SOCIAL -  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT "VULNERABLE FAMILIES" AS A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

 

Niko Rinaldi

Case Study: Implementation of the Programme Strengthening Community Resilience to disaster and climate change in Nagari Tiku Selatan Kecamatan Tanjung Mutiara , Agam Distric – West Sumatera)

(JEMARI Sakato West Sumatra, web: www. jemarisakato.org/FB: JEMARI Sakato telp. (0751) 447 977 )

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ABSTRACT

 

 

Agam is one of nagari which is categorized that is the most vulnerable of natural disasters and climate alteration. This susceptibleness especially in economic, because alot of people depend on nature (agricultural and marine). Oxfam and JEMARI Sakato which are funding support from USAID is executing a program pf strengthening of society for increasing of disasters preparedness and affording to adapt of climate alterations. This programis conducted by using  a consept of household livelihood security. The activities include : assesment of an impact of the livelihood conditions of comunities to disaster and climate alteration, arrangement of action plan, livelihoods, improving families, increasing of families financial preperadness plan and assurance of disasters, training of attemptcapacity enhancement and families preparedness, building the families social networking, mentoring of improving of families life quality. Based on the method and activities are produced changes such as: 1) 36 Householder in South Tiku have a permanent work, 2) 22 householder are women (60%) which been had fix livelihoods, 3) 36 householder had a bussiness cash book, and 11 of among other have been assessed that have a good finansial report, 4) 32 housholdder have passbook of allert kacio as saving preparadness while disaster, 5) 36 householder have been trained in strengthening preparadness families and rescue in the evnt of disasters, including campaign of secure house of eartquake,6)integration of the program with the local goverment and private programs, 7) The most of families have lost of the social and cultural issues.

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