GENERAL PROFILE OF THE ORGANISATION

1. VISION

NADMO seeks to enhance the capacity of society to prevent and manage disasters and to improve the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable

in rural communities through effective disaster management, social mobilization and employment generation.

2. MISSION STATEMENT

The Mission of the Organization is: “To manage disasters by coordinating the resources of government institutions and non-governmental

agencies, and developing the capacity of communities to respond effectively to disasters and improve their livelihood through social

mobilization, employment generation and poverty reduction projects.”

This is done by:

1. Reviewing of the National, Regional and District Disaster Management Plans (DDMPs) for effective implementation.
2. Linking Disaster Management Programs to the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS), and re-afforestation.
3. Building capacity of staff and stakeholders.
4. Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Risk Management countrywide.
5. public awareness creation through media discussions, public education and training of community members and Disaster

Volunteer Groups (DVGs).

1. Provision of skills and inputs for Disaster Volunteer Groups for employment generation and poverty reduction.
2. Rehabilitation and reconstruction of educational and other social facilities destroyed by fire, floods rainstorms and other

disasters.

NADMO is committed to rendering selfless and dedicated service to all manner of persons irrespective of geographical location, religion, sex,

age, political or tribal affiliation and to creating a natural capacity for effective disaster management and response to ensure sustainable

development.

3. OBJECTIVES

Strategic Objectives

The strategic objectives of the Organization are:

1. To improve Human and Institutional Capacity.
2. To promote Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Risk Management through the establishment of National and

Regional Platforms for all Stakeholders.

1. To strengthen Disaster Prevention and Response Mechanisms.
2. To link NADMO’s Disaster Prevention and Management Programs to the GPRS and re-afforestation through effective social

mobilization for disaster prevention and poverty reduction.

General Objectives:

In 2009, re-structured NADMO pursued both disaster management and social mobilization objectives.

1. a) Disaster Management Objectives:

The Organization pursued programs and activities to achieve the under listed objectives with the guidance of its Technical Advisory

Committees and Disaster Management Plans (DMPs), Annual Action Plans (AAPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

– To equip the Organization to handle all aspects of disasters in Ghana;

– To create awareness on disasters through intensive public education;

– To ensure disaster prevention, risk and vulnerability reduction, as a means of reducing the impact of disasters on

society;

– To be in a position to provide the first line response in times of disaster;

– To assist in post-emergency rehabilitation and reconstruction effort;

– To assist and motivate community-based organizations to serve as the credible voluntary organizations to assist in

the prevention and management of disasters at the local level;

– To set up monitoring and early warning systems to aid the identification of disasters in their formative stages, to

disseminate timely information and warning, and hazard/disaster awareness creation;

– To enforce laws to prevent and mitigate disasters;

– To provide good conditions and scheme of service to raise morale, performance; and productivity;

– To raise human capacity and development of staff.