The Country Club of Pétionville was a shelter site where around 20,000 people were assembled after the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti. Photo c European Union – Photo by ECHO/Susana Perez Diaz
Via PreventionWeb; By Luis Triveno
When a hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster strikes a poor country, families too often suffer a double tragedy: the loss of loved […]
UN Secretary-General’s Initiative Aims to Strengthen Climate Resilience of the World’s Most Vulnerable Countries and People
Paris, 30 November—A new initiative to build climate resilience in the world’s most vulnerable countries was launched today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and 13 members within the UN system at COP21, the Paris Climate Conference. The new initiative will […]
Date:31 Aug 2015
Source(s):Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America – gov; United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States of America – gov
Bangkok — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today launched “SERVIR-Mekong,” a project […]
