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Peoples Oriented Program Implementation
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To work for the people and with the people, To implement appropriate, need based, result oriented development and welfare programs, Building linkages, Capacity enhancement, Organizational sustainability
Reduce the negative impact of natural disaster on the most vulnerable people of Bangladesh and provide the necessary emergency response
POPI follows the country DRR policy including Sphere and HAP standard. It has its own emergency response policy and contingency plan and skilled staff strength. It also worked as lead NGOs in DRR sectors in Haor areas of Bangladesh and lead 6 partner NGOs. In addition, it has partnership with many INGOs and UN agencies in implementing DRR, ER and capacity building projects on DRR & CCA. It has 6 DRR projetcs currently and mainstreamed DRR.
CMDRR, NIRAPAD, ECB
Md. Emdadul Haque
http://www.popibd.org
POPI has mainstreamed DRR in its ongoing projects.
Conducted need assessment and developed pool of local volunteers and build their capacity in early warning dissemination at community level
Undertake capacity building initiatives both at local Govt. institution and community level
Conducted community risk assessment and developed action plan to cope up.
POPI enhanced surge capacity of its own staff and established 2 emergency stocks (warehouse)
POPI is also doing advocacy at national level along with other actors for rights of women, childs, elderly and people with disability during disaster
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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