Lao PDR: Floods and Landslides - Oct 2020 Updates

In Numbers 16 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 0.52 million six-month (Sept 2021 - Feb 2022) net funding requirements 30,986 people assisted Operational Updates • WFP, in collaboration with...

Author: Omar Amach With national and international partners assembled, a new four-year project was officially launched at a virtual event, on Monday 4 October 2021, to strengthen multi-hazard early...

Activities implemented: Provided 1 767 households with a total of 53 tonnes of rice seeds (30 kg for each household) and a total of 88.35 tonnes of urea (50 kg for each household). Provided 1 325...

Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic that erupted in 2020 brought significant disruption to Lao PDR but with a fortunate low caseload to date the impact has primarily been socio-economic. Since...

COVID 19 Update Covid-19 cases rapidly increased after the Lao New Year celebration in mid-April, with 15 of 18 provinces recording positive cases. All Provinces issued an initial 14 day-lockdown...

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The lower Mekong region (Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Thailand and Vietnam) experienced prolonged heavy rain since 6 October...

COVID 19 Update 4 new cases were detected during this reporting period: 2 Lao laborers from Thailand, detected 20 January and 2 February in Champasak province, a Chinese man who illegally entered Lao...

Highlights On 8 October 2020, the National Logistics Preparedness Action Plan Workshop was held in Vientiane by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MoLSW) and supported by the Global Logistics...

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals finalized under favourable conditions while second season cereals have been harvested with reduced outputs in areas impacted by...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) is a land-locked, multi-ethnic, socialist state in Southeast Asia. It enjoys social stability, and there are no serious...

In Numbers US$ 1.11 million six-month (Dec 2020 – May 2021) net funding requirements 451.9 mt of food assistance distributed 140,081 people assisted Operational Updates • WFP received US$ 2.3 million...

KEY MESSAGES: advancing gender-responsive disaster risk reduction in the context of COVID-19 • LEVERAGE INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES AND MINIMUM STANDARDS ON GENDER EQUALITY The Convention on the...

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals continued in the north while planting and development of second season cereals is underway in south and central areas, and there is concern...

Second tranche of aid to address urgent water, sanitation and hygiene needs in flooded communities in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam Singapore, 20 November 2020 - In response to the...

Sanamxay District, Lao PDR, 16 November 2020 – Hundreds of flood victims were recently gifted post emergency shelter built by Japanese aid. Japan’s ambassadorMr. Keizo Takewaka and senior government...

The Singapore Government will contribute US$200,000 as seed money to support the Singapore Red Cross (SRC)’s public fundraising appeal to aid disaster relief and recovery operations in Vietnam,...

SITUATION OVERVIEW Since early October, a series of tropical cyclones have devastated areas of the Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. In total, 32.5 million people have been affected, with...

1 Introduction This Weekly Dry Season Situation Report presents a preliminary analysis of the weekly hydrological situation in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) for 3–9 November 2020. The trend and...

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Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is underway in the north while planting and development of second season cereals continued in October in central and southern regions...