Stories from Ciliwung, Citarum & Bengawan Solo River Banks in Indonesia Community Flood Resilience Stories from Ciliwung, Citarum & Bengawan Solo River Banks in Indonesia Community Flood Resilience Stories from Ciliwung, Citarum & Bengawan Solo River Banks Publisher Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) in partnership with Stories from Ciliwung, Citarum & Bengawan Solo River Banks in Indonesia International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Zurich Insurance Indonesia (ZII) Palang Merah Indonesia National Headquarter Disaster Management Division Jl. Jend Gatot Subroto Kav. 96 - Jakarta 12790 Phone: +62 21 7992325 ext 303 Fax: +62 21 799 5188 www.pmi.or.id First edition March 2018 CFR Book Team Teguh Wibowo (PMI) Surendra Kumar Regmi (IFRC) Arfik Triwahyudi (ZII) Editor & Book Designer Gamalel W. Budiharga Writer & Translator Budi N.D. Dharmawan English Proofreader Daniel Owen Photographer Suryo Wibowo Infographic Dhika Indriana Photo Credit Suryo Wibowo, Budi N.D. Dharmawan, Gamaliel W. Budiharga & PMI, IFRC & ZII archives © 2018. PMI, IFRC & ZII PRINTED IN INDONESIA Community Flood Resilience Preface resilience/rɪˈzɪlɪəns/ n 1 The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness;2 The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com iv v Preface hard work of all the parties involved. also heads of villages and urban Assalammu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, The program’s innovations have been villages in all pilot program areas for proven and tested, providing real their technical guidance and direction Praise for Allah, that has blessed us so that this solution, which has been replicated for the program implementors as well Community Flood Resilience (CFR) program success story in other villages and urban villages, as SIBAT teams, so the program can book is finally finished. sustainably. achieve its goal as expected according to the framework and right on target. This book presents the success stories of the CFR program, in whole To the writer who has been duti- and chronological, with testimonies fully working hard in documenting CFR program has been imple- are as follows. First, the increase of from the parties involved and the the CFR program success stories, we mented since 2013 in three major knowledge and community tenacity community beneficiaries. also deliver our gratitude and ap- river systems in Java (Bengawan and resilience mechanism towards the preciation. On behalf of the Central Com- Solo, Ciliwung, and Citarum). The impacts of flood. Second, the increase mittee of the Indonesian Red Cross It is our hope that this book can program tries to increase the commu- of effectiveness of disaster risk reduc- Society (PMI), we thank and highly be a source of inspiration and a nity’s tenacity and resilience in facing tion solutions. Third, the availabil- appreciate Zurich Foundation, Zurich reference of learning for all to build Indonesian Red Cross Society the impacts of flood through holistic ity of policies and regulations that Indonesia, and the IFRC for their resilience in the family, community, intervension by using the resilience support the efforts to build a flood financial and technical support, so the country, and nation. framework, based on five capitals resilient community innovatively and program can be successfully com- (human, financial, natural, physical, give sustainable solutions. Wassalamualaikum Warohmatullahi pleted. & social). Wabarokatuh. --- We are proud that even though We also thank and highly appreci- It is actually the first time for the program is a global initiative, ate the governors, regents, mayors, Indonesian Red Cross Society (PMI) but the implementation has been to collaborate with Zurich Insurance. very much bottom up. The program A global insurance company that not places PMI’s SIBAT (or CBAT, Com- only provided funding, but Zurich munity Based Action Team) and the Insurance through Zurich Indonesia community as the prime actors with and IFRC also totally got involved in very strategic roles. SIBAT has been the whole process of implementing able to take the role as key actor that the program. coordinates and builds awareness, concern, and real action on flood Armed with trust for each other, disaster risks and impacts. Lt. Gen. (Retired) Sumarsono, S.H. also strong partnership and very high Chief of the Disaster Management Division commitment, the program has been Numerous evidence of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) completed well and successfully, also program’s achievement have been getting maximun results. The success enjoyed by the community and of the program’s implementation government, thanks to the efforts and vi vii Preface time of flood, installation of safe is proving successful to reduce the As the world’s largest humanitarian network, the water facilities, increasing community impact of floods on two main rivers, preparedness, setting up command Citarum and Bengawan Solo, whose International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent post, radio and early warning system, population in riverside communities Societies (IFRC) reaches annually more than 150 million the programme has contributed to rounds the 37 million. increase community resilience. people through the network of 191 National Societies This book is a testimony of the and 169,000 local offices and branches rooted in the The programme opened a win- excellent partnership and the shared communities across the world. The IFRC partners with dow on innovation in flood resilience vision of PMI, Zurich and IFRC to Governments, other humanitarian agencies, the private in Indonesia, showing a wealth of contribute to better life conditions for ideas and innovative approaches part of the vulnerable population in sector and the academia to supports the most vulnerable that were surfaced at the first ever Indonesia. It is an insight in the devo- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to be better prepared against adversities and disasters, innovation challenge for the IFRC; tion and commitment of volunteers, and become more resilient. some of the best ideas have since staff, technical experts alike, and a re- been incubated. Let me also put the newed commitment to continue spar- spotlight onto the innovative Flood ing no efforts in the future to build Early Warning Early Action Sys- a more resilient Indonesia in a more tem (FEWEAS), a state of the art resilient world. I look forward to the Floods play a major role worldwide Zurich Indonesia and IFRC brought and highly accurate early warning next challenges with hope, inspiration to erode the advances of community together complementary organiza- system available for decision-makers and renewed enthusiasm. --- development. Given the scale of tional skills and knowledge on com- and community members alike that impact of floods globally, IFRC and munity programming and humanitar- Zurich Insurance joined scientists ian services, risk analysis and business and practitioners from world lead- solutions to provide effective solutions ing institutions to better understand to flood prone communities. floods and develop community based The impact of the resulting activi- innovative solutions to reduce their ties is evident in 21 large communi- negative impact. ties along three main river systems Indonesia is one of the countries (Ciliwung, Citarum & Bengawan that has spearheaded the partnership Solo) in Java Island recurrently af- contributing to a wealth of learning fected by major floods. Through tree Giorgio Ferrario and giving way to advocacy for better plantation along river bank to prevent Head of Country Cluster Support Team for Indonesia and risk reduction policies and action at soil erosion, absorption wells and bio Timor-Leste and Representative to ASEAN the national and international levels. pore holes to facilitate quick absorp- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The joint work of Palang Merah tion of flood water, evacuation centers Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross), to enable people to shelter safely in viii ix Preface Five years have already passed since Zurich Insurance We hope the book can be a refer- By unity, the community is Indonesia (Zurich Indonesia) started the partnership ence for all, especially private sector, resilient! --- with the Indonesian Red Cross Society (PMI) and the IFRC to cooperate and collaborate in implementing disaster management in implementing the Community Flood Resilience (CFR) program, especially flood disaster. program. The partnership has been success- In the partnership with PMI and ful in carrying out community activi- IFRC, Zurich Indonesia is actively ties and giving satisfying impact to the involved in implementing the pro- community, as well as getting supports gram by contributing employees’ time from various parties, such as the according to their expertises, knowl- Zurich Insurance Indonesia government, private sector, academia, edges, and experiences. also the community itself. With the completion of the Zurich Indonesia, which is a gen- program implementation, the book eral insurance company with exper- is arranged with a goal to deliver the tise and experience in risk manage- stories of the program implementa- ment, has also given its commitment tion, starting from the beginning of to help the community in facing flood establishing partnership in global and Wirahadi Suryana disaster, in line with Zurich’s mission local levels, the roles of each partners Director of PT Zurich Insurance