is improper supply lines i.e through plastic or Electricity wiring pipes from the houses of relatives and others at main F/2 sector by self help. The water is contaminated because existing water pipe lines are broken at different places.

Seasonal Flash Flood:

Flash floods cause land sliding and land erosion; these are passes through the houses which cause destruction every year. No flash floods control system in place though there was a history of seasonal flash flood.

Poor hygienic conditions/practices:

Lack of awareness regarding hygiene promotion and poor personal, domestic and environmental hygiene conditions/practices were observed.

Improper sewerage system:

No sewerage, drainage system and solid waste management, some of houses have latrine facilities but there out lets are on the roads or in front of others house which ultimately lead towards various diseases especially in women and children.

Actions for transformation:

The following actions needed to transform the priorities needs of the community with joint efforts of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), community and other stakeholders.

Dangerous foot tracks:

Construction of dangerous foot tracks in F-2 Katchi Abadi South, Mirpur to minimize the risk of human losses.

Unavailability of safe drinking water:

 Provision of diggings of water pump & building of water tank for drinking water at the center of the community

 Provision of water purification plant  To functional the existing water tank and also there is need of proper Safe Water Supply scheme (SWSS). 4

Flash flood:

 Construct/reconstruct the retaining walls around the “Nallah” near to the houses.

Poor hygiene practices:

 Awareness sessions regarding the hygiene promotion & provide the hygienic items.  To place the dustbins in different location of F-2 Katchi Abbadi and also need to develop a mechanism for removing garbage from dustbins on regular basis.

The results of this VCA provide a unique opportunity for all stake holders to work in partnership on different programs that reduce people vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities by mitigating the impacts of disasters on people lives, livelihood and environment. The idea is that the programs would be developed with the more integrated and participatory approach enabling actions in areas of preventions and mitigations. Therefore the VCA results will be shared with all stake holders with a view of developing a plan of action that will improve the living conditions of the population living in F-2 South, Katchi Abbadi Mirpur.

Background:

District Mirpur:

District Mirpur is located at the extreme South of the State and is linked with Pakistan and the others districts of Azad Kashmir through several routes. District Mirpur comprises partly plain and partly hilly areas. its hot climate and other geographical conditions intensely resemble to those of Jhelum and Gujrat, the adjoining districts of Pakistan. The people of this area are basically agriculturists. During the last four decades a large number of people from this district have gone abroad, especially to United Kingdom Today they are the major foreign District Mirpur at Glance: exchange earning recourse for Pakistan As it Area in square Kilometer: 1010 adjoins the industrial cities of Pakistan, the Population (1998 Census): 0.334 Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir has Growth Rate %: 2.09 successfully’ endeavored to develop It as an Population (2011 Projected): 0.424 industrial place and promote private Investment Population Density: 415 for establishing Textile, vegetable ghee garments Household Size: 6.7 scooters, cosmetics and many other industries. No. of Tehsils: 2 No. of Union Councils: 20 No. of Municipal Corporation 01 5 No. of Municipal Committee 02 No. of Villages 226 Mirpur city is situated at 459 meters above sea-level and is linked with the main Peshawar- Lahore Grand Trunk road at Dina Tehsil. The Mirpur is 315km away from Capital of Azad State of Jammu & Kashmir Muzaffarabad and 109km away from Islamabad Capital of Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Mirpur District, which comprises three sub-divisions, Mirpur and Dadyal. The building of the new city in late Sixties paved the way for New Mirpur situated on the banks of Mangla lake.

Demographic Information:

According to the 1998 census Mirpur had a population of approximately over 100,000. This does not include those who emigrated to the Middle East, Western Europe and North America. Mirpur's original population is mostly ethnic Potoharis. However since 1947, Kashmiri migrated from the neighboring Rajouri and Poonch districts of the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir and Pathans as well as Afghan refugees also have become a part of the local population. A majority of Mirpuris living abroad reside in England.

Landscape and Physical Feature of the Area:

Mirpur is bounded on the north and east by Kotli District, on the west by Pothohar and on the south by Bhimber.

