Cyclone preparedness lesson learnt 2019 and 2020

The report primarily covers lessons learnt from the expansion and capacity enhancement of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme in the Rohingya camps and host communities, as well as other Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement involvements in the broader ISCG-led cyclone preparedness efforts. It covers the period January 2019 to June 2020, with a focus on cyclone-related activities but drawing on monsoon and pandemic related experiences so far as well.

Some of the recommendations this paper gives include:

• Strengthen decision-makers’ understanding of the vulnerabilities of camp household shelters and community facilities in all CPP stakeholder organisations and ensure that planning assumptions regarding the refugees’ location at landfall are aligned in all plans.
• CPP stakeholders should urgently scale up training for field staff on how to communicate with refugees effectively and responsibly about cyclone risk and household preparedness actions.
• The CPP should collaborate with the CwC Cyclone Preparedness Technical Working Group to formulate a well-monitored inter-agency cyclone risk and preparedness community engagement work plan.