NDF organised orientation session on CLEAR Project on climate Change under partnership of LEAD Pakistan & UKaid
Community Level
Outreach Activity # 1
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Please select any
of the following proposed types of community outreach activities
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1. Community
awareness sessions
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2.
Community awareness sessions
(Female)
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3. Roundtable
discussion (Persons with disabilities)
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4. Roundtable
discussion
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5. School/College
level activity
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6. Any
other activity (please state)
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GENERAL
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1. Name
of the Organization
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Nawabshah Disability Forum (NDF)
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2. Name
of Master Trainer
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Mr. Abid Lashari
& Ms. Yasmeen Arain
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3. Date
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13th August 2012
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4. Venue
(UC, Tehsil and District)
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Village Jan
Muhammad Lashari, UC Manharo, Tehsil Kazi Ahmed, District Shaheed Benazir
Abad
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5. No.
of Participants
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Male: 56 Female: 00
Total: 56
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6. Any
other Information
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DETAILS OF
ACTIVITY (Maximum word limit 350)
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The purpose of this orientation
about climate change is to involve vulnerable community to impart training
about the subject to demonstrate how vulnerable communities can respond to
the impacts of climate change. Mr. Abid Lashari (MT) shared that The CLEAR project
will address lack of capacity, lack of effective models, low and
ineffectively articulated public demand for the Govt. to act, and a lack of
awareness among vulnerable communities as to their rights in relation to
climate change. It will not only empower communities to take action,
promoting a bottom-up approach to policy making, it will also undertake 30
micro-adaptation projects through communities and CSOs, in coordination with
local Govt. These projects will aim to increase the adaptive capacities of
local communities through introduction of technologies (mobile flood warning
systems), increased knowledge for adaptation (changing cropping patterns,
under-water water reservoirs), introduction of alternative livelihoods,
particularly for women and other vulnerable groups (poultry farming,
livestock farming, etc). He further informed that this project aims to
increase the capacity of poor and vulnerable communities in Pakistan to
implement climate change adaptations to protect their livelihoods and
contribute to bottom-up policy development.
Ms. Yasmeen Arain (MT) shared
with the participants that Climate Leadership for Effective Adaptation and
Resilience (CLEAR) project was conceived through a participatory approach of
LEAD Pakistan to address the urgent and growing threats of climate change to
poor and vulnerable communities in Punjab and Sindh provinces in Pakistan.
The project addresses lack of capacity, lack of effective models, low and
ineffectively articulated public demand for the Govt. to act, and a lack of
awareness among vulnerable communities as to their rights in relation to
climate change. CLEAR Project is not
only empowering communities to practice climate change adaptation but also
promoting a bottom-up approach for people friendly policy making.
Mr. Abid Lashari (MT) shared
the impacts on poor community that the environmental changes decrease water
availability & quality, decrease in yield production, increase risk of
flood & droughts, reduce water regulation in mountainous habitants,
decrease in reliability of hydro power & biomass production, increase
water born diseases like malaria, dengue & cholera, loss of fisheries.
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