RED CRESCENT SOCIETY AJK STATE BRANCH

Vulnerability Capacity Assessment

Village Pakhar, District

Table of Contents:

S.No Contents Page No 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Background of District Poonch/ 6 3 VCA Tools: Annex A: Direct Observation 8 Annex B: Historical Profile, Visualization and Projection 11 Annex C: Spatial Mapping 13 Annex D: Seasonal Calander 14 Annex E: Livelihood Analysis and Coping Mechanism 16 Annex F: Venn Diagram 19 Annex G:Prioritization and Ranking 20 Annex H: CIT 21 4 VCA Team 24 5 Recommendation 25

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Executive Summary:

The principal purpose of conducting Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA) is to gather information through a participatory way with the ultimate goal of increasing community’s awareness of risks, and help them to plan for reducing vulnerability and scaling up capacity before a disaster happens.

Specifically the purpose of the VCA recently conducted by the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) AJK State Branch is to find out the most vulnerable communities of district Poonch with a view to map out hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities within the targeted areas, village Pakhar, union council Pakhar, Tehsil Rawalakot of district Poonch. Furthermore the VCA aimed at obtaining data analysis (diagnostic tool) for PRCS and community to make decisions about risk reduction measure initiatives (structural and non-structural). Further the VCA will provide a better understanding regarding nature, degree, and risk affected by the people, including determining presence and degree of vulnerability, identify the capacity and resources available, alternative actions that may be conducted to strengthen the impacts of risk reduction program and determine activities focused on increasing the capacity of communities in target villages.

The targeted community where the VCA was conducted is village Pakhar located having a distance of 31km from Rawalakot, district headquarters of Poonch. Village Pakhar is one of the biggest revenue villages of district Poonch Rawalakot that consists of four (4) sub villages including Danna No. 4, Shaheed Gala, Ban Bahak, Pakhar Nakka and having many small hamlets. The total population of village Pakhar is approximately 14,000.

The standard IFRC VCA methods and tools were used to have better access of information for the five (5) days exercise (25-30 June 2012). The VCA tools used such as spatial mapping, direct observation, semi structure interview, historical profile, visualization and projection, seasonal calendar, livelihood analysis, Venn diagram whereas the methods were talking to wall, prioritization, ranking and CIT model.

With the application of the VCA methods and tools the main community hazards were identified. Based on the analysis of secondary data gathered the most prevalent hazards in the community are poor health & hygiene, unavailability of potable water, dangerous

foot tracks, lack of vocational centre and lack of awareness on the impact and detrimental effects of these hazards which would

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directly affect people lives, livestock, livelihood and their environment. This situation had increased community’s vulnerabilities resulting on their high dependency from external support.

In relation to the hazards identified, communities were able to recognize its causes and effects and the measures that could be taken to reduce the risks to disaster thus minimizing the detrimental effects of land sliding, lack of water supply and poor health facilities, dangerous foot tracks and lack of awareness to Disaster Preparedness and Response. The other capacities identified were road access, educational schools (primary, middle, high and inter college, private), graveyard, shops, river streams, mosque, trees/forest, mobile phones, play grounds and overseas workers.

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

Health Facilities:

In Revenue Village Pakhar, there is one dispensary and one first aid post located at Danna No 4 and Ban Behk, but there is no medical staff and medicines which would fulfill the urgent needs of the community in terms of health problems. In most cases the community of the village Pakhar would seek support for health related problems to Khai Galla and district headquarters Rawalakot which is almost 10 and 31 Km away.

Water and Sanitation:

Water:

The residents of village Pakhar are exposed to health hazard due to unavailability of potable water. The sources of water are from springs and it’s usually dry. The village has several water supply schemes installed but don’t’ have proper maintenance so most of them are non functional due to broken pipelines and no water sources.

Hygiene:

Lack of awareness regarding hygiene promotion and poor personal, domestic and environmental hygiene conditions and practices

were observed. No sewerage, drainage system and solid waste management. 95% of the houses have latrine facilities, but due to

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insufficient water, some households are doing open defecation. Most of the schools have no latrines and open defection is practiced that causes several diseases to children.

