Challenges And Practices Of Disaster Preparedness And Its Effect On Humanitarian Logistics Performance Of The National Disaster Risk Management Commission Of Ethiopia
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2018-06-08
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Addis Ababa University
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Disasters hit every part of the globe (developing and developed), causing deaths and destructions. The impact of disasters is growing over time. The number of natural disasters has increased in the last decades and is expected to increase by a further multiple of five over the next 50 years. The types of disasters and level of destruction also changed from time to time. Therefore, effective preparedness activities play a significant role in rescuing people in such situations. In recent years, preparedness challenges become predominant and needs effective strategy to combat governments have come under immense pressure from the donors, pledging millions in aid and goods, to prove that they are meeting their objectives in an efficient and effective way. This study, therefore, conducted to identify the challenges of preparedness phase of disaster management Specifically, the study had aimed at assessing the disaster preparedness practices of NDRMC of Ethiopia, identifying preparedness challenges facing the commission in emergencies and identifying preparedness practices that can be adopted to overcome the challenges and to evaluate logistics performance of national disaster risk management commission in terms of comprehensiveness, causal orientation, horizontal and vertical integration, internal comparability and usefulness perspective Descriptive research design applied and data was collected from experts who involved in disaster risk reduction, disaster response and rehabilitation early warning, logistic and warehouse professionals. This thesis examine the management of disasters by disaster risk management commission in the area of disaster preparedness in And the employees were randomly selected the respondent in each directorate from Addis Ababa main office and Adama district warehouse. The analysis was done by using Statistic Package for Social Science (SPSS) and presented using descriptive statistic, Likert scale, mean scores, and standard deviation and presented in the form of tables’ frequency and percentages. From the findings, challenges facing the commission were stated. The result of the study puts forth a simple clue for preparedness of disaster during relief operations and examines why governments and other humanitarian organization should considered their use. And finally underpinned conclusions and recommendations for future actions are stated
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Disaster preparedness, Humanitarian logistics, Logistics