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31 May 2013

World + 4 others
How Rap Music is Saving Lives in the Caribbean

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— US Agency for International Development

Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 26 through June 1, following the release of the official forecast for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This week, USAID is highlighting the work we do to help disaster-prone countries prepare for and recover from hurricanes.

AUTHOR: Robyn Fieser, Regional Information Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Catholic Relief Services

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14 Apr 2013

World + 8 others
Climate Change: Sector Results Profile

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— World Bank

Reinforcing Synergies between Development and Climate Change

A team of climate experts investigates the climate catastrophe that is brewing in countries like Nepal and Bangladesh. They discover victims of climate change who never made the headlines and find evidence that climate change has already started to hurt the countries' economies.

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06 Dec 2012

World + 12 others
BM: La seguridad alimentaria de los más vulnerables

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— World Bank

CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ, 6 de diciembre de 2012 – Un nuevo conjunto de herramientas busca garantizar la salud y la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de las madres vulnerables y sus niños en América Latina y el Caribe en caso de eventos económicos externos adversos o desastres naturales.

Diseñado por expertos del Banco Mundial, el manual provee asesoría en programas de respuesta nutricional de emergencia para gestores de políticas en la región, que se reúnen en una conferencia especializada los días 6 y 7 de diciembre para evaluar la iniciativa.

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06 Jun 2012

World + 22 others
Asamblea General OEA: países debaten Seguridad Alimentaria y otros asuntos

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— Organization of American States

Los representantes de los Países Miembros de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) concluyeron hoy de exponer sus puntos de vista sobre la “Seguridad Alimentaria con Soberanía” durante la tercera plenaria de la XLII Asamblea General que se realiza en Cochabamba, Bolivia, en la que coincidieron en general sobre la necesidad de tomar medidas para mejorar la situación alimentaria en las Américas.

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30 Aug 2011

Saint Lucia + 1 other
Red Cross helps St. Lucia volunteers save lives in hurricane season

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— American Red Cross

Community learns pre-disaster training can be the difference between life and death

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 — The American Red Cross is working with partner Red Cross societies in countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to implement community disaster response training and, as one small community in St Lucia discovered, pre-disaster training can be the difference between life and death.

American Red Cross:

All American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. The Red Cross also supplies nearly half of the nation's lifesaving blood. This, too, is made possible by generous voluntary donations. To help the victims of disaster, you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. To donate blood, please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543), or contact your local Red Cross to find out about upcoming blood drives..


© Copyright, The American National Red Cross. All Rights Reserved.

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18 Feb 2005

Anguilla + 20 others
Disaster loss reductions tools not being fully utilised

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— Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
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Barbados, Feb 18, 2005 (CDERA) - A released by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) today shows that some Caribbean countries are not fully utilising disaster loss reduction tools available to them.
The study has made a number of recommendations which if implemented could help in reducing the loss a country suffers as a result of a disaster.

- officially released today, was commissioned by CDERA as an important first step for knowing the status of these tools and to compile a database of relevant information and materials.

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