Foot tracks:

Dangerous foot tracks within village Pakhar posing a constant threat to the community. The people are experiencing difficulties in transporting patients, domestic materials, and daily consumable items from and to the main road due to worst condition of foot tracks especially during heavy rain fall and snow fall. In the village there are many link roads but they are in worst condition and not suitable for transport of vehicles.

Lack of Awareness:

During the VCA, it was found out that lack of awareness regarding health & Hygiene, basic disaster management, safe drinking water, and etc. ultimately lead to health hazards and had increased community’s risks and vulnerabilities to disasters.

Lack of Technical Institutions:

Though there are two vocational centers present but is not sufficient to fulfill the basic requirement of the targeted areas in terms of vocational education. The houses in village Pakhar are widely scattered and it is very difficult for the community to get access to the vocational centers. These two vocational centers are situated at the lower part of Pakhar village and there is no other technical institute for men to enhance their skills which resulted to an increase of unemployment.

The results of this VCA provides a unique opportunity for all stakeholders to work in partnership on different programs that would reduce people’s 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 preparedness, prevention and mitigation. Therefore the VCA results will be shared to all stakeholders with a view

of developing a plan of action that will improve the living conditions of the people in village Pakhar, Union Council Pakhar.

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Background:

District Rawalakot/Poonch popularly known as mini takes its name from the city of Rawalakot – the headquarters of the Raja of Poonch before 1947, which is now in the Indian Administrated part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The present headquarters of the district is Rawalakot city. Total area of the district is 855 sq km. Poonch/Rawalakot district is bounded by in the north and by Sudhnuti in the south. It shares borders with occupied Kashmir in the east and is bounded to Pakistan in the west. Total population of the district according to 1998 census was 0.412 million while according to projections of 2006 the population is 0.490 million. Average household size is 7.6 and 8.00 persons in rural and urban areas respectively. The 86.84% of the population lived in rural areas. The literacy rate of the district is 67.22% with 72.10% for urban and 66.45% for rural areas. The literacy rate among male is 80.23% as compared to the 54.04% for female.

Landscape and Physical features of the Area

Poonch/Rawalakot district is a totally hilly area with an average elevation of about 2000 meters above sea level. The mountains in the district are part of the Pir Panjal range. is the highest peak in the eastern mountain regions of the district. The Jehlum River flows from north to south and makes the western boundary of the district. The Rawalakot River originating from the Pir Panjal range in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir flows along the south eastern boundary of the district. Kehan nalla, Ranger nalla, and Hajira nalla are notable streams which are mostly flood streams. Climate of the district varies with the altitudes of the area. North-eastern part of the district is very cold. However, the lower valleys have cold winter and hot summer. The maximum and minimum temperature during the month of January is about 7 c and 1 c respectively. In summer during the month of June it is about 16 c and 26 c respectively. The average annual precipitation is about 1800 millimeters. On top of the hills, kail, fir, chir and oak trees are commonly found. Robinia, poplar, and alimthas are grown by people on their farms. In the low land areas mulberry, shisham trees and small bushes are found. Fruit trees include walnut, apple, and wild pear. Fruit and vegetables have great potential of increase in production and marketing.

Administrative Structures The district is divided in 3 sub-divisions i.e. Rawalakot, Hajira, and one tehsil namely . There are 26 union councils. Two town committees (Hajira and Abbaspur) and one municipal committee Rawalakot. It is divided into 4 legislative assembly constituencies. It comprises of 39 Patwar circles and 122 revenue villages. District administration is headed by a Deputy Commissioner. He supervises the

activities of the nation building departments in the district assisted by Assistant Commissioners at the sub-division level. His major concern

is the maintenance of law and order in the district as the District Magistrate and also to look after the land record as the District 6 Collector. Every line department has a district head to look after its affairs with further hierarchy.

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Industry, Trade and Commerce: Residents of the Poonch/Rawalakot district have diverse but limited means of livelihoods including farming, livestock, poultry farming, government service (both civil and armed forcess), and business and overseas employment. Industry is minimal in terms of contributions towards livelihoods. In-country seasonal migration for employment is very common.

