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VOLUNTEER ADMINISTRATION
Volunteers if properly managed provide a wide
range of opportunities for enhancing and reinforcing the
efficiency of existing disaster management system.
Volunteers are necessary because the system and the career
staff may be overwhelmed.
Disaster volunteering can be divided into two.
Affiliated volunteers are volunteers that are attached to some bodies like the Red Cross Volunteers, Doctors without borders, Man or War etc.
2 Spontaneous or unaffiliated volunteers
Spontaneous or unaffiliated volunteers are individuals or groups that:
• arrive unsolicited at the scene of a disaster
• may or may not be a resident of the affected community
• may or may not possess skills necessary to respond to the current disaster
• are not associated with any part of the existing emergency management response system
Refers to all volunteer activities performed during any phase of the emergency management cycle.
Volunteers in disaster management can be helpful in the pursuit of all the phases of disaster management: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
A. Prevention/Mitigation - Measures aimed at impeding the occurrences of disasters and/or preventing such occurrences from having harmful effects on communities.
Disaster volunteers are potent tools for:
ü Awareness creation. Since they are closer to the communities, they pass on critical awareness information to the public.
ü House to house campaigns against disasters
B. Preparedness - Measures which enable governments, communities and individuals to respond rapidly and effectively to disaster situations.
Emergency volunteers can:
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ü Contribute in developing a Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA)
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ü Contribute in generating/activating Early Warning signs
C. Emergency Response
Emergency Volunteers can assist in
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ü Search & Rescue
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ü Evacuation
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ü Relief & Rehabilitation
5.0 NEMA Engineered Volunteers
a) Grassroots Emergency Volunteers Corps (GEVC)
While disasters can strike wide region or a nation, the impact is felt at the community level although it may hit one or several communities at once. It is these communities that constitute what is referred to as “disaster fronts”. Being at the forefronts, communities need to have capacity to respond to threats themselves.
The GEVC was created to be the community
disaster management mechanism with the required link to all
jurisdictions (NEMA, SEMA and LGEMC). The outfit is also
available for all categories of disaster (minor,
major and
catastrophic).
Mode
The programme is intended to be a collaborative one between the Federal, State and the Local Government. The tiers of government are to provide the necessary coordination and facilitation for the inauguration, training and sustenance of the programme.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will:
a) In collaboration with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) provide general coordination.
b) Provide the resource persons.
c) Provide training materials
d) Kit the participants.
e) Provide registration cards
f) Provide relevant emergency hot lines
g) Provide Certificates to the participants after the training programme
The State and the Local Government will:
a) Carefully select the 200 participants
b) Provide venue for the training
c) Provide feeding to the participants
d) Provide stipend for the participant
e) Provide ID card for the Participant (Local Government)
SCOPE
The grassroots emergency corps members are expected to deploy their knowledge and skill during all the facets of disaster management from prevention/mitigation down to recovery phase. They are also expected to be involved at all levels of disaster-minor, major and catastrophic. They are thus to operate with all disaster management jurisdictions- federal, state and local government.
The Journey So far
GRASS-ROOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CORPS (GEVC) DATA
|
S/NO |
State |
Local Government Area |
Date |
No of Volunteers |
|
1 |
Kaduna |
Zaria |
2nd-4th June 2008 |
214 |
|
2 |
Katsina |
Batagarawa |
8th-10th July 2008 |
200 |
|
3 |
Sokoto |
Sokoto South |
5th-7th November 2008 |
200 |
|
4 |
Jigawa |
Ringim |
10th-12th December 2008 |
200 |
|
5 |
Kebbi |
Birnin Kebbi |
15th-17th December 2008 |
201 |
|
6 |
Kano |
Nasarawa |
25th-27th February 2009 |
199 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
1,214 |
GRASS-ROOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CORPS (GEVC) DATA
|
S/N |
State |
Local Government Area |
Date |
No of Volunteers |
|
1 |
Plateau |
Wase |
23 rd – 25th July, 08 |
300 |
|
2 |
Plateau |
Kanke |
15th – 17th Oct. 08 |
300 |
|
3 |
Kwara |
Edu |
21st – 23rd Oct. 08 |
200 |
|
4 |
Kogi |
Ijumu |
25th – 27th Nov. 08 |
200 |
|
5 |
Nassarawa |
Doma |
15th – 17 Dec. 08 |
200 |
|
6 |
Niger |
Borgu |
24th – 26th March, 09 |
