Disaster Risk Reduction Participatory Tools

Below you can find many participatory tools to engage with the communities in Disaster Risk Reduction.

DRR Participatory Tools Manual

This document outlines more detailed and potential tools that can be used for the different Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction steps.

DRR Participatory Tools Manual

DRR Tool - Data verification

A tool to verify collected vulnerabilities and capacities and prioritize hazard impacts in the community.

DRR Tool - Data verification

DRR tool - Community Action Plan

This helps you to create with communities their master plan for their endeavour towards local development interventions.

DRR tool - Community Action Plan

DRR tool - Historical timeline

Drawing a historical timeline helps to determine how the community arrived at where it is today. This tool helps to create an overview of the past.

DRR tool - Historical timeline

DRR tool - Pressure and Release Model

The Pressure and Release Model tool helps analyse underlying risk factors, factors contributing to the progression of vulnerability and hazards faced within a community.

DRR tool - Pressure and Release Model

DRR tool - Seasonal calendar

A tool to to identify recuring patterns of life in a community.

DRR tool - Seasonal calendar

DRR tool - Vulnerability and Capacity assessment

The Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment helps to identify challenges (vulnerabilities) and strengths (capacities) present in the community along five major areas of life. Can be used to identify the impact of disaster and why this impact happened.

DRR tool - Vulnerability and Capacity assessment