As part of its initiative of building the resilience of micro enterprises at the grassroots level, The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) supported 100 micro enterprises in Kochi, Kerala to take up anticipatory actions and address the loss and damage associated with disaster and climate risk.

As the next step of this initiative, AIDMI organized a community consultation with 40 such micro entrepreneurs to draw their insights on disaster resilience, business continuity and sustainability. The consultation saw enthusiastic participation where all the micro business owners shared their experience of coping with the local level disaster and climate risks with each other.

Key ideas around accessing government welfare schemes, business expansion and women led businesses were discussed.