Mirpur is the breadbasket of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and has a climate similar to that of the neighbouring Potohar region. The Town and district is primarily agriculturally based and is presently a tourist hotspot and a home from home for many emigrants, which can be seen by the vast amounts of villas and mansions, built in the region.

Since it is located at the extreme south of the state Jammu & Kashmir, the climate is extremely hot and dry during summer – making it very similar to the Pakistani areas of Jehlum and Gujar Khan. Most of its bushy landscapes, stretching from Bhimber to Dadyal, are barren – leaving only a small stretch of fertile land but highly productive land in the surrounding of Mangla water. The only crop cultivated during the spring/summer season is millet. However, there are a few farms that grow vegetables and wheat, especially when the dam water subsides during the winter season. The hydroelectric power from the dam makes this district somewhat unique among others.

Industry, Trade and Commerce:

As Mirpur adjoins the industrial cities of Pakistan, the Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir has successfully endeavoured to develop it as an industrial place and promote private investment for establishing, foam, polypropylene, synthetic yarn, motorbikes, textile, vegetable ghee, logging and sawmills, soap, cosmetics, marble, ready-made garments, matches, rosin, turpentine, wood, foam and scooter industrial units in the area. However, much of the infrastructure still needs further development in order to compete on a national level. 6

As part of the relief/compensation package in the wake of Mangla Dam Raising Project, a New City is being developed along the south-eastern outskirts of Mirpur. Civil works at huge scale are going on around the whole district, by the Pakistani & Chinese contractors for raising the dam.

The People:

Mirpur is ethnically composed a many prominent tribes which includes Syeds, Gujjars, Jats, Mughals, Rajpoot, Kashmiris, Mirs, Jarals is also known as the land of hospitality and the people of Mirpur seem to be the true picture of this title.

Culture:

Mirpur (to the west and south) borders the Potohar plateau of Pakistan and the ethnicity, language and culture of both Potohar and the Mirpur district are virtually the same. Pothohari also referred to as Mirpuri is the main language spoken in Mirpur, whereas Punjabi is spoken especially by people belonging to areas bordering and including Bhimber and Gujrat districts. Settlers from other areas within the state Jammu and Kashmir, including northern Kotli and Poonch. speak Potwari, Pahari and Gojri dialect.

Tourism:

The government of Azad Kashmir is paying special attention to tourism in AJK and Mirpur, building new theme parks, rest houses, hotels and renovating old forts to attract tourists to the region. Basharat Shaheed Monument, Jari Kas, Khari Sharif, Mangla Dam, Mangla Fort & Museum, Ragu Nath Temple, Ramkot Fort, Shivala Temple, Samahni (Near Border of Occupied Kashmir and Azad Kashmir)

Telecommunication:

Special Communication Organization (SCO) is providing the landline telephone and internet services in whole the district. Some cellular companies including Jazz, Ufone, Telenor, Warid, Zong are providing their services in district.

Administration:

Administratively District Mirpur comprises of two main tehsils i.e Mirpur and Dudyal. There are 20 Union Councils and 226 villages in the district.

Sector F-2, Katchi Abbadi

The targeted area F-2 Katchi Abadi is situated at a distance of 2km from district headquarters Mirpur. It is located at Latitude. 33.1666667° Longitude. 73.9166667°.it is surrounded by sector D- 4 at west, Mujahid town -1 at east-south and F-2 main at north-east. Administratively it is located in municipal committee ward#14 Tehsil & District. Mirpur.

The F-2 Katchi Abadi is connected with a link road from main F-2 sector from north-east and also connected with D-4 from west. The whole targeted area of Katchi Abadi is divided by different small Nallahs.

The total households of F-2 Katchi Abadi are 500 having 3000 population approximately. Punjabi, pothowarii, paharii and urdu are the main languages spoken in the area. There is one Govt. primary school for boys & girls both and one Jamia masjid present in the targeted area. A water tank is placed by public health department which is not functional due to nonexistence of water supply lines. Majority of the people are belong to the laborer class, some are doing Govt. jobs and private shops. There is only one homeopathic clinic in targeted area but mostly people are used to visit district headquarter hospital for health facilities. The targeted area is prone to different types of hazards including seasonal flash floods, dangerous foot tracks and land erosion. The health hazards are also exists in the targeted area like solid waste is lying open.