The People: District Poonch/Rawalakot is composed of diverse communities. People of different faiths live peacefully in the district. Races like , Gujjars, Bakerwals, Syeds, Kashmiris, Rajput, Awan, Sheikh, Jutt, Dullii, Qureshi, Maldiyaal, Abbasii, Magray. Mostly reside on the slopes of mountains. They have small pieces of land for cultivation and cattle for supplementing their economy. Bakerwals are nomadic tribes. Gujjars and Bakerwals speak Gojri whereas rest of the population (excluding Kashmiris) speaks Pahari/Rawalakoti. The mother tongue is a great cementing factor of the Pahari speaking people because they remain so closely associated with each other that cultural ethos transcend all that of distinct beliefs and faiths.

Roads: Rawalakot is connected to (Pakistan) through two road networks: 1. Rawalpindi – Kahuta- Road (117 km) 2. Rawalpindi- Lehtrar- Dhalkot Road

Rawalakot is also connected with the Capital City of Azad Jammu & Kashmir through three road network. 1. Rawalakot – Arja Kohala 2. Rawalakot – Goinallah, 3. Rawalakot – Shuja Abad, Bagh, , Gharri Duppatta

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APPLICATION OF VCA TOOLS & METHODS: FINDINGS

Annex A: DIRECT OBSERVATION

Geography Physical Geography Geomorphology The Revenue village Pakhar is situated at a distance of 31 km away from District Headquarter Pooch/Rawalakot at north side. The village Pakhar is divided into four sub villages in including Danna No 4, Shaheed Galla, Pakhar Nakka and Ban Behk. Two main roads including Toli Pir Road and Ali Sojal Road passes through the village from the very top and very bottom . The sub villages are connected with each other through several link roads which are very dangerous to drive. All the link roads are partially paved and most of the roads are unpaved.

The whole village is surroundings by heavy mountains range with extreme cold weather in winter and in summer it is pleasant, natural topography and diversified geographical division both in physical and human nature. There are several dangerous food tracks within the village. Natural Resources Revenue village Pakhar is hilly area surrounded by forest which contains different types of trees, like papular, pine trees, Oak, Rabinia, and small bushes are common found there. There are also fruit trees including walnut, apple, pear, Peach, apricot, Ghuch /Sumbhal, Fertile land, Spring water sources, Stones. Lack of awareness of all these natural resources caused by poverty, unemployment, skill and other facilities which ultimately leads towards environmental degradation and future risks. This also directly affect the natural balance in weather which ultimately caused climate change and other natural disasters including land sliding, extreme cold weather, irregularities of rain fall and snow fall, and thus in depth water level. The area is green having fertile soil and agricultural field but it has observed, due to the unavailability of water people are losing interest to cultivate the crops and vegetables as well. Water Quality Springs are the natural sources of water either for domestic usage, drinking purposes or agricultural use. It has found that NRSP made ponds for water storage which are not

functional due to a smaller amount rains in the area. There are many springs exist in the

targeted area but there is not proper storage system. With of the Support of different 8

organizations Pakhar village has several water supply schemes but due to the broken Page

pipelines they are not functioning properly. In some hamlets, water supply is functional but the water is contaminated due to uncovered source. Meteorology & Climatology The Community of Village Pakhar enjoy a clean atmosphere around them at the moment but there attitude and behavior may cause this environmental peace to be damaged in future. There ongoing anti environmental practices may strongly be discouraged. Infrastructure and Health Facilities In Revenue Village Pakhar, there is no Basic Health Unit (BHU). In sub village Danna No 4, Services People established a Dispensary with their own resources but there is no medical staff and medicines as well. Whereas in Sub Village Ban Behk there is one First Aid Post having a Dispenser who only visited First Aid Post only once in a week. But there is no medicine available. The community of the said village used to go kahi Galla and Rawalakot in case of any emergency and for miner ailment and it caused a high expenditure on health and time consuming practice, which takes 1 hour approximately. Educational Institutes As the areas is scattered and divided into four sub villages, there are 7 Primary Girls School, 2 Boys Primary Schools, 2 Middle School for boys and girls and 3 High schools and 1 Inter College exist in the village. There are 8 private schools exists in the revenue village pakhar. Most of the government school buildings are constructed and some of them are in progress. Religious Center There are 37 Mosques out of which 4 are Jammah e Mosque, there are 2 Maddsaras for Female and 2 for male in the village. Vocational Center There are two vocational centers exist in the sub village Shaheed Gala and Pakhar Nakka, but those are not accessible for all the community of the village. The women have keen interest to get the vocational skills but due to the long distance and it are difficult to go in those vocational centers. The capacity of these two vocational centers is also very low which is not fulfilling the need of the community. Energy Resources It has been observed that burning wood is a major source of energy used at domestic level in the community, although gas cylinders (LPG) are also used for their domestic and commercial purposes. In the village, 95% population is facilitated with electricity. Frequent use of burning wood is the root cause of deforestation which results to land sliding and environmental pollution. Road Communication Two main roads including Toli Pir Road and Ali Sojal Road pass through the village from

