2006 REPORT

EARTHQUAKE, INDONESIA
Water and Sanitation, Yogyakarta: DRN partnered with International Relief and Development to restore water and sanitation facilities to 8 schools heavily damaged or destroyed in Gunung Kidul and Bantul, Yogyakarta following the earthquake on May 27th.  Estimates are that it will take 12-18 months to repair or reconstruct the schools. During this transition period, DRN-IRD constructed temporary facilities; rehabilitated supporting water infrastructure, including wells and piping; and trained school staff to operate and maintain the systems.  Each affected school was fitted with a modular unit that consists of 4 private latrines; 6 communal hand-washing facilities; a septic tank and drainage system; a supporting water tank; and an electric pump. The units can be upgraded for permanent use if needed.	Local tradesman were enlisted and trained by IRD’s Watson Engineer and Infrastructure Program Director during the installation phase of the project. All material and equipment was sourced locally – a matter of priority for both DRN and IRD. Work was completed in late October 2006 and supported in part by Skanska AB and Bechtel. Temporary facility, SD Watugajah I & II in Gunung Kidul District
EARTHQUAKE, SOUTH ASIA DRN Response to South Asia Earthquake: View Presentation
Medical Emergency Teams:  In March, 2006 at the request of the United Nations World Health Organization, DRN deployed 30 a second rotation of emergency medical personnel through its partnership with New York City Medics.  One thousand Global Village Shelters accompanied the Medics on their mission.  Serving a month-long rotation in the Northwest Frontier Province the teams worked closely with the Pakistani Physicians of America to revitalize a field hospital and treat some 10,000 patients.	New York City Medics, North West Province Frontier
Shelters, India:  Responding to the pressing need for winter shelters in India, DRN Global, DRN-India and SEEDS’ Structural Mitigation Response Team have linked resources to construct 400 interim shelters in the Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir. Using locally procured materials and tools, 45 members of the Masons Association dispatched teams to the villages of Khari Karmara, Ajote and Jhalas Panchayats, where they worked with local residents to construct the shelters.  DRN-India provided technical assistance on the project with the help of volunteer engineers from Hindustan Construction Company. Using 11 modular designs, each shelter is constructed of waterproof plywood, a thermal roof and cement flooring.  Each is ventilated and fireproofed to accommodate the use of a bukhari, the traditional heating stove used by local villagers.	Shelter construction, Poonch District, India
Shelters, Pakistan:   DRN teamed up with Global Village Shelters, Gulf America and the New York City Medics to deliver 1,400 transitional shelters to quake victims in Pakistan. The first 1,000 shelters arrived with the New York City Medics in March and the remaining 400, which will be distributed by the Urban and Rural Development Organization in the North West Province Frontier, arrived July 2006. The Global Village Shelters were manufactured and donated by Weyerhaeuser Company specifically for the relief effort.   The shelters offer a number of advantages over tents – durability, ease of assembly (2 people can assemble a shelter in 15 minutes using visual, universal instructions), security (wooden doors and locks) and thermal protection.  Each unit can house 4-6 people or be adjoined to accommodate larger groups.	Global Village Shelter

EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY REPORT

1. the lack of interoperable of systems;
2. inadequate or outdated equipment;
3. poorly trained personnel and staff retention;
4. the absence of effective command and control procedures;
5. variances in national EICT capacity; and, 
6. poor collaboration and coordination within and across response organizations.

Ratings on the question of access to appropriate technologies varied based on the size and core mission of the respondents’ organizational affiliations.

1. equipment and technology requirements,
2. inter- and intra-agency coordination,
3. personnel,
4. standards and governance,
5. interoperability, and
6. advanced preparedness

Underpinning many of these, survey respondents and interviewees noted concerns about funding and resource development.

1. offers of assistance from the private sector are relatively common,
2. the private sector’s involvement is intermittent and rarely sustained beyond  the event,
3. assistance and offers of partnership from the private sector are most effective when planned in advance, and
4. business contributions are too often supply-driven rather than demand driven.

In general, survey respondents and interviewees welcomed greater private sector participation.  They suggested a range of options and opportunities for industry engagement and conditions that if present, would not only increase the success of cross-sector collaborations but add significant value to the field of EICT and beyond.  Their suggestions included,

• a more agile, transparent and accountable system of international response -- across organizations and throughout all phases of disasters,
• improved security, for both information and personnel, and
• more targeted responses and greater cost efficiencies.

The survey respondents shared their views that business participation in disaster response would benefit  both the public and private sector by preserving lives and livelihoods; protecting the local economies and markets of vulnerable countries, thereby raising the standard of living; and,  increasing the continuity of relief, recovery and reconstruction  operations.