Professional Documents
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VULNERABILITY
CONTEXT
HUMAN As a start:
The
skills,
knowledge,
good
health
and
ability
to
work
• Who
are
they?
(names,
ages,
genders,
ethnic
that
together
enable
people
to
be
productive
–
who
groups)
are
they?
• Do
they
have
any
health
risks
or
conditions?
(disabilities,
diseases
or
conditions)
• What
are
they
skilled
in
and
is
it
maximized?
Do
they
want
to
learn
a
certain
skill?
• What
is
their
education
background?
• What
are
their
jobs?
Do
they
have
the
skills
required
for
it?
Looking forward:
The
social
resources
which
people
can
draw
on
• What
groups
are
found
in
the
community
or
including
informal
relationships
of
trust,
reciprocity
institution?
and
exchange
with
families,
friends
and
neighbours
as
• Are
there
certain
individuals
who
hold
a
certain
amount
of
power?
well
as
more
formalised
groupings
(e.g.
community
• Do
those
associated
to
certain
gain
anything
and
faith
groups)
–
who
do
they
know
and
what
can
from
them?
Do
those
unassociated
to
them
they
gain
out
of
them?
lose
anything?
• Are
there
any
enemies
in
the
community
or
institution?
How
are
individuals
or
the
community/institution
affected
by
it?
• In
what
situations
are
certain
individuals
or
groups
become
beneficial?
Disadvantageous?
Looking forward:
The
natural
resource
stocks
(soil,
water,
air,
genetic
• What
land,
water,
livestock
and
plant
or
forest
resources,
etc.)
and
environmental
services
resources
are
available
to
the
community
or
(hydrological
cycle,
pollution
sinks,
etc.)
from
which
institution?
Are
these
maximized?
• Are
these
resources
accessible?
Useable?
resource
flows
and
services
useful
for
sustaining
• What
is
the
quality
of
these
resources?
community/individual
lifestyle
–
what
is
naturally
• Do
they
own
these?
Are
they
free?
available
to
them?
• Do
they
pay
for
certain
natural
resources?
Looking
forward:
The
capital
base
(cash,
credit/debt,
savings,
and
other
• What
is
their
economic
status?
Are
they
economic
assets,
including
basic
infrastructure
and
indebted?
Do
they
have
savings?
production
equipment
and
technologies)
which
are
• Who
makes
the
financial
decisions?
• Is
access
to
credit
available
in
their
community
essential
for
the
pursuit
of
any
livelihood
strategy
–
or
institution?
In
what
forms?
what
do
they
have
financially?
• Where
do
they
prioritize
their
spending?
Looking forward:
The
tools
and
equipment
that
people
need
to
be
• What
do
they
own?
(Household
materials
and
productive
along
with
the
basic
infrastructure
needed
appliances,
personal
belongings,
food,
water
to
function
–
e.g.
affordable
transport
and
energy,
sources)
• What
public
resources
are
available
to
them?
decent
housing
and
access
to
information
–
what
do
(barangay
hall,
police
stations,
roads,
they
own
or
is
available
to
them?
hospitals/clinics,
electricity,
water
sources,
gyms)
• Are
the
infrastructures
in
their
area
accessible?
• What
is
the
state
of
their
physical
assets?
• Do
they
own
these?
Looking forward:
Looking forward: