Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de las comunidades rurales que conforman el sector denominado Puente Payo: Payo, La Línea, El Manguito, Las Vegas, Las Palmas, el Km 40 y Barranco Alto, del cantón El Triunfo, provincia del Guayas, en la preparación y respuesta ante las inundaciones provocadas por el río Bulubulu y sus afluentes

Abstract

n May 2013, the National Secretariat for Risk Management, presented in the ECU 911, the document entitled "Ecuador:" Basic References for Risk Management from 2013 to 2014 ". This document begins with a very specific message: Risk management is the responsibility of all citizens. In the context of these references, in our country have begun efforts to involve all levels of the territory in the social construction of risk. The present work was made in the province of Guayas, in the village of El Triunfo, in a rural area called "Puente Payo" covering seven very poor rural communities linked to the banana companies and floods caused historically by the overflowing the Bulubulu river. From the results of the baseline, the focus groups and interviews with the different stakeholders, evidence of a critical vulnerability in these communities was confirmed. In response to these findings, a proposal to strengthen their capacity to protect their property and their lives are developed