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Role of CBOs in Resilience Building: Good Practices and Challenges

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This paper examines the role of community based organisations in resilience building within the North Eastern States of India. There is a plethora of indigenous practices and value systems in the largely egalitarian societies of the North East that help them in facing disasters without much assistance from the state.

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Acknowledgements

The photos in this paper are collected from Kuki Students Organisation, Michael Lunminthang and my own photograph collections.

Interviews and Telephonic Conversations

Some of the data of cultural values during pre-modern times are drawn from the following interviews:

  1. 1.

    Interview with Mr. Mangkhosei Haokip, aged 95 (Indian freedom fighter) at T. Champhai Village, Churachandpur district, Manipur on 27 June 2016.

  2. 2.

    Interview with Mr. Songkhothang Kipgen, aged 87, on 11 July 2016 at Gangpijang Village, Sadar Hills East, Manipur.

  3. 3.

    Interview with Mr. Thangkhosei Haokip, aged 87, at Khokon Village, Sadar Hills East, Manipur.

Data during the 2015 landslide, 4th January 2016 Manipur Earthquake and the hailstorms were drawn from the following telephonic conversations:

  1. 1.

    Telephonic conversation with Mr. Kamthang Haokip, Kuki Khanglai Lawmpi (KKL), Churachandpur, on 2nd September 2016 on the activities of KKL.

  2. 2.

    Telephonic conversation with Dr. Satkhokai Chongloi, General Secretary of Kuki Organisation for Human Rights (KOHR), on 3rd September 2016.

  3. 3.

    Telephonic conversation with Mr. Seiboi Haokip, General Secretary of Kuki Students Organisation-General Headquarters (KSO-Ghq), on 3rd September 2016.

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  1. Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi, India

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  2. Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Milap Punia

  3. Disaster Research Programme (DRP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Nivedita P. Haran

  4. Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India

    Thiyam Bharat Singh

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Haokip, T. (2018). Role of CBOs in Resilience Building: Good Practices and Challenges. In: Singh, A., Punia, M., Haran, N., Singh, T. (eds) Development and Disaster Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8485-0_19

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