| |
 |
Following the devastating tragedy, TCF has engaged in a comprehensive rehabilitation and reconstruction program and is working in over thirty (33) villages. The objective is to rehabilitate these affectees of the villages through an integrated approach of capacity building, rebuilding infrastructure, bringing water through efficient and sustainable water supply systems and helping the affectees rebuild their homes. |
|
| |
1. Provide material, a seismic design, technical assistance and facilitation to the affectees to help them rebuild their homes
2. Engage in a comprehensive capacity building program through a technically sound mechanism to train local people, volunteer organizations and other NGOs for playing their respective role in reconstruction efforts. For more information on our capacity building program, click here
3. Rebuild infrastructure such as roads, destroyed and damaged dispensaries, shops etc
4. Build an efficient water supply system in all the villages
Construction Progress
Housing Construction has begun in the thirty three (33) villages over six (6) union councils close to 1700 houses are under construction.
For specific construction progress in Muzzafarabad, Click Here
For specific construction progress in Mansera, Click Here |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Seismic
Housing |
|
|
| |
|
The permanent houses range from single room to two room houses with a kitchen, toilet and verandah. The designs have been made with every effort to use indigenous material in the reconstruction process. The design has gone through an extensive consultation process. Several prototypes were developed for different areas utilizing different materials with focus on safety, replication and cost effectiveness. Consultation was sought from 12 agencies specializing in the field of post disaster reduction to seek input on the seismic nature of the design. Developed by Mushtaq and Bilal, the design has been endorsed by the Institute of Architects of Pakistan and has been table tested at MIT and various other institutes to ensure its zero tolerance earthquake resistant aspect.
|
|
| |
|
| |
Involving
Communities |
|
| |
|
| The Key Stakeholders within the reconstruction project are the home owners whose houses have been reduced to rubble as a consequence of the 8th October earthquake. Amongst this group there are men women and children who have been physically, emotionally and psychologically scared by the earthquake. |
|
| |
|
| |
 |
The reconstruction efforts initiated by TCF are firmly based on a partnership agreement with the community. A detailed survey has been carried out in the villages to assess the damage of infrastructure and the number of homes that will be built in the village. Key points in enabling local partnerships are:
• The TCF team on site and the mohalla (neighborhood) committee enter into an agreement. This allows for the setting up of clear communication lines between the beneficiaries and the on site team.
• Regular discussions and detailed explanations of the technical aspects of reconstruction involve the beneficiaries in the process and enables them to be a part of the decision making process.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
• The TCF team provides technical assistance and construction material and facilitates the process, with the labor and skill for reconstruction emerging from amongst the ranks of eventual home owners. This results in “transfer of technology” and enables individuals to build further, even after the project has been completed.
• In many instances women are also actively involved in the process of reconstruction. Where women are not involved in the actual process they provide necessary support in terms of preparation of food and looking after livestock and childcare. The mohalla committees and
TCF have tried to ensure that in most villages the homes of widows and children are built first with the help of the community.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
Rebuilding
Infrastructure |
| |
It is reported that the October 8th earthquake has resulted in damage of 223 billion Rupees in Physical Infrastructure including transport, water supply and sanitation. TCF having developed a close relationship with the communities over the villages that it is working on developing the physical infrastructure including roads, and other basic services.
Rebuilding Mosques:
TCF has organized to also involve the community and help build mosques in the some of th affected areas. The villages where mosques have been destroyed are being rebuilt and re designed where applicable.
Building a Water Supply System:
The water supply system in most of the affected villages is either poorly managed or non existent. Some villagers have to walk as long as an hour to get water from the neighboring village. Moreover they have to carry heavy buckets and matkas (mud pots) full of water back to their homes. Not only is it an arduous task for most villagers but it also especially poses a serious problem for women who have to carry heavy buckets and walk a long way from the water source back to their homes.
How it works:
The water supply system is built using water storage tanks and JVC pipes. The system has so far proved to be sustainable and affordable. The tanks are then linked to water taps in villages. There is a water tap for every 4-5 houses
|
|
| |
|
|
|
TCF
in its program of rebuilding infrastructure is rebuilding a water
supply system in most villages. It’s a simple system which
would use many of the village’s current natural resources
and ensure a better water supply system. Water is going to be
taken from a stream or a river and transported through pipes to
3-4 centrally located tanks in the village. The number of tanks
may vary with the size of the village. These centrally located
tanks would then be accessible to all. The system is designed
to allow further expansion in the future. In the villages where
there isn’t a stream or a river, water would be boared from
the ground and then transported to tanks for people to access.
The best part of this program is not only rebuilding and improving
exiting infrastructure but also putting more power into the hands
of the local villagers who would administer and regulate their
own water supply system. |
| |
|
| |
Copyright © 2005 The Citizen
Foundation Inc. All rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
|