200 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
1,400 |
GRASS-ROOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CORPS (GEVC) DATA
|
S/N |
State |
Local Government Area |
Date |
No of Volunteers |
|
1 |
Borno |
Biyu |
16th-17th July 2008 |
200 |
|
2 |
Adamawa |
Yola |
30th-31st October 2008 |
210 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
400 |
GRASS-ROOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CORPS (GEVC) DATA
|
S/N |
State |
Local Government Area |
Date |
No of Volunteers |
|
1 |
Oyo |
Ibadan North East |
14th-16th July, 08 |
200 |
|
2 |
Ekiti |
Ado-Ekiti |
9th-11th Sept. 08 |
200 |
|
3 |
Osun |
Uto-Ufin |
9th-11th February 2009 |
200 |
|
4 |
Osun |
Olu-Oluwa |
7th-9th April 2009 |
200 |
|
5 |
Osun |
Atokumosa |
29th-1st July 2009 |
200 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
1,000 |
GRASS-ROOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CORPS (GEVC) DATA
|
S/N |
State |
Local Government Area |
Date |
NO of Volunteers |
|
1 |
Anambra |
Awka South |
|
200 |
|
2 |
Anambra |
Ihiala |
|
350 |
|
3 |
Anambra |
Onitsha North |
|
350 |
|
4 |
Ebonyi |
Ikiro |
|
165 |
|
5 |
Ebonyi |
Izzi |
|
210 |
|
6 |
Enugu |
Udi |
|
243 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
1,518 |
GRASS-ROOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CORPS (GEVC) DATA
|
S/N |
State |
Local Government Area |
Date |
No of Volunteers |
|
1 |
Rivers |
Oyingbo |
11th -12th December 2008 |
115 |
|
2 |
Cross Rivers |
Ikom |
25th – 26th June 2009 |
61 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
176 |
SUMMARY OF GRASSROOTS EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER CORPS (GEVC) IN THE ZONES
|
ZONE |
NO OF STATE |
NO OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
NO OF VOLUNTEERS |
|
NORTH WEST |
6 |
6 |
1,214 |
|
SOUTH WEST |
3 |
5 |
1,000 |
|
NORTH EAST |
2 |
2 |
400 |
|
SOUTH EAST |
3 |
6 |
1,518 |
|
NORTH CENTRAL |
5 |
6 |
1,400 |
|
SOUTH SOUTH |
2 |
2 |
176 |
|
TOTAL |
21 |
27 |
5,718 |
GRASSROOTS EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS IN THE STATES
|
STATE |
NO OF VOLUNTEERS |
|
ABIA |
NIL |
|
ADAMAWA |
210 |
|
AKWA-IBOM |
NIL |
|
ANAMBRA |
900 |
|
BAUCHI |
NIL |
|
BAYELSA |
NIL |
|
BENUE |
NIL |
|
BORNO |
200 |
|
CROSS RIVERS |
61 |
|
DELTA |
NIL |
|
EBONYI |
375 |
|
EDO |
NIL |
|
EKITI |
200 |
|
ENUGU |
243 |
|
GOMBE |
NIL |
|
IMO |
NIL |
|
JIGAWA |
200 |
|
KADUNA |
214 |
|
KANO |
191 |
|
KATSINA |
200 |
|
KEBBI |
201 |
|
KOGI |
200 |
|
KWARA |
200 |
|
LAGOS |
NIL |
|
NASARAWA |
200 |
|
NIGER |
200 |
|
OGUN |
NIL |
|
ONDO |
NIL |
|
OSUN |
600 |
|
OYO |
200 |
|
PLATEAU |
600 |
|
RIVERS |
115 |
|
SOKOTO |
200 |
|
TARABA |
NIL |
|
YOBE |
NIL |
|
ZAMFARA |
NIL |
|
FCT |
NIL |
|
TOTAL |
5,718 |
b) NYSC Emergency Management Vanguard
To further cement the link with the community NEMA/NYSC collaboration seeks to work together to recruits Corps Members to serve as volunteers for the management of disasters in the country.
The Journey So far
NYSC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VANGUARD DATA
|
Kaduna State |
3rd -5th Sept 2008 |
Kachia |
62 |
|
Kaduna State |
15th -17th Jun 2009 |
Kachia |
40 (Batch A) |
|
Kaduna State |
19th -22nd Aug 2009 |
Kachia |
45 (Batch B) |
|
S/Total |
|
|
147 |
|
Plateau State |
2nd -6th Sept 2008 |
Jos |
40 |
|
Plateau State |
15th -17th Jun 2009 |
Jos |
42(Batch A) |
|
Plateau State |
19th -22nd Aug 2009 |
Jos |
41(Batch B) |
|
S/Total |
|
|
123 |
|
State |
Date of Training/Inauguration |
Local Gov’t Area |
Number of Vanguard |
|
Borno State |
3rd -5th Sept 2008 |
Maiduguri |
63 |
|
S/Total |
|
|
63 |
|
Lagos State |
3rd -5th Sept 2008 |
Lagos |
70 |
|
Lagos State |
15th -17th Jun 2009 |
Lagos |
65(Batch A) |
|
Lagos State |
19th -22nd Aug 2009 |
Lagos |
40 (Batch B) |
|
S/Total |
|
|
175 |
|
Rivers State |
3rd -5th Sept 2008 |
Porthacourt |
65 Batch B |
|
Rivers State |
15th -17th Jun 2009 |
Porthacourt |
88(Batch B) |
|
S/Total |
|
|
153 |
|
Enugu State |
3rd -5th Sept 2008 |
Enugu |
70 |
|
EnuguState |
15th -17th Jun 2009 |
Enugu |
70(Batch A) |
|
EnuguState |
19th -22nd Aug 2009 |
Enugu |
45 (Batch B) |
|
S/Total |
|
|
185 |
|
FCT |
3rd -5th Sept 2008 |
Abuja |
124 (Batch B) |
|
FCT |
|
Abuja |
(Batch C) |
|
FCT |
15th -17th Jun 2009 |
Abuja |
(Batch A) |
|
FCT |
19th -22nd Aug 2009 |
Abuja |
(Batch B) |
|
S/Total |
|
|
|
SUMMARY OF NEMA/NYSC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VANGUARD
|
ZONE |
NUMBER |
|
NORTH WEST |
147 |
|
SOUTH WEST |
175 |
|
SOUTH SOUTH |
153 |
|
NORTH CENTRAL |
123 |
|
SOUTH EAST |
185 |
|
NORTH EAST |
63 |
|
FCT |
441 |
|
TOTAL |
1287 |
c) Executive Emergency Management Vanguardc
The Executive Emergency Management Vanguard launched on 17th October 2009 in Abuja is the latest addition to disaster volunteerism in Nigeria. The Vanguard comprising of professionals (medical doctors, engineers, surveyors, geologist and top executives in the public and organized private sector of the economy) will be expected to provide added skill and knowledge needed to strengthen policies, strategies and actions to help the country prepare for, protect against, respond to recover from or mitigate against threatened or actual natural or man-made disasters.