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Title:
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Tracer Study for Vocational Skills Training on Safe Housing Construction in Karonga |
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Author:
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Kamdima, Harry Gerson
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Abstract:
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The earthquake in Karonga in 2009, left 1000 families homeless and 2900 displaced due to damage to various degrees to their houses. Following a World Bank assessment it was revealed that most houses did not follow safer construction guidelines. In responding to this natural disaster, several organisation including World Bank, Red Cross and TEVETA, implemented a training program targeting those involved in the construction industry. This study therefore was a follow up of the training. The basic question being answered is, "where is all the training gone?" The study has found that there is a sustainability of training as more people are being trained after the formally arranged training and also the majority of those trained are still practicing what they were taught. However income distribution has been affected which is a latent outcome of the project. The study has therefore recommended a re-look into entrepreneurship taught during the training. |
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Description:
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Following the earthquake in Karonga that left 1000 families homeless and 2900 homes displaced due to the damage to various degrees to their houses in 2009, TEVETA through the informal sector development office in collaboration with World Bank and Red Cross implemented training on safe housing construction. The instituting of this training followed a revelation from a world bank assessment which showed that damage would have been mitigated if the construction followed approved safer construction guidelines. A comparative assessment in the stated world bank showed that 60% of the schools and over 90% of the teachers residences built by the community were the ones that suffered most damage compared to schools built by organisations such as Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF), Department for International Development (DFID), European Union (EU) and International Development Agency (IDA). This however, does not demean the community participation in development neither does it suggest sidelining communities in housing construction, but propagates for enhancing the community capacity in safe housing construction. This chapter therfore introduces the project of safe housing construction (SHC) |
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URI:
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http://www.ndr.mw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/552
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Date:
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2011-12 |