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Aid dependency in post emergency zones creates major challenges for affected communities and their environments. IDEP believes that as soon as possible after disasters have occurred communities should be encouraged and supported to establish self-sufficiency and rebuild their lives. To do this they need support to strategize how they will produce food on changed landscapes to re-establish basic food security and re-establish local economies.
In Tsunami struck Aceh, IDEP is working through The GreenHands Field School to teach communities the skills needed to strategize, develop and action their own recovery plans, while using and strengthening their local resources in a sustainable way.
Not only does this approach to community recovery give a quicker, more cost effective and sustainable result, both in short and longer terms, it also gives participating communities a sense of empowerment and ownership of their own recovery processes. |
