EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Predicated on the national, regional, and international frameworks on disaster preparedness, response, and mitigation and the attendant enabling legal provisions for disaster management and mitigation, this report is based on the study conducted in the Dioceses across the ten (10) provinces to formulate an emergency Preparedness, Response and mitigation Plan, which is a critical tool aimed at guiding the Dioceses in preserving lives, protecting properties and the environment in an emergency.
Recognising the complex intersectionality of societies for which the plan is designed to serve, the study extended its catchment to include children so that the plan will be sensitive and responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable marginalized section of the population especially children, women, and people living with disability. It has been recognised that children and women are the most affected by disasters when they happen. Thus, the plan is envisaged to be a purview for actioning disaster preparedness and response measures for Dioceses in their jurisdictions for levelling up efforts to contribute to reduced vulnerabilities, while enhancing coping capacities and building resilience of exposed and susceptible communities to climatic and disaster risks.
Therefore, this Plan delivers a two-prong disaster management and mitigation strategy to amplify the adverse impacts of disaster and climatic shocks on children and vulnerable groups and provide recommendations on how they can be protected and recover from disaster and climatic shocks and how Dioceses and communities' capacities can be up-scaled in handling complexities and differential impact on communities arising from increased disaster occurrences.
Download the entire Caritas Zambia's Emergency Preparedness, Response and Mitigation (EPRM) Plan here: https://caritaszambia.org/phocadownload/key_papers/Caritas-Zambia-Emergency-Preparedness-Response-and-Mitigation-EPRM-Plan.pdf
