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'The government has adopted a policy to include women and children in the disaster management task,' said Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, Under Secretary at the Home Ministry at a special press conference in preparation for the International Day for Disaster Reduction...
'Nepal is vulnerable to natural disasters and earthquakes pose a major threat to the large number of children studying at schools, the future generation of Nepal. I am pleased Australia is part of a collective donor effort to reduce the risk to Nepali school children,' said Richard Marles, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs...
'There is the need of strong early warning system that will involve communities and train locals about the information dissemination system. So the UNDP is working with the Department of Hydrology and Metrology and Practical Action to install the early warning system,' said Deepak K.C, project officer, Climate Risk Management, UNDP...
The editorial of The Himalayan Times urges authorities to install an early warning system following the Saturday flash flood of the Seti River that left 14 people dead and over 50 missing in the Kaski district, Nepal...
'We are very pleased to see that the government of Nepal is taking steps to develop policies and programmes for climate resilience, such as implementation of the National Adaptation Programme of Action through Local Adaptation Plans for Action,' said EU representative Dr. Alexander Spachis...
'DIFID’s new disaster preparedness programme will strengthen Nepal’s disaster risk management and support building code compliance. It will scale up resilience of people to earthquake and other disasters'...
Punya Sagar Marahatta reports on the community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) approach to building resilient communities - particularly of earthquake-resilient buildings - highlighting that 'awareness at the community level is not the challenge, rather challenges are the resources to build resilience.'...
As Thailand and other countries in Asia are reeling from typhoons and severe floods, organizations are calling on governments in the region and around the world to help reduce the impact of disasters and climate change on children, their families and communities...
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