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Philippines: Disaster preparedness project to get funding from NGOs

Source(s): Philstar.com, The Star Group of Publications
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By Janvic Mateo

MANILA, Philippines — Innovative ideas that could help alleviate the impact of disasters in the Philippines could receive as much as P1-million funding from a consortium of various non-government organizations (NGOs).

The project, called TUKLAS Innovation Labs, will offer support for the development and implementation of ideas that could help alleviate the economic, environmental and human costs of natural and human-created disasters in the country.

Angelo Hernan Melencio, consortium manager of the program, said ideas may involve systems, service, product or technology that could help prepare communities for disasters, including ideas to address the impacts of disease outbreaks and armed conflict.

“TUKLAS is about finding Filipinos, especially the marginalized, who may have found solutions based on experience with disasters, but have no one listening to them,” he said.

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Themes Civil Society/NGOs Children and Youth
Country and region Philippines
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