the very top and very bottom. The sub villages are connected with each other through

several link roads which are very dangerous to drive. Few link roads are partially paved 9

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Telecommunication The area has access to the landline telephone Special Communication Organization (SCO) and almost all the cellular networks are working in the targeted area specially Ufone, Telenor, Zong, and Jazz Houses/Buildings Almost 90 % of the houses are concrete & CGI Sheets made while 10 % are Katcha houses made of mud, wood and Stones. Water Management: Water Sources Springs are the major water source for drinking, domestic usage and agriculture purposes

Water Supply Scheme The majority of water supply and sanitation systems in targeted area are badly damaged or destroyed by the October 8 earthquake. This poses serious public health threat to the affected areas in terms of access, quantity and quality of water and access to adequate sanitation facilities. Due to the earthquake 2005, destruction in earth plates the underground water veins disturbed due to which number of spring water sources disappears. Moreover, the cold winter weather also causes destruction of Water supply scheme. While there is no proper water storage system exist for some of the water sources. The community brings the water from faraway places for drinking and domestic purposes which definitely affect their health. It was also observed that near to the water sources there is lot of animal and human excreta and garbage which may contaminate the water source during the rainy season.

Sewerage Collection and There is no sewerage system in the village causes various diseases specially among Disposal women and children Drainage System There is no drainage system at village level while in some hamlets they have drainage at household level. Human Geography: Social Network There are two major tribes namely Sudhan and Awan living in the targeted area. In minorities there are few families of Rajpoot, Qureshi and Gujjars. The community has strong social network within tribes but at village level they have limited social networking at village level. Faith & Believes Village population consists of 100% Muslims Culture and Norms The community has rich traditional values and women have participatory approach

towards communal and developmental activities.

Attitude and Behaviors People have almost positive and broad based attitude towards their common interests at

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ANNEX B:

HISTORICAL PROFILE:

S No Year of activities Activities name 1 1947 Roads non Metallic, Schools and Mosque 2 1962 School 3 1963 Wind small 4 1972, School 5 1978 School 6 1980 None metallic road, School 7 1985 Roads metallic and non metallic, Mosque, electricity, post office and school 8 1986 Vet nary center, welfare association 9 1987 Dispensary 10 1988 Bank, electricity 11 1990 Electricity, metallic road, madras and schools 12 1992 Water supply scheme, Metallic road, flood, 13 1997 welfare association 14 2006 Welfare population office 15 2002 Madras 16 2003 Snow falling, water supply scheme, metallic road, Food storage, welfare association, school and dispensary 17 2005 Earthquake, water supply scheme, Mosque and schools 18 2006 Vocational training centre, school 19 2009 DWSS, Metallic road, school 20 2011 Winds, lightening and vocational training centre 21 2012 Winds, lightening and vocational training centre Major disaster and construction had in 1947, 1985, and 2003 and after that in 2006. Major activities are happened in the field of Roads construction, Mosques, schools and other side major disaster had happened like earthquake, wind and floods in 1963-2005, 2011, and

2012.technically and income generation activities has been done in 2006,11, and continuing in 2012. 11

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Historical Visualization & Projection

