Jamaica: $60 million for hazard awareness and safer building campaign

The Jamaica Information Service reports that when speaking at the official launch of the National Hazard Awareness and Safer Building Campaign, Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management said that the project is expected to be completed by early November.

"We are going beyond recovery. We are looking at incorporating into the recovery process resilience, the whole concept of building back better, making us stronger but, more importantly, providing self help housing initiatives with the knowledge and the skills that will allow them to make their home safer," he said.

According to the report, the project offers the opportunity to build hazard resistant communities, and to demonstrate the effectiveness of incorporating risk reduction into recovery plans. It aims to reduce the level of damage experienced by Jamaicans from hurricanes and other hazards.