however there is a growing number of countries that have made strides in this direction for example in ethiopia the africa climate change resilience alliance has developed a training programme for government and civil society organizations to mainstream drr and cca district drm committees headed by the chief district administrative officer brought together stakeholders to discuss and understand the potential threats hazards disasterprone areas and identification and mobilization of resources to implement drr options the discussions drew on information from ugandas damage and loss database that has years of historical data