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Mercy Corps: The future must be 'disaster prevention'

Source(s): Edinburgh Evening News - Johnston Press Digital Publishing
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"The future of charity work in the developing world must be 'disaster prevention', not just picking up the pieces afterwards", says Erin Gray, Press Officer for the Edinburgh-based Mercy Corps' European headquarters, in an opinion piece for the Scotsman highlighting several risk reduction initiatives - including measures that help local people help themselves, early warning and monitoring, reclaiming flooded land to grow crops among them.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Capacity development Civil Society/NGOs Community-based DRR Early warning Disaster risk management
Country and region Indonesia Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
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