Years Houses Population Roads Hospital Forests Livestock Water Agriculture Diseases Electricity Education Telephone land /Mobile 1950 ⌂⌂ ⱡⱡ ------ϔϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππππ ------≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Ѫ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ πππππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ π ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ 1960 ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ------ϔϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππππ ------≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ □ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ ππππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ϔϔϔϔϔ ≈≈≈≈ 1970 ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭˭ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ ѫ □□ ⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ πππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ϔϔϔ ≈ 1980 ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭˭˭˭ ϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ϮϮ □□ ⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ πππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ϔ 1990 ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ϮϮϮ □□□ ⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭˭˭ ϔϔϔϔϔϔ ππ ≈≈≈≈≈ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ 2000 ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ Ↄ ϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ϮϮϮϮ □□□□ Ὼ Ὼ Ὼ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ϔϔϔϔ π ≈≈≈ ѫ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭˭˭˭ 2010 ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ Ↄ Ↄ ϔϔϔϔϔ Πππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ϮϮϮϮϮ □□□□□ Ὼ Ὼ Ὼ Ὼ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ϔϔ ≈ ѫ ѫ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ 2020 ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ Ↄ Ↄ ϔϔϔϔϔ Ππππ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ϮϮϮϮϮϮ □□□□□□ Ὼ Ὼ Ὼ Ὼ Ὼ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ѫ ѫ ѫ ѫ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ⱡ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭ ˭

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Annex C: Spatial Mapping Page

The detail map of Village Pakhar including its four sub villages was drawn by the community at least to cover all of the four sub villages. They first drawn the spatial map of each of the sub villages including Danna No. 4, Shaheed Gala, Ban Behk and Pakhar Nakka showing the hazard, capacity and vulnerabilities of the targeted area.

The capacities/resources was highlighted on the maps were houses, roads, schools, mosques, bridges, electricity, water tanks etc. whereas in the red color shows different types of hazards which may cause any serious destruction. On the map, the element at risk also shows which included

the houses, crops, shops, electricity poles, roads, water supply scheme etc.

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Annex D

SEASONAL CALENDAR:

Seasonality / Events Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Low Income    High Income        Sowing Season   Harvesting Season   Vegetables    Grass cutting    Migration  Festivals      Games     Health Water born disease    Cough     Cold     Malaria   Diarrhea    Hazards Flash Flood    Earth quake             Land sliding    Heavy Rain fall   Wind/thunder Strom      Snow fall period   

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A seasonal calendar helps to explore the changes happening in a community over the period of one year. It is self explanatory calendar which highlights, what community actually performs during this period and what’s their coping mechanism while they have time for community activities. It’s a tool to identify the appropriate time to implement a project.

Seasonal calendar of village Pakkhar, Union Council Pakhar shows that community experience of high income during harvesting of crop and thus increases the dependency of the population on agriculture field and also due to the tourist visits to the Toli Pir which increase their daily sales in the month of April, May, June and July. On the other hand, low income correlate with snow fall season whereby majority of the population special in the upper parts of mountains restricted to their houses.

Water born diseases mainly erupt in heavy rain fall season which contaminates the drinking water sources and Calendar shows that people have low income in first three months because of heavy snow fall which interrupt the business of people at large scale. People did not used to visit shops and remain in their houses.

Contrary to this people have high income in fourth to ninth month because they have maximum hours to work. Weather is favorable and people work without any seasonal disturbance.

People used to sow seeds of different crops and vegetables in the month of February, March and April and harvest the following crops in September and October because these are the best months to produced better results.

People used to cut the grass in August when grass is long enough and ready for feed for animals. A very few people used to migrate to different areas in December for seasonal employment.

People used to celebrate their social festivals in June and July and religious festivals at their regular time.

The community of the said village normally busy in different games like volley ball and cricket in May/ June and July they are good players.

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ANNEX : E LIVELIHOOD ANALYSIS AND COPING MECHANISM

Income Who % of the % of What are the threat to Alternate How do people Do they What is the impact What could generation Does people total the activities source of cope? access to on family and be done to activities It M/F employ income livelihood any type community in case reduce the ed in provide of social of loss of loss of this d by the security? livelihood? livelihood? activitie activitie s s M&F 47% 22.5% Harsh Weather(Flash Depend Decrease daily Yes Living standard will saving Trust Floods, winds, snow upon expenditure be affected on God falling heavy rainfall) relatives Credit from Burden on family Do nothing Diseases(cancer, heart Migration relatives To disturb the To better

diseases, spinal card, Help from education of opportunity injury and death) relatives children Social festival, To go outside Family

employee marriages and deaths the country conflict/mistrust Mental disturbance Self Self

