We are making all-out efforts to restore livelihoods and recover from the series of tragedies that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Post-crisis period, characterised by short- and longer-term recovery measures (the first of which may commence during the crisis period) to restore livelihoods and infrastructure as well as control future risk and promote sustainability (Alexander 2002; Tierney 2012).
We must determine the full scope of the damage, and put in place comprehensive, science-based solutions that restore livelihoods, habitat, fish and wildlife.
For many women, however, it's taking much longer to restore livelihoods destroyed by the tsunami.
The plans also include establishing schools and health care services, as well as initiatives to restore livelihoods as people return, rebuild their homes and start work and agricultural production again.
Mr Amadou Allahoury Diallo, FAO's Representative to Ethiopia, stated, "We must capitalize upon the opportunity to utilize available water to support small-holder farmers for short cycle crops to restore livelihoods and reduce food importation".
Environmental and social safeguards: social safeguards policies aim to prevent and mitigate undue harm to people and their environment in the development process; to compensate affected people; and to restore livelihoods to at least the level prior to development intervention.
FAO is working with partners in the Food Security Sector to restore livelihoods and enhance the resilience of affected communities through the provision of agricultural inputs, livestock assistance and sustainable income support.
"The level of destitution among many of the families I have seen recently in the Central African Republic is shocking and yet, there is still hope to improve people's immediate and long-term prospects, if we can act on a broad enough scale to restore livelihoods and food security," said Dominique Burgeon, the Director of FAO's Emergency and Rehabilitation Division.
Social workers can play a potentially key role in disaster recovery by facilitating community development, restoring livelihoods, providing psychosocial support, and building capacity in local communities.
