EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cambodia experiences floods, regular drought, and damaging storms due to its geographic and climate conditions.1 Generally, flooding occurs for more than three months per year...
by Rina Chandran | @rinachandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation Thursday, 22 March 2018 01:00 GMT Hearings to begin in landmark inquiry on whether high-emitting companies have caused human rights...
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical...
By Sam Smith, IFRC The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Situated on the Pacific ‘ring of fire’, the Filipino archipelago is hit by floods, landslides, typhoons,...
What is the CBDRR Manual? The CBDRR Manual is a practical ‘how-to’ guide on community-based disaster risk reduction for government and non-government agencies in Lao PDR. It is a commonly agreed...
Authors: Rebecca Murphy, Mark Pelling, Emma Visman and Simone Di Vicenz This policy brief outlines the core messages and recommendations coming out from the study that explored Christian Aid Typhoon...
OCHA delivers its mandate through… COORDINATION OCHA brings together people, tools and experience to save lives OCHA helps Governments access tools and services that provide life-saving relief. We...
Despite impressive progress to address poverty and food insecurity, climate-related hazards could threaten these hard-won development gains. Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the central part of the country...
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1. SYNOPSIS Following the significant flood conditions of 2011, the situation during 2012 proved to be quite the opposite. The flood peak and volume were between 30 and 40% below the long term...
1. Introduction 1.1 Background In 2011, the World Reconstruction Conference recommended the development of an international best practice Recovery Framework Guide to assist governments and partner...
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1. SYNOPSIS As is now the established format the Annual Flood Report is made up of three major sections: The annual theme, which for 2103 is the regional incidence of typhoons and tropical storms and...
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Étude de cas du CaLP - Soutien au relèvement économique des foyers urbains dans la ville de Karoi, au Zimbabwe Dans la zone urbaine de Karoi, au Zimbabwe, Save the Children a allié des programmes...
In late September 2009, Typhoon Ketsana barreled into the Philippines, striking the Rizal province hard. It was one of a handful of devastating typhoons to strike the country that year, and it...
CHAPTER 1 Key lessons learnt from evaluations after typhoons in the Philippines A number of key lessons emerged from the Real-time Evaluation of the response to the disasters that affected Northern...
Submitted by Lucille L. Sering On Tue, 06/18/2013 - 20:55 Climate change is definitely upon us. You don’t need to have a scientific mind to realize this, as recent natural calamities have shown in...
SUBMITTED BY ANA SILVIA AGUILERA ON THU, 2013-04-18 17:28 Last month, during a visit to the Philippines I had the opportunity to meet some of the 28,000 people whose lives have been changed by the...
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Letrinas para emergencias de bajo coste, campañas de lavados de manos o Movilizar a las comunidades para que ellas mismas decidan sus propios métodos para acabar con prácticas poco saludables, son...
By Hazel F. Gloria CEBU CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- Over 60 brand new housing units were recently blessed and officially turned-over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) seven to 60...
The Municipality of Pila in Laguna province often experiences flooding, and one of the reasons for this was the area’s clogged tributaries. After Typhoon Ondoy severely affected the Philippines in...
MANILA, 14 September 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippines government is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in anti-flood infrastructure in the Manila area in a bid to protect against the storms,...