This document proposes a public works program to address needs in Barguna, Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr. The program would focus on education/training, housing construction, employment, and disaster preparedness over 5 years with a $20 million budget. Key elements include building 10 school-cum-shelters, 20,000 family houses, land improvements, and training 1,000 workers in employable skills. The goal is to achieve long-term revitalization and security by addressing both individual and societal needs through community involvement and empowerment.

1. PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO
ADDRESS NEEDS AFTER
CYCLONE SIDR
Global Health Case Competition
Sparkman Center for Global Health
Team Members: Abena Afriyie, Richard
Cockrum, Emily Davis, Kristen Nash, Scott
Owens, and Frida Tende

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Outline
• Post-Disaster Priorities
• Mission Statement
• Target Population
• Implementation Sequence
• Components of Plan
• Planning
• Execution
• Evaluation
• Timeline and Budget
• Summary

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Post-Disaster Priorities
Individual Needs Societal Needs
Food Security There has been
Sanitation
Most acute security
Sustained supplies
Essential care has
established support
Private housing
willare accomplished
be critical, but
Clean Water been delivered.
Employment
for water treatment.
represented half of
through job recovery
sustainable security
Disease Outbreaks
Medical Care 88% of affected
the total income. and
and damage
Infrastructure
have been controlled
relies reducing
water sources have
losses.
effectively.
poverty.
Effort Coordination
Supplies: Clothing/Blankets been repaired.
Shelter and Housing “Building Back Better”

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Post-Disaster Priorities
Individual Needs Societal Needs
Hospitals and
Food Security Sanitation
partially damaged
An overarching
Waste control
Dozens of entities
Lack of personal
principlewere
schools is to
problems
Clean Water Employment
are trying to address
savings impairs
prioritizedespecially
continue, for repair.
mitigate future
economic recovery.
problems.
Medical Care Infrastructure
230 primary schools
disaster-related
for latrines.
were damages.
fully destroyed
Supplies: Clothing/Blankets Effort Coordination
in Barguna.
Shelter and Housing “Building Back Better”

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Post-Disaster Priorities
Individual Needs Societal Needs
Food Security Sanitation
Clean Water Employment
Medical Care Infrastructure
Supplies: Clothing/Blankets Effort Coordination
Shelter and Housing “Building Back Better”

6. March 3, 2012 Proposed Barguna Public Works Program 6
Mission Statement
We propose a public works initiative in collaboration with
the Barguna community and NGOs to achieve:
Education/Training
• Livelihood Diversification
• Disaster Preparedness and Coping
Building
• School-cum-Shelters
• Family Housing
• Sustainable Land Use
Employment
• Building Personal Capital

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Target Population
• Greatest Impact of the Damage
• Reduced Capacity for Recovery
• Vulnerable Persons Include:
• Landless Laborers
• Small Scale Fishermen
• Small Scale Farmers Image: Affected Family
• Female-Headed Households and Children
• Individuals/families Living in Most Flood-prone Regions
• People Awaiting Permanent Homes
• Small Scale Retailers

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Implementation Sequence
• Building Consensus
• Prioritization
• Education and Training
• Location Selection
• Construction
• Ensure Sustainability
• Evaluation

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Groundwork Strategy
• Meetings to build consensus and support:
• Local and National Government
• Community and Religious Leaders
• NGOs
• Community Collaboration and Empowerment
• Fostering community leadership
• Appropriate worker recruitment
• Input for selection of construction projects
• Creating knowledge appropriate and culturally sensitive
educational programs

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Barguna Development Council (BDC)
• Sub-committee of the DDMC and UzDMC
• Act as a liaison from local government
• Facilitate the various collaboration needs of partners
• Responsibilities
• Coordinate efforts among stakeholders
• Oversee day to day operations
• Ensure accountability and transparency

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Education Program
Model Curriculum
• Partnering with NGOs and • Employable Skills
community leaders • Proper Selection of Property
• Shared Resources • Responsible Construction
• Shared Teaching Tools Practices
• Sustainable Land
• Examples:
Management
• Habitat for Humanity
• Embankment Improvement
• Grameen Tele Center
• Worker Safety
• Disaster Preparedness

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Land Selection
• Physical Considerations:
• Land higher than past flood level • Sedimentation Testing
• Groundwater contamination • Soil Requirements (Sand >40%)
• Proper sanitation available
• Resettlement for beneficiaries on highly unstable land
• Property rights issues:
• Negotiate with local Commissioner for government land or with
private land owners for tenure of 15 -20 years
• Assist community members with procuring written contracts

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Selection: Sedimentation Testing

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Construction
1st priority: Multipurpose Shelters
• “Schools-cum-Shelters”
• Primarily an educational facility
• Can hold up to 600 people and 300 animals in
emergency situations
2nd priority: Family Housing
• Coastal & at-risk: concrete base with brick exterior
• Inland & lower risk: concrete base with sheet
metal exterior

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
School-cum-Shelters
Model by South Asia Research Institute, estimated at $100,000 USD per building

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Family Housing
• Coastal and At-Risk
• Entirely Concrete/Brick
• Pros: Very
sturdy, waterproof, and wind
proof
• Cons: Relatively expensive
• Inland and Lower Risk
• Concrete platform with sheet
metal siding
• Pros: Less expensive while Image: Example of Inland and Lower
still protective; modifiable for Risk House with concrete base and
metal sheet exterior.
tenants to add room
• Cons: Metal walls will not hold
up as well as brick

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Land Resource Improvement
• Embankments
• Physical repair
• Afforestation with economically
beneficial plants
• Fixing Latrines
• Sanitation and disease control
measures
• Rainwater Collection and
Storage
• Low cost PVC piping and Image:
concrete storage Embankment
Improvements

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Consensus and Education and Sustainable
Evaluation
Prioritization Selection Construction
Outcome Measures
Physical Benefits
• Number of Multipurpose Structures Built
• Number of Family Houses Built
• Meters of Embankment Improved
Economic and Social Benefits
• Number of People Successfully
Completing Skills Training
• Number of People Employed

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Monetary Allocations
 10 School-cum-shelters = $1 million USD
 20,000 Family Houses = $10 million
 Land Resource Improvement = $2 million
 Education/training of 1,000 workers = $3 million
 Operating cost = $4 million
Total = $20 million

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Budget and Timeline
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Money Usage/per yr (millions) USD
Meeting
Leaders
7 Education and Training
Multi-purpose Structure
Construction
0.25
Family Housing Construction
Evaluation Evaluation

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Potential Barriers
• Willingness, attitude, and time availability of community
members, NGO’s and the government
• Climate change and sea level rise
• Capacity of the training staff
• Overcrowding issues in the School-cum-shelters

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Summary: A Call to Action
• Housing and
employment are major
deficits for revitalization
and security in both the
short and long term.
• Public Works Program
• Education
• Reconstruction
• Employment
Image: Rice Farm Wage Laborer
• Community Involvement
and Empowerment

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