International Voluntary Organisation for Women, Education and Development (IVOWED)

• Address: P.O.Box AC 553-Art Centre
• Postal Code: 23321
• City: Greater Accra
• Country: Ghana
• Telephone: +23 3277402023
• Email: videsgh@yahoo.co.uk

IVOWED has formed community-based disaster management (CBDM) in collaboration with the local district assembly. Disaster management activities are following: Training workshops for volunteer teams on how to implement disaster prevention measures to the local communities; Early warning to the communities to be prepared for impending disasters; Strategies for evacuation and providing first aid; Educating the rural communities in the flood-prone areas to change the traditional building practice (code) and build houses that could withstand the impact of flood waters; Communication centres to link the community to government agencies for any disaster events wthin the communities for immediate disaster recovery and relief operations.