MFH since its inception has been working on the issues. MFH has identified the
potential of local community and its institutions as an effective tool for the development of community coping mechanism along
with value addition through technological inputs. Therefore, MFH has started its intervention through capacitating the
local community and PRIs. MFH has made effective practical instructions in disaster management covering the whole spectrum.
It has taken a campaign at policy level to engage Panchayats effectively in disaster management.
In last few years MFH had identified vulnerable areas in the states which are susceptible
to regular occurrences of disasters like earthquake, cloud bursts, etc. and accordingly it undertook series of awareness
generation campaigns and skill building trainings for local public and institutions in the view of indigenous knowledge and
local expertise of villagers. MFH has strengthened community and local institutions to prepare disaster management plans at
community level. MFH has organized several technical training programs in both the states where masons were trained
in building earthquake resistant structures with locally available construction materials. MFH has also published and
distributed materials for awareness generation and information sharing.
MFH has paid serious attention to the issue of forest fire. Here too,
district level awareness campaigns were lowered, especially in the densely forested areas. MFH also published and distributed
widely a booklet related to mitigating and managing forest fire.
MFH inetrventions in disaster risk reduction and disaster management involves
following startegies:
a) Awareness & Education and community preparedness on disaster management &
mitigation
b) Role of Government Departments,SDMA, PRIs, CBOs and other local institutions in disaster management.
c)
Disaster management plans and policies at different levels
d) Role of Media & communication/information in disaster
management
e) Ensuring Rights of vulnerable and disaster management
f) Sustainable linkage between environment, disasters
and development and role of Corporate Houses
g) Disaster mitigation