Vulnerability & Capacity Assessment:

Vulnerability & capacity assessment (VCA) has emerged within the humanitarian field as a key tool for risk analysis. A VCA can be used as institutional capacity assessment tool to develop community driven and owned mitigation (structural & non-structural) activities with an integrated approach to reduce the disaster risk and to build safer community. It can also be used to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of small disaster mitigation all developmental programs. The results of the VCA can be used for the advocacy. Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) with the support of different partner national societies conducted 8 VCAs in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and started different community based disaster risk reduction programs to make the community more resilient and safer. The current VCA in F-2 Katchi Abadi South, Mirpur is part of that chain and was conducted for risk assessment in respective area of district Mirpur in order to identify needs and priorities of the community and thus enabling PRCS to develop small mitigation project with an ultimate goal of building safer community.

Objective of VCA in F-2 Katchi Abadi South:

The main objective of this VCA in F-2 Katchi Abadi South was to identify the risk and hazard and thus enabling the PRCS by drawing up small mitigation projects to elevate the suffering of the most vulnerable.

 To promote awareness of hazards and vulnerabilities and knowledge of coping mechanism.  To change behavior and attitudes towards the effects of existing hazards and vulnerabilities.  To identify the hazards and plan for small mitigation interventions.

Strategy of VCA:

The VCA strategy was developed by Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhary DDMO PRCS Disaster Management Cell Mirpur keeping in view the ground realities and the catchment area of F-2 Katchi Abadi South ward#14 tehsil & distt. Mirpur. On 16th May, 2012 orientation session regarding VCA tool applications was conducted for staff & volunteers selected to participate in the process. The whole catchment area was divided into two sectors and two teams were deployed accordingly.

VCA Tools:

As per strategy following tools/method was used for VCA in F-2 Katchi Abadi South:

 Secondary Data Review  Spatial Mapping  Semi Structure Interview  Direct Observation  Seasonal Calendar  Historical Profile, Visualization & Projection  Livelihood Analysis & Coping Strategies  Venn Diagram  Prioritization/Ranking  CIT

Annex A: Direct Observation:

Location Sector F-2 South Katchi Abbadi is situated near to Mirpur city from 2km at south side. It is located at latitude. 33.1666667 And longitude. 73.9166667°. It is surrounded by Sector F-2 in the south and D-4 in the North side. A link road from Sector F-2 connects the Katchi Abbadi with main city road. Natural Resources They have four seasons, in summer and winter they

cultivated kitchen gardening at household level to fulfill their basic needs. The area is hilly so that the community has no enough space for the cultivation of crops.

Geography Natural soil, and wild keeker trees, Social network They have somewhat social network among themselves and getting organized when there is desperate need and threat to the katchi Abadi. They have no proper and functional CBOs structure at community level. Local culture and They have very good traditional values and follow norms their culture more than any other system to be followed accordingly. Simplicity, strong family ties, traditional wears, compassion and affiliated gatherings are some common interests with respect to their culture and norms. Attitude and They have very positive and broad based attitude behaviors towards their interests but they not have decision making power to take initiative. The people are good individually but collectively they need to work more for social networking to achieve their desired goals. Females are not involved in decision making. Gender The literacy rate is very good and there is good sensitization trend towards girls’ education. Local economy and Locals of this community have various sources of livelihoods livelihoods including casual/daily laborer, government employees. Livestock is also limited.

Human GeographyHuman Some women also work for their livelihood. Daily activities The people are doing their routine work i.e. govt. jobs, shops and laborer. Women are at home and engaged in their domestic activities .it is matter to be appreciated that both boys and girls are going to schools that is why their literacy level is good.

