The Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment Report (SANAR) for Dinagat was based on the result of the field visit done on December 19-21, 2021 as captured in the Comprehensive Assessment and Rapid Assessment of the impact of Typhoon Odette (Rai). This shall be the basis of CLEARNet in ensuring that emergency response shall build the foundation for future recovery and rehabilitation strategies. However, all response agencies should consider that needs may change in a given time along the course of intervention, hence CLEARNet promotes community-led approaches that would be meeting real-time needs of communities.
The information provided was based on the results of focus group discussions and key informant interviews with affected people of the disaster using appreciative inquiry conducted. The informants also included barangay, municipal, and provincial officials. Additional information from secondary sources was provided to aid better analysis of the situation.
General recommendations from the summary of assessments needed by survivors of the typhoon are the following:
- Ensure the involvement of survivors in the needs assessment, planning and whenever possible in the implementation of emergency and recovery responses.
- The relative high poverty (36.7%), the low population growth (0.16%) and the high dependency rate (66.39) indicates an ongoing migration trend that could aggravate due to the crisis. This trend should be considered in planning the emergency and recovery actions. Initial report says that women (some are mothers) are among those who seek work in cities and other countries.
- Regulate wage to acceptable levels but not to high in order not to artificially bloat the minimum wage during the reconstruction phase.
- The entry of national and international aid could infuse more cash to the provincial economy and could potentially increase wages without the corresponding enhancement on the quality of labor resulting to a post-crisis situation of high wage-low quality labor situation that could prevent sustainable recovery. This should be given attention in the planning for recovery and rehabilitation.
The field assessment was done by CLEARNet led by its member, Save Mindanao Volunteers, Inc. (SMVI) and the SANAR was prepared by the network lead convenor, ECOWEB.
