2012 team 8

1. Sustainable Community
Developmental Strategy
Barguna, Bangladesh
Group 8
Paul Joseph Leonardi
Asundep Ntui
Rovinskiy Nikolay
Meghan Tipre
Melonie Walcott

2. Outline
• Challenges
• Goal
• Objectives
• Strategy
– Planning
– Design and Implementation
– Expected Outcomes
• Budget
• Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
• Timeline

3. Barguna District
Challenges
• Housing needs
• Access to safe drinking
water
• Economic instability
(rebuilding livelihood)
• Inadequate community
awareness for disaster
management

4. Overall Goal
• To contribute to improving housing and
sustainable economic development in
Barguna District in Bangladesh

5. Objectives
1. To provide housing and sanitation - cyclone
resistant homes, home improvement grants,
school cum shelters and community centers
2. To improve access to safe drinking -
rainwater harvesting, water treatment
3. To increase adaptability to extreme climate
changes– economic sustainability, food
security, health promotion

6. Public
Policy
Organizatio
nal
Community
Individual
Socio-ecological Framework Government policies- land allocation,
microcredit, home construction
existing farming practices supported by
government , NGO’s
Local NGOs, Local government
agencies, universities,
Local leaders, religious
leaders, teachers, family
members
Skill-building training
Risk reduction education
Health Promotion
Business management skills

7. Approach
• Active Community Participation
• Stakeholder involvement /partnership
• Capacity building
– Institutional strengthening
– Individual training- skill building and education
• Build on lessons learned
– Avoid duplication
• Use of local resources (money stays in community)

8. Conceptual Framework
Planning Design and
Intervention
Expected
Outcomes
•Improved
health
outcomes
•Improved
economic
development
•Community
recovery
•Policy Analysis
•Community
needs mapping
•Community Asset
Mapping
•Formation
community
advisory
board/Spearing
committee
•Needs
Prioritization
Housing
and
Sanitation
Safe
Drinking
water
Adaptability
•Improved health
outcomes- Social,
mental and physical
•Sustained Food
security
•Sustained economic
benefits
•Reduced vulnerability
to future disasters
Impact
Monitoring and Evaluation
Short term goal Medium term goal Long-term goal

9. Objective 1: To provide housing and sanitation
• Target Population
– Most vulnerable -Extremely/ultra poor/land less;
Female headed households; Elderly; Handicap
• Selection process (Identification of
beneficiaries)
– Government records (natural disaster record)
– Community advisory board(CAB) recommendation

10. Objective 1: Intervention
• UNDP Model Homes
– Resistant to category 4 cyclones
– Culturally acceptable
– Facilitate rain water harvesting
– Accommodate expansion
• Latrine
– Flood resistant latrines
– 1 unit per three families
• Shelters
– Flood resilient
– Accommodate 800-1000 persons +livestock
– Will serve as schools and community centers

11. Objective 2: To improve access to safe drinking
• Target Population
– Home beneficiaries
– Other community members

12. Objective 2: Interventions
• Rainwater harvesting
– Water storage tank (3,200L)
– 9 liters per day for family of 6
– Tank is used for 4 months
– 1 Tank per 3 families
– Can be made locally in the community

13. Objective 2: Interventions
• Water Treatment
– Moringa seeds-
• Microbial
• Salinity
• Turbidity

14. Objective 2: Interventions
• Water Treatment
– Moringa seeds-
• Microbial
• Salinity
• Turbidity
– Water filters
• Arsenic filtration

15. Objective 3: To increase adaptability to extreme
climate changes
• Target Population
– Individuals in target community
– Special emphasis on women

16. Objective 3: Interventions
• Capacity building
– Skill training
– Health education
– Micro-financing

17. Objective 3: Interventions
• On Farm activities
(profitable livestock,
poultry, apiculture,
floating gardening )
• Promotion of nutrient
dense plant (Moringa)
• Rich in micronutrients

18. Objective 3: Interventions
• Off Farm activities
(handicrafts, blanket
making, curd
production)
• Food preservation
techniques- solar drying
• Promotion and
management of small
businesses

19. Objective 3: Interventions
• Educational Activities
– Partner with NGOs to
promote health
education programs
– Disaster risk reduction
– Community sensitization
Future that Floats

20. Objective 3: Interventions
• Microfinance
– Loan amount can range between $25 -$1000
• About 25% ($5,000,000 of the total budget)
• Diverse farming, cottage industry, food production
– Will be managed by co-operative local banks and
community members

21. Key Partners
Government
• Ministry of Land, Upzila Disaster Management
committee, Housing, Ministry of Agriculture,
Environment
• Schools/University (BRAC)
NGO’s
• Samata: Land ownership advocacy/program
• Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Floating schools)
• Bangladesh Rural Improvement Foundation
Legal consultations

22. Justification
• Holistic approach
– Unique ecosystem of the country
– Cost effective
– Empower individuals
– Reduce their vulnerability to natural disaster
– Economic development
– Sustainability

23. Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Description Indicators Means of verification Assumption (risks)
with resolution
Goal: To contribute to
improving housing and
sustainable economic
development for
approximately 41,000
families
* % Population without
homes
*Employment rate
* Household income
* Health records -
Diarrheal
Bangladesh disaster
preparedness center
National Surveys
Health facilities
Government, NGOs and
community members
will support the project
Purpose: To reduce
vulnerability to disaster
and improve economic
stability
* Structural integrity of
homes
* Income level
Comparison of pre-and
post-intervention data
Housing solution,
capacity building and
economic strengthening
will reduce vulnerability

24. Project Description Indicators Means of
verification
Assumption (risks)
Output :
1.Construct 8,157
cyclone resistant homes
Number of homes
constructed within 30
months
Project records
Ministry of
housing
Government, NGOs and
community members support
Weathering conditions will
favorable for building
2. Construct – 8 cyclone
resistant shelters
Number of shelters
constructed
Project records Same as above
3.- Improve access to
safe drinking water
Number of tanks
constructed
Number of person using
water treatment techniques
Reports of diarrhea
Project records
Health records
Interventions are acceptable
by the community
4. Increase adaptability
to climate change
# of people accessing
microfinance
Success rate of business
Household income
Increase food production
# of individual diversifying
agriculture
# of people attending
educational and training
workshops
Bank report
Project records
Ministry of
agriculture
Capacity building and
microfinance will improve
food security and income

25. Project Description Indicators Means of verification Assumption (risks)
Activities:
1. Community
mobilization
Formation of spearing
community and advisory
board
Project Data Community leaders and
stakeholders will
support program
2. Hiring and training of
staff
Personnel hired and
trained
Project records Staff members will
possess skills to execute
program
3. Baseline assessment
of community needs
and assets
Baseline data collection Filled out questionnaire
Focus groups transcripts
Active participation
4. Capacity building –
Skills training (n=20),
educational (n=10) and
risk reduction workshop
(n=10)
Number of workshops
conducted Number of
persons trained
Attendance records
Evaluation forms
Individuals will
participate in the
training
5. Project evaluation Pre-and post-
intervention surveys
Analyzed reports
6. Dissemination of
results
Community and
stakeholder meetings
Publications
White papers

26. Project Time Frame Year1 Year2 Year3 Year 4 Year 5
Preliminary Phase (Identify and build
partnerships, Community engagement,
Formation of community advisory
board)
Community needs assessment- (focus
groups, base line data collection,
community mobilization)
Community asset mapping
Project Implementation- (Construction
of houses/latrine, Safe water and
sanitation, risk reduction education)
Program monitoring
Program Evaluation
Process
Outcome
Impact

27. Project Evaluation
• Community based committees will routinely engage in self
monitoring to measure progress of community development
and sustainment.
• Records of projects will be maintained at the community and
administrative levels to conduct process and outcome
evaluation
• External evaluation will be conducted during implementation
and on a six month basis during sustainment to supplement
community self evaluation efforts.
• Impact evaluations
– Final Impact Evaluations

28. Budget
Description Units Cost, $ People benefited
Housing 8157 9,959,697 48,942
Latrine 2719 108,720 48,942
Water tank 2719 407,700 48,942
Shelter - 3,900,000
Microfinance ($25-$1000) - 5,155,502 206,220 - 10,331
Administrative cost (personnel cost,
conducting baseline, conducting service,
conducting monetary evaluation)
-
1 Program manager 72,225
4 Supervisors 33,335
10 masons/carpenters 108,369
5 field workers 144,450
Equipment and supplies 10,000
Capacity building cost (support to existing
NGOs for educational activities)
- 100,000
Total 20,000,000 248,942-58,942

29. References
• Rafiqul Islam. Pre-and post-tsunami coastal planning and land-use policies and
issues in Bangladesh.
• http://www.fao.org/forestry/13138-098e3e2e57aa60088543a509788445c8d.pdf
• Emily Wax . Washington Post In Flood-Prone Bangladesh, a Future That Floats
• September 27, 2007; Page A01 and A22.
http://www.directrelief.org/uploadedFiles/Where_We_Work/Countries/Bangledes
h/InternationalReports_v4.0.pdf
• Climate Change Case Studies – May 2009. Extending emergency relief and
rehabilitation to increase community resilience to natural disasters Cyclone Sidr
Response, Bangladesh http://wvasiapacific.org/downloads/case-
studies/Bangladesh_Cyclone_Sidr_Response.pdf
• Practical Action. Sustainable and Diverse Livelihoods. Available
http://practicalaction.org/page/2844. Accessed on 03/03/2012
• Tamima U. Population Evacuation Needs Assessment in Cyclone affected Barguna
District. Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners. 2009; 2:145-157

30. Acknowledgement
• Mentor: Dr. Valerie Yeager