The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum is a non-governmental organization that works to advance the goal of social, economic, cultural and political rights of small scale indigenous fisher communities in Pakistan. more
Community Based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihood Program
The title of the project is “Community Based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihood Program in Drought, Flood and Cyclone prone Areas of Pakistan” which had started in the last June 2008 in Thatta district. The project is funded by Oxfam GB and European Commission with aiming to attain following main and specific objectives:
-Reduce the impacts of the future disasters (cyclones, floods) by enhancing capacities and capabilities of the fisher communities who will respond to the disasters effectively;
Contribute towards an enabling environment for increased and improved livelihoods of fisher communities, particularly women; -Support sustainable social, human, environmental and economic development processes;
Mobilize and organize the fisher communities for creating/developing a pressure on the state to change useless policies and practices on the disaster management.
Specific Objective
-assist poor and vulnerable fisher communities, particularly women, in the cyclone-prone taluka Jati of district Thatta. In this regard, capacities of fisher communities will be enhanced in the areas of early warning systems, disaster risk reduction activities, disaster preparedness, construction of shelters and basic facilities.
-form women and men’s cooperatives and create their linkages with the market as they can develop their livelihoods mechanism
-highlight issues at various forums, related to sea intrusion, LBOD, degradation of Indus Delta and disaster management through advocacy and lobbying activities.
