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Displaying 30 of about 52 resultsJane Rovins of Massey University says Vanuatu's development partners need to do more to help it prepare for disaster, reports Radio New Zealand.
"We spend billions of dollars a year on disaster response and we spend pennies comparatively on disaster risk reduction," said Rovins.
As the world marks six months since one of the worst disasters to ever hit the Pacific, Save the Children is warning that water shortages are impacting cyclone-hit communities across Vanuatu but particularly on islands without natural water sources like rivers and creeks.
In June the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (O…
By Madeline Wilson
One month has passed since Tropical Cyclone Pam tore through Vanuatu. The full force of the storms ferocious winds and torrential rain was felt across 22 of the country’s islands, destroying homes and livelihoods and causing extensive damage to local ecology. An estimated 166,000 people were affected with 75,000 left in need of emerg…
ActionAid Deputy Executive Director Michelle Higelin says that women's organizations in Vanuatu are well-equipped with community networks and mobilization skills, reports Deutsche Welle. "Unfortunately, what they lack is the access to resources to really scale-up their efforts," she told Deutsche Welle.
"In every disaster, we see women make up the majo…
The Australian Government will provide additional support to help the people of Nepal recover from the devastating earthquake. Our thoughts continue to be with the millions of people affected by this tragic event.
Funding of an additional $10 million will provide critical assistance to help people rebuild their lives. It will support:
women and vulne…
New Zealand Red Cross has launched Leading in Disaster Recovery: Companion through the Chaos, a book for leaders working in disaster recovery.
Red Cross Strategy and Government Relations Manager, Elizabeth McNaughton, who co-authored the book says its motivation came from working during the Canterbury earthquakes.
“We realised nothing existed about le…
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Globally the senior members of our communities usually feature highly in the death and injury statistics that arise from disasters. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Head, Margareta Wahlström, stated in 2014:
‘The older person is often invisible in our communities until they show up in the mortality figures afte…
Asian Disaster Management News, Volume 22 (2015):
This edition of Asian Disaster Management News focuses on disaster recovery: the governance, economics, and social impacts. It includes features on i) recovery planning, ii) the needs of survivors in post-disaster needs assessments, iii) defining the post-disaster financial requirements for recovery, iv…
This report summarises the discussions and outcomes from the national debriefing workshop to identify lessons learned following Tropical Cyclone Pam. It reviews key aspects of coordination, including preparation, response and recovery.
The workshop was facilitated by the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), with support from the European…
This brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. Following the powerful Tropical Cyclone Evan that swept across the island of Samoa in July 2012, the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), with funding from the Africa Caribbean Pacific–European Uni…
This brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. The brief presents the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI), formed in 2007 in response to requests from 15 countries to help mitigate disaster and climate change risk. Under the initiative, the first region…
This report presents the results of a series of assessments undertook by Care International in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in three drought affected provinces between September and October 2015 in order to better understand the needs and capabilities of affected communities. In parallel to the needs assessments, CARE PNG did a rapid gender analysis on the di…
Background: The Anglican Church of Melanesia in Vanuatu and its partner Anglican agencies
The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) encompasses the Solomon Islands, the Republic of Vanuatu and the French Territory of New Caledonia. Along with the religious functions the church provides, it also supports and implements many community development programs,…
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced a $26 million package, aimed at helping the tourism sector in Vanuatu recover following Cyclone Pam.
“Tourism accounts for 20 per cent of the Vanuatu economy and employs 26 per cent of the labour force. Getting the tourism sector back up a running is vital to Vanuatu’s long-term recovery from Cyclone Pam,”…
In the aftermath of the devastating Tropical Cyclone Pam, which struck Vanuatu in March, UNESCO engaged with partnering UN agencies, the European Union, and the World Bank in a government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA). After three weeks of extensive information gathering and analysis of the impact and overall damages, the PDNA report was re…