Health Facilities In the targeted community, there is no dispensary/BHU. The community visits the district headquarter hospital which is 2.5km away from the Katchi Abbadi. There are two lady health workers (LHWs) who just visit the Katchi Abbadi once in a month. One private medical clinic is situated near to the Katchi Abbadi. One homeopathic clinic is going to be establishing in the community in upcoming days. Educational There is one government primary school which is Institute both for boys and girls in the community. The school building is partially constructed and rooms are not enough for all classes which affect the quality of education. Religious Center One Jamia Mosque located in the area. The society of the area is conservative. Majority of the population belongs to Ahl-e-Sunnat and some are Ahl-e-Hadith Faction. Infrastructure & Energy Resources WAPDA main Electricity transmission (11000kv) Services exists over the F-2 Extension Katchi Abbadi but only few electricity polls (LT) are installed within the community which is not fulfilling their requirement. Burning wood is also a source of energy used at domestic/kitchen usages. Gas Cylinders are also being used for domestic/kitchen usages as well. Road A link road connects the Katchi Abbadi from main F- Communication 2 Sector from east and west. The road is destructive due to the seasonal flash flood which passes over the road at different places and cause destruction. There is also sub link katcha Road but in very drastic situation. Telecommunication Special communication organization telephone is available only in few houses where as all mobile networks working in the targeted area. Housing/Buildings About 95% of the houses are made of mud and bricks while other 5% are concrete or cemented. Forestation/De - There are bushes and wild keekar are large in Environmental Forestation number and also used for the domestic use which Factors causes deforestation.

Soil Quality Soil quality is not so good especially for cultivation and kitchen gardening. People have animals whose dung is utilized as natural fertilizer which in turn has improved the soil quality. Soil Erosion Soil erosion can be seen at various locations in the area due to heavy rain fall and seasonal flash floods. Air Pollution Due to dry soil and adjacent to the city they have air pollution problem which is caused dust allergy, respiratory tract infection (RTI) and eye infection. Water pollution They have no water supply line and used damaged plastic pipes to get the water in Kachi abadi from sector F-2. The lines are in abundance but these have sourced with small Nallah water which is not clean especially during rainfall and caused contamination. Drainage pollution There is improper drainage system but there are small drains in the residential area of the Kachi abadi. Seasonal Flash No seasonal flash flood controls system in place flood control though there was a history of flash floods. The system community themselves prepared the cement bags fill with mud to mitigate the impacts of seasonal flash floods surrounding their houses. Solid waste No solid waste management in place. Solid waste pollution finds it open and no solid waste inclinator exists. No such like facility throughout the area. Source of The major environmental degradation threat to this environmental area is soil erosion due to heavy rain fall and degradation seasonal flash floods. Seasonal Flash floods, land erosion the main source of environmental degradation.

Annex B: Spatial Mapping:

The detailed map of F-2 Katchi Abadi South Mirpur was drawn by the community. It covers all vulnerabilities and capacities i.e. road, houses, nallahs, dangerous foot tracks, wild keekar trees, masjid, school, graveyard, electricity lines, garbage and water supply tank. The community first drawn a general map of the targeted area and then with the facilitation of VCA Team hazards, capacities and elements at risk were highlighted on the map. In this exercise elder, Government servant, students and youngsters were participated.

Capacities highlighted on the Map:

The main capacities highlighted on the map were road, school, masjid, cemented houses, wild keekar trees, electricity, water tank and shops. The capacities were highlighted as a green which show the capacities of the community.

Hazards/Elements at Risk:

The main hazards highlighted on the map are broken water plastic pipe lines, dangerous foot tracks, improper sewerages system and seasonal flash floods, land sliding, land erosion, garbage, electricity wires and main electricity line (11000 KV) over the population. At some places these wires were passing very close to the houses and between the trees. Hazards are highlighted in red colour, drinking water through damaged plastic pipeline contaminated with sewerage water, dangerous foot tracks are also increased the vulnerability of the population of F-2 Katchi Abadi South Mirpur posing constant threat to their health. In some areas these tracks passing through nallahs and become inaccessible during seasonal flash flood/heavy rainy fall, thus increase

vulnerability of the population living in lower part of targeted area. Garbage at various places in targeted area is shown health hazard and environment. The other hazards highlighted were land erosion, main electricity supply line passing over houses open defecation no drainage system.