M&F 12% 12% Politically threats Laboring Decrease daily Yes Living standard will Contact with Death and diseases Tuition expenses be affected union Inflation Other Relatives will Burden on family Agree with Jobs help To disturbed the government Credit from education of Obedient to relatives children the political Family personal

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Mental disturbance

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M&F 27.5% 27.25 Routine wise Strike Alternate -do- Yes Living standard will Will see Harsh weather business be affected towards Inflation over all in Migration Burden on family compensation country Loan from To disturbed the Saving during Govt or education of peace time

banks children Insurance Family conflict/mistrust

Business Mental disturbance M&F 37.5% 39.5 Contract jobs Establishe Decrease daily Yes Living standard will Saving Weather condition d expenses be affected Enhance the Country alternate Go to other Burden on family skills environment/situation business country To disturbed the Alternate Foreign relation in own Will see other education of source Death and disease in a country jobs children country Find Hope-full Family alternate conflict/mistrust jobs Mental disturbance

Loss the frieds Overseas emplacement emplacement Overseas

What is livelihood?

Livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required for a means of living. A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stress and shocks and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets both now and in the future

Why Livelihood analysis

Livelihood analysis mean that we see the source of income who is doing it and contribution with cope up mechanism, alternate source of livelihood, their social security and protection and last but not least that their preparedness and strategy to cope up to threats or future

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Other hand livelihood assessment of Pukher Village of UC Pukher in Rawalakot AJK will helpful for PRCS designing small mitigation project and trying for more funds to reduce the vulnerabilities of that community.

Livelihood analysis of Pukher Village of Rawalakot shows that men and women both are doing and contributing in income generation. Both are engage in self employee (daily labor masons, carpenters, drivers, steel fixture etc), Govt employee (teachers, Army man, Police, clerk etc), Business(local village and Rawalakot city as well other part of country) and overseas employment(mostly are class four employee like labor, security guards masons and driver any how some of them are well settled). If we categories the means of livelihood we can see as : self employee 47% and contributing 22.5%,Govt employee 12% and contributing 12%, own business 27.5% and contributing 27.72 and overseas employee 37.5 and contributing 39.5% of total livelihood. major threats to the livelihood of this community are Harsh Weather(Flash Floods, winds, snow falling heavy rainfall) Diseases(cancer, heart diseases, spinal card, injury and death) Social festival, marriages and deaths Politically instability in Pakistan or overseas both. Alternate source of livelihood are depends upon relatives, getting loan, migration and other business and reduce their expenditure and will try to go to outside the country are coping mechanism of this community and other hand villagers having social security from Govt department in kind of BISP, Zakat and Pakistan bait-ul-mal (mostly community are not satisfy with these department).the people who are engage in livelihood activities are thinking if they loss their income then they also loss their stander of life with education for their children and may be some domestic conflict will be occur but other hand during their jobs or business they are saving some money for future and enhance their skills for better opportunities.

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ANNEX F:

VENN DIAGRAM:

It is an important tool for analysis of social network in order to collect information about the local and external organizations, groups and individuals, their role importance and perception of community about different agents working in the targeted area. It is important to know social netting system of the community and identify the individuals, groups and organizations that have role in disaster response, Disaster preparedness and other developmental activities in the areas.

The structure of circles shows the importance of organization while nearness to community shows the relation or influence of the organization upon the community. Mostly the diagram shows the Member of legislative Assembly(MLA),Local NGOs namely kalyal welfare association(KWA) of village Danna, Pukhar Rural Support(PRSO) of village Banbhak, Sudyal Welfare Organization(SWO) of village Shaheed galla have strong influence on and have strong relation with community. Also diagram shows the line agencies from Govt side namely health, education, Local Government and Rural Department (LGRD),Electricity Department, revenue department, district council and Zakat council have relation with the community, briefly this diagram indicated that among these departments education have strong influence with the community while Local CBOs have also a very good influence on the community the development activities in the village.

