Oct 22, 2017
The passage of Hurricane Maria laid
bare the absence of a structured Disaster Management Strategy for Dominica. With many
communities cut-off from each other, residents were left to develop a rapid
response plan to deal with food and shelter relief. In the Concord - Marigot
Constituency, the Organization for Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction (ORRR) was
established on September 22, 2017 (3 days after Maria departed the island) to manage supplies in the Relief Chain and
develop a recovery and reconstruction plan for the region. The Committee, born out of an emergency meeting convened by the parliamentary
representative, consists of members of the Village council and other prominent
members in the community. The constituency has been zoned into districts,
to which specific committee members are responsible, for distribution of
food and other relief supplies based on needs.
ORRR frames itself as non-partisan, non-political with a focus on relief, recovery and reconstruction assistance to every resident based in the Concord - Marigot Constituency. Its focus is on the logistics and mechanics of securing and delivering humanitarian assistance in a time of a severe national crisis. Thus far, the committee has received, and distributed supplies received through regional and international organizations.
ORRR frames itself as non-partisan, non-political with a focus on relief, recovery and reconstruction assistance to every resident based in the Concord - Marigot Constituency. Its focus is on the logistics and mechanics of securing and delivering humanitarian assistance in a time of a severe national crisis. Thus far, the committee has received, and distributed supplies received through regional and international organizations.
In the recovery and reconstruction
phase, ORRR plans to utilize data gleaned from a comprehensive damage
assessment survey executed in collaboration with the
Margot Cooperative Credit Union, to engage local, regional and
international partners (including Diaspora) to secure resources.
ORRR represents a model structure that may be adopted across the country to
effect management of the current and future disasters.
