Evaluasi Kinerja Relawan Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) pada Program ICBRR (Integrated Community Based Risk Reduction) tentang Pengurangan Resiko Bencana di Wilayah Kabupaten Aceh Besar

Abstract

The Integrated Community Based Risk Reduction (ICBRR) program has been agreed through MoU between PMI (Indonesian Red Cross) and the Canadian Red Cross for the implementation of ICBRR. This program is intended to increase people's capacity to people based disaster risk It is not only focused on susceptible people as the target of the program, but also on schools. The selected area of the program was P MI, Aceh Besar Branch; it was especially concentrated in five villages and three schools. The aim of the program was to increase the capacity of people, schools, P MI, and the Local Government in an effort to reduce disaster risk through people based preparation and complete alertness against disaster. In the school level, teachers and students were trained in handling disaster and performing first aid through training, games, and learning in classes. The program was also aimed to increase school security through school contingency program. The aim of the research was to evaluate the performance of P MI volunteers in ICBRR in increasing people' knowledge about reducing disaster risk, whether PMI volunteers in Aceh Besar Branch mastered this program or not, how it was applied to people, and how their capability in the preparation and complete alertness in handling disaster was. The research used qualitative approach in order to be more integrated and supportive; it was performed in Aceh Besar District within six months, from March until August, 2012.The subject of the research was 40 PMI volunteers in Aceh Besar, who were involved in ICBRR program. The result of the research showed that some of the volunteers lacked of understanding about ICBRR program. Based on the testing parameter, using likert scale, it was found that some volunteers did not understand ICBRR program at all and everything related to it, as what had been stated by one of the volunteers. The organization of ICBRR program should be considered; for examples, meetings in PM/ related to ICBRR program were seldom performed. In this case, PMI as the central organization should consider it. In general, the volunteers ' bad performance should be improved since many of them do their job for financial reason and for sideline