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PROBLEMS/ISSUES IDENTIFIED:

 Unavailability of Health Services  Lack of Water (Safe Drinking water, Domestic and agriculture use)  Lack of Awareness  Dangerous Foot Tracks  Improper drainage and sewerage system  Land sliding  Lack of Vocational Training Center  Unemployment

PROBLEMS/ISSUES PRIORITIZED BY COMMUNITY:

The problems were prioritized through pair wise ranking with the community. Following are the problems which were ranked at top 5 problems/issues

 Health & Hygiene  Lack of Water o Safe Drinking Water o Domestic Usage o Agriculture purposes  Lack of Vocational Center  Lack of Awareness  Dangerous Foot Track

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ANNEX: G

CIT: ACTIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION

Identified/Issues Identified Action for C I T Could be Done through Required Required From Where Identified Vulnerabilities Transformation Own Resources and Financial Technical and Whom Capacities Resources( Resources Short Medium Long Yes/No) (Yes/No) Term Term Term Health & Hygiene Unavailability Awareness ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yes Yes Government, of health campaigns, FA NGOs, INGOs, services. Trainings, Unity to Community, achieve a common PRCS, Lack of goal, Mobile Health well-off awareness Services (MHU) persons regarding health & Functional COs for hygiene. the construction and maintenance of the Contaminated work done under water. small mitigation project Unavailability of The community Construction & ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yes Yes Government, Water of the Pakhar Rehabilitation of NGOs, INGOs, Village exposed Water Tanks, PRCS to health Rehabilitation of hazard because existing water supply the springs are schemes, cover the

uncovered and water sources, dry. identification of potential new water 21

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supply scheme with the existing which water supply contaminate schemes the water. Functional COs for Shortage of the construction and water also maintenance of the leads to work done under diseases in small mitigation women and project children. Weak coordination People losing among the tribes interest in cultivation.

Time consumption for fetching water from very faraway which also affect on women health Lack of Awareness hygiene Increase the ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yes Yes District promotion and awareness through Administration, poor personal, integrated approach, Health domestic and Conduct the Department, environmental workshops/Trainings, Community,

conditions/ Community Hall, PRCS, NRSP, 22

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prevail campaigns

improper Functional COs for utilization of the construction and available maintenance of the resources work done under small mitigation project Unavailability of unemployment Established some ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yes Yes Social Welfare Vocational Training new vocational Department Centers spend too training centers TEVTA, PRCS, much money within the hamlets Community, on clothing Enhanced the women cannot women skills utilize their skill Dangerous Foot Damaged risky Construction of the ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yes Yes Local Tracks conditions of foot tracks in Government, foot tracks at revenue village PRCS, NRSP, revenue village pakhar. AJKCDP Pakhar posing threats to Functional COs for people lives, the construction and livestock and maintenance of the transportation work done under of the patients small mitigation to the hospital project especially during rainy &

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Annex: H

VCA Team:

S.No Name Designation 01 Mr. Muhammad Atif Khan Disaster Management Manager 02 Mr. Israr Arbab Abbasi IT & Telecom Manager 03 Ms. Nadia Butt PSP Course Coordinator 04 Mr. Akhtar Ayoub CBHFA Coordinator 05 Mr. Adeeb Bashir Afghani Training Manager 06 Ms. Uzma Mumtaz District Secretary Poonch Branch 07 Mr. Abdul Rauf District Supervisor MRE Poonch District 08 Mr. Syed Naeem Ahmad Shah Junior First Aid Trainer Poonch Branch 09 Mr. Anees Ur Rehman Volunteer 10 Ms. Mediha Volunteer 11 Ms. Shazia Volunteer

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Recommendations:

Structural Mitigation:

1. Rehabilitation of the Water Supply Scheme in Sub Village Shaheed Galla, Danna No 4 to minimize the impact of health hazards 2. Construction of the Water Tanks in Ban Behk to store the water 3. Construction of foot tracks in the revenue village

Non Structural Mitigation:

1. Conduct the trainings of First aid to the communities and provision of the First Aid Kits so that they can deal with any common emergencies. 2. Conduct Community Based Health First Aid trainings for the communities 3. Conduct the Basic Disaster Awareness Trainings in the community 4. Make the CBO’s functional 5. Hygiene promotion activities in the targeted area

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