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Displaying 15 of about 97 resultsBy Yuki Matsuoka
SENDAI, 24 October 2011 - Four student representatives from Kobe University, Bukkyo University and Tohuku University announced a ‘Youth Declaration’ during United Nations Day celebrations in Sendai City to highlight the commitment and active participation of youth in building disaster resilient communities.
The students said the dec…
According to China Daily, each city, county and village in Japan is devoted to building community disaster prevention organizations, Japanese disaster experts told Chinese reporters during their visit to earthquake-prone Niigata Prefecture on Oct 21. "We have learned from these disasters that it is especially important for the local residents, communiti…
by Romer R. Ranoco-Ciert P.R.O
Heeding a call from Vice Mayor Alfredo Arquillano, Jr to build a community with a culture of safety and a 2011 United Nations Sasakawa awardee for disaster reduction, the Camotes Islands Emergency Response Team (CiERT) in San Francisco recently spearheaded an awareness raising workshop on 'Water, Search and Rescue' (WASAR…
By Warisara Sornpet, Regional Communications Specialist for Plan Asia
It was an unusually quiet night in Laputta. Devastated by Cyclone Nargis in 2008, the dimly lit town watched the news from Japan with compassion and an eerie anxiety. The powerful streams of Laputta River were only 100 metres away. “The tides will be really bad tomorrow evening. We h…
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane season officially ended. Julie Rochman, IBHS president and CEO, said “hurricane Irene was a wake-up call for New England that each and every year, there is a strong likelihood that a hurricane will hit communities far away from the Southeastern U.S. or G…
Humanitarian emergencies - such as earthquakes, extreme drought, or war - not only affect people’s physical health but also their psychological and social health and well-being.
Psychological first aid guide for fieldworkers
On World Humanitarian Day, celebrated on 19 August, WHO, the War Trauma Foundation (WTF) and World Vision International (WVI) ann…
Yangon - Heavy rains pounding earthquake-struck Southern Shan State continue to hinder efforts to rebuild the homes of quake survivors, agencies say.
Of the 837 households destroyed by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in late March, 88 families in 24 severely affected villages are still living out of tarpaulin tents as they await materials to rebuild, the…
DFID has built in disaster risk reduction to all its programmes, such as disease early warning systems to avoid mass outbreaks, highlights the International News' report on the UK's investment in Pakistan recovery just one year after the devastating floods.
The Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) was inaugurated by ASEAN on 17 November in Indonesia reports The Nation. This action shows that ASEAN leaders wish to enhance cooperation in disaster risk management and mitigation as well as in post-disaster relief, recovery and rehabilitation. "Since the global cli…
“We were quick with our emergency response, but we will now focus on livelihood and disaster risk reduction programmes as this is important for the long-term recovery of the country,” The director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Martin Dahinden during a recent four-day visit to the region.
Newly constructed flood-resistant shelters have recently been handed over to 114 families in Manna, one of the flood affected villages in Kot Addu Tehsil, Muzaffargarh District. The quality and durability of the constructions are part of the disaster risk reduction measures taken by the Kashf Foundation reports The International News.
"I think the critical thing is to support countries building the maximum resilience which is possible for these disasters" said Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) head in an interview with ABC Radio Australia, on reconstruction efforts in Pakistan and the recent devastating earthquake in New Zealand.
An association of Asia Pacific cities, Citynet has cited Banda Aceh as a world disaster risk reduction (PRB) model reports Antara News. 'Banda Aceh had been chosen as model of disaster risk reduction, especially in the handling and management of water intakes and post-disaster reconstruction,' said public relations chief of Banda Aceh Secretariat Mahdi…
The World Bank is calling for innovative ideas to solve challenges in disaster recovery and reconstruction, ahead of the World Reconstruction Conference, the first large-scale global conference to focus on natural hazard recovery and reconstruction. The event will take place in Geneva Switzerland from 10-13 May 2011, as part of the Third Global Platform…
Henry Ergas stresses that despite the rising cost of the recent flood damage, there is still a need to rebuild on a basis that manages future risks. "There has been too much development, and too little investment in risk reduction, in disaster-prone areas" he writes, in an opinion piece for the Australian.