Community Activity Planning with DRR Experts – Kg. Sungai Serai

Venue: Demesne Hall, Hulu Langat District and Land Office

Date: March 22, 2023

The Community Activity Planning is a workshop whereby the community leaders and local champions work together with DRR experts in selecting one or two DRR activities for the communities to implement under the SeDAR Program.

This process entailed (1) a group discussion on the feasibility of a range of potential DRR actions to implement, (2) shortlisted to a few strong potential actions, in order to (3) prioritize, identify and select one to two feasible activities.

As input to the discussion, a list of 23 suggestions for community action that was drafted during the community mapping session on March 12, 2023 was reviewed by the communities and the experts.

Out of this, the DRR experts and the communities identified 4 activities to be implemented under the SeDAR program:

Public warning system: Design and print posters and fridge magnets showing locations of evacuation centres and actions to take when flood sirens activate
Public warning system: Design and print 2 feet x 3 feet signages designed and posted up at evacuation centres
Community education and preparedness: Conduct a community evacuation drill
Community awareness and education: Conduct a plogging family day to create awareness of drainage system cleaning to prevent flash floods

Participants

Chief Village Leader
Village Leaders

Government Agencies

National Security Council (MKN)
Kajang Municipal Govt (MPKj)
Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS) Hulu Langat
Selangor Disaster Management Unit (SDMU)
Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), UTM KL
APM Training Academy (ALPHA)
Civil Defence Force (APM) Hulu Langat

About the DRR Activity Planning Workshop

Time	Agenda Item
10:00am	Presentation by community leader on the results of the community mapping and on the proposed community solutions/actions
10:15am	Observation, Comments and Questions by DRR Experts Interactive session between DRR Experts and community members Topics discussed: Comments on the issues/problems in the community area Comments on the list of proposed solutions by the community Guidance to the community members on possible solutions
10:50am	Group Discussion on Possible Solutions Break into groups and discuss possible solutions with activities (with DRR Experts) Identify 1-4 possible solutions
11:40am	Prioritizing and Finalizing Community DRR Actions Presentation by group on their community actions Presentation by group on their recommended community actions Group discussion (prioritizing and finalizing)
12:30pm	Finalize 2 DRR Activities to be Implemented by Communities
12:40pm	End of workshop