Annex C: Seasonal Calendar:

A seasonal Calendar helps to explore the changes taking place in the community over the period of one year. It highlights what people do during these periods their copping mechanism, when they have savings and when they have time for community activities. It acts as a tool to identify the suitable time to implement a project.

Seasonal Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Events High Income     Low Income    Diseases Diarrhea, Allergy, Fever,     Malaria Leshmenisizes         Rabies, Snake biting     Scorpion biting     ARI, Phenomena,     Flu and Cough TB & Hepatitis    Animal Diseases Mounkhur,   Gullghoto   Ranikhate      Hazards

Rains    Land Erosion    Land Sliding    Wind & Storms   Festivals Marriages     

Seasonal Calendar of F-2 Katchi Abadi South shows that community experience high income during March, April, September and October because they are depending on labour work and this period is very pleasant weather of Mirpur in the context of construction work. Whereas, low income in January, June and July due to extreme weather conditions. The rainy season of targeted area are July, August and September, during this period water borne diseases erupt and seasonal flash floods occur in nallahs resulting the contamination of the drinking water,land erosion also correlates with heavy rain fall. Diseases like Diarrhoea, Allergy, Fever, and Malaria were also reported during summer and rainy season. ARI, Phenomena, Flu and Cough directly correlate with winter season. Similarly Rabies, Snake biting and Scorpion biting mostly occurs in summer and rainy season which correlate with unhygienic conditions. Although livestock is very low in number in that community but some families have goats, buffalos and household poultry. The diseases of animals like Mounkhur, Gullghoto and Ranikhate are occurred in summer season. According to seasonal calendar unavailability of safe drinking water, dangerous foot tracks, seasonal flash floods and sewerage system.

Annex D: Historical Profile:

Year Description 1985 Establishment of F-2 Katchi Abadi South, Mirpur 1985 Water Facility by self support from main F-2 sector 1993 Facility of Electricity by themselves from main F-2 sector 1994 Construction of non melted Road 1997 Construction of melted road. 2000 Govt Notification for the establishment of Primary School 2003 Two house destroyed due to seasonal flash floods no human loss 2005 Due to earth quake only buildings were cracked 2008 Due to seasonal flash floods two boys drown away. 2009 Construction of Primary school has started which is still incomplete 2010 Water borne diseases outbreak in the targeted area and children’s were affected badly. 2011 Due to seasonal flash floods 1 house was destroyed and caused 4 causalities. 2012 Establishment of private homeopathic clinic.

The historical Profile of F-2 Katchi Abadi South shows Community has been affected by the natural disasters such as seasonal flash floods and land erosion. There is unavailability of safe drinking water that leads towards water borne diseases.

Annex E: Venn diagram:

Intuitional and social network analysis is an important tool for gathering information about the local and external organization, groups and individuals, their roles importance and people perceptions about them. It is important to know the social netting systems of the community and to identify the individuals, groups and organizations that have a role in disasters response and are able to help the community.

The Community has strong relationship with some of the organization working in the community including Mirpur development authority (MDA), public health, education department and Health Department. In spite of the weak relation with other organization, their importance for the community is well eminent from the Diagram prepared by the Community. 16

Diagram shows that MDA, public health, electricity department, education department, police department has strong influence due to community needs of seasonal flash floods mitigation. However, the follow up from the community is very weak due to which community was not able to get appropriate benefits from these departments.

Annex F: Livelihood Analysis & Coping Mechanism

Income Who does % of What are the Alternative How Do they What is the Generation it?(Men, people threats to the Livelihood do access to impact on the Activities Women or employed activity? people any type of family in case Children) in the cope? Social of loss of activity security? livelihood Laborer Men women 88 % Bad Weather Migration Take Due to the Poverty, Condition to any loan strong (Seasonal other city from relations, Education may Flash Floods, for better each be effected Heavy Rain laboring others they can fall, Extreme opportunity borrow Increase in Hot from their Diseases, weather), relatives, Lake of friends Living opportunities standard will , illness, be affected badly,

Burden on family and community members

Robbery,

Bad economic situation

Govt Men & 7% Government Private do do Do Employees Women policies on business, Political basis Laborer,

Private jobs Business Men 3% Increase in Laborer do do do 17

the prices.

