\n<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA –\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 9 September 2021 –\u00a0The recent report produced by the Crisis Management Centre
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The
\u00a0<\/p>\n
“By
\u00a0<\/p>\n
“These
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The
\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The
\u00a0<\/p>\n
“A
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Link
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA –\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0– 9 September 2021 –\u00a0The recent report produced by the Crisis Management Centre
has exposed several gaps in the critical response to those adversely impacted
by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
\u00a0
The
study “Consolidated Data Analysis of Malaysia’s Kita Jaga Kita Movement” was
carried …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhas exposed several gaps in the critical response to those adversely impacted
\nby the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nstudy “Consolidated Data Analysis of Malaysia’s Kita Jaga Kita Movement” was
\ncarried out by collecting publicly available data from the three leading
\napplications developed to facilitate direct aid from the community to
\nindividuals and families.\u00a0 Over a two-week
\nperiod in the beginning of August data from the 478 households was gathered
\nfrom the Kita Jaga Co app, Sambal SOS app, and the MyBendera app., this was
\nfurther augmented with a detailed case study from 39 households in the
\nTitiwangsa area who received aid. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\ncompiling the publicly available data from these various sources into one
\ndatabase, the study identified some alarming trends. This study revealed that
\nthere is a need for greater utilization of community and social media generated
\ndata to inform the design of critical response programs. In addition, we need to
\nmake available other forms data previously designated not for public consumption
\nto encourage open-sourced solutions.” Stated Nordin Abdullah the Founder of the
\nCrisis Management Centre. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\napps are important in that they represent the first step in a “community driven
\ndata generation” able to respond to a problem impacting individuals and
\nfamilies in the broader society.\u00a0 As a
\nstrategic approach there is a need to effectively integrate these data sets
\ntogether with other real-time data. This data, once mapped and geotagged, can
\nbe dealt with in a hyper-local manner and at the higher level by various
\nstakeholders. Better decisions are made with better data.”\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nresearch revealed that families and individuals needed assistance for food (46.1
\nper cent) and childcare necessities (21.5 per cent), while rental assistance
\ncomprised of 31.5 per cent of the requirements. Social media data suggested
\nthat the public and institutional response primarily focused on food and
\nchildcare as they were delivered in kind. This has exposed a considerable gap
\nin the response.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nreport highlighted a critical are of concern, a “rental gap” which may have a
\ngreater impact on mental health than we expect. According to the Maslow’s
\ntheory of Hierarchy of Needs, which places shelter at the base of the pyramid
\nis required for an individual to feel safe. There needs to be a concerted
\neffort to address this problem.” Explained Nordin who is an EXCO member of the
\nMalaysia Australia Business Council.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nresearch finding echoed this sentiment with 67.7 per cent of people self-declared
\nstress levels before receiving assistance as “very stressed”.\u00a0 The report also stated that an increased
\nunderstanding through mental health research is required, while the economy
\nmany recover in due course the long term phycological impact of two years of
\npandemic lockdowns will have a spill over effect into a post-pandemic Malaysia.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nholistic approach towards effective communications needs to be developed. This
\ncrisis increases the number of people pushed below the threshold for
\nassistance, the data further indicated that 76.9% of those who require aid are
\nnot recipients of aid programs. Which means in a crisis numbers change and the
\nresponse needs to be flexible” stated Rizal Kamaruzzaman the Executive Director
\nof Tindakan Strategi Sdn. Bhd. who contributed to the strategic insights and
\nrecommendations of the report.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nreport was release via the Crisis Management Centre’s LinkedIn page. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nto Report https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6836630572102758400<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"