Disaster risk reduction in the post-tsunami context: people’s report, India, the Maldives, Sri lanka and Thailand
This people’s report is based on the work of 44 organizations and their discussions with 2,954 tsunami-affected people in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Thailand. The report presents people’s experiences and views in terms of whether they feel safer, if their risk to disasters has been reduced, and whether they feel better prepared to cope with future disasters. It also presents their awareness of and relationship with the various government institutions and NGOs involved in disaster response and preparedness. The report attempts to voice some of the concerns from the people’s perspective and to bring these to attention of policy makers and so facilitate their inclusion in future DRR initiatives.