Lack of resources for further investment

Loss in business

Jobs in Men 2 % Changes in Laborer do do do Foreign Visa Policy Private jobs Visa expired

Contract expired

Lenience expired in case business

Annex G: Prioritization and Ranking

The eleven identified issues after thorough analysis of collected data during VCA process presented in front of the larger group of community at Katchi Abadi F-2 South Mirpur, to ensure their opinion/voice on the identified problems/issues.

Problems/Issues Identified:

 Lack of awareness  Unavailability of safe drinking water  Dangerous foot tracks  Health & hygiene  Improper Sewerage system  Improper Drainage System  Seasonal flash flood  Land Erosion  Electricity Wires Problems 18

 Unavailability of Vocational Training Center  No solid Waste Management

In order to ensure voice/vote of every community member about the prioritized 5 problems and to further rank the most important issue the voting system was explained to them. The most amazing event was vote counting/result/result announcement took place in front of the community where each vote counted against identified problem. The following six problems prioritized in sequence.

Problems/Issues priorities by community:

 Unavailability of Safe Drinking Water  Dangerous Foot Tracks  Improper Sewerage System  Seasonal Flash Floods  Health & Hygiene  Lack of Awareness

Critical Issues Identified 5 4 3 2 1

1 Unavailability of safe drinking water √

2 Dangerous foot tracks √

Improper sewerage system 3 √

4 Seasonal flash floods √

5 Health & hygiene √

Annex H: CIT Model (Actions for Transformation)

Identified Identified Actions for C I T Could be Require Required From Where Issues/ Vulnerabilities Transformation Done with Financial Technical and Whom Problems own Support Support Capacities and resources Unavailability Broken water Rehabilitation √ √ √ √ yes yes Public Health of Safe plastic pipelines of water tank Drinking existing in the Mirpur Water Prevailing several community. Development water borne Authority diseases Water purification PRCS Critical health plant. and hygiene Community situations. Provision of water supply The productivity scheme in the of the kitchen targeted area. gardening at house hold level is very low due to unavailability of water.

It also affects their livestock as well.

Heavy cost on water billing system which they are paying on monthly basis or pay extra money to the public health department for water tank.

Time 20

consumption for fetching water from Main Sector F-2.

Dangerous Damaged/ poor/ Construction of √ √ √ √ Yes Yes Mirpur foot tracks risky conditions the foot tracks Development of foot tracks at in F-2 Katchi Authority F-2 Katchi Aabadi Abbadi South, South posing PRCS threats to people Formation of lives, livestock CBOs for the Community and construction transportation of and AJK the patients to maintenance of Community the District the work done Development Headquarters under small Program hospital mitigation (CDP) especially during project rain fall season.

Very difficult evacuation during seasonal flash floods,

Improper No proper Need to √ √ √ √ √ Yes Yes MDA, Public Sewerage sewerage improve Health System system, sewerage and Department, drainage PRCS, Open defecation system in the Community targeted No proper community. drainage system

Lack of awareness regarding hygiene promotion and 21

poor personal, domestic and environmental conditions/ practices prevail. No solid waste management Flash Floods Land erosion Retention Wall, √ √ √ √ Yes Yes MDA, local Gabion Walls, Government, Land Sliding Plantation, PRCS, Community Damage Food Tracks

Annex I: VCA Team:

S.No Name Designation 1 Muhammad Atif Khan Disaster Management Manager 2 Ms. Nadia Butt PSP Course Coordinator 3 Mr. Shoaib Rasheed AD Youth & Volunteer 4 Mr. Mukhtar Qureshi DDMO Neelum 5 Mr. Asad Ali Naqvi Field Officer 6 Mr. Zulfiqar Mughal Training Coordinator 7 Mr. Ch. Muhammad Iqbal DDMO Mirpur 8 Ms. Faiza Sajid Volunteer (Muzaffarabad) 9 Mr. Bilal Khadim Volunteer 10 Mr. Muhammad Najeeb Volunteer 11 Ms. Sadaf Zulfiqar Volunteer 12 Ms. Sana Manzoor Volunteer