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Ensuring the Inclusion of Displaced Persons in Recovery Fiji Experience Background Tropical Cyclone Winston Extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone - 2016 Affected Population 540,400 or 62% Displacement and Relocation

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Ensuring the Inclusion of Displaced Persons in Recovery Fiji Experience

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Background

Tropical Cyclone Winston

Extremely destructive

Category 5 cyclone - 2016

Affected Population

540,400 or 62%

Displacement and

Relocation Consideration

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Ensuring Inclusion in Fiji

1. Fiji Constitution 2013 – Bill of Rights (Life, Education, Economic Participation, Children) 2. Disaster Management Act 1998 and Disaster Management Plan 1995

Guidance on Recovery Operations
Protection of Displaced Persons

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Ensuring Inclusion of Displaced Persons in the Recovery Process

1. State Support Covers Displaced Persons

(i) Shelter Assistance - Help for Homes (ii) Welfare Assistance - Social Protection (iii) Food Ration Distribution (iv) Superannuation Funds Drawdown

2. Supports Tradition Coping Mechanism
Family System
Community Structures

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Lessons Learned On Supporting Displacement

1. Profiling of Displaced

Persons

Right Persons are

Identified

Continuity of Support and

Engagement

Assess if Support is Well

Targeted

Monitor Progress Overtime

to support policy review

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Way Forward

1. Strengthening the National Cluster System for Humanitarian Action Coordination

Improved networking and

coordination among stakeholders involved in DRM

Humanitarian Collaboration

(National/Sub-National) 2. National Disaster Risk Reduction Policy – Support Building Resilience and Inclusion across all Levels

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