Timor-Leste: Flash Floods - Mar 2021 Updates

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Funds will support children's education, nutrition, water and sanitation Dili, 19 February 2024 – The Government of China and UNICEF have launched a US$1.5 million project to complement the...

Timor-Leste has a rich ecosystem of marine biodiversity coral reefs and mangroves. But this island nation in South East Asia is also one of the most vulnerable to extreme weather and slow-onset...

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND DEMAC is a global initiative aiming to enhance coordination among diaspora organizations involved in humanitarian assistance, and across diaspora organizations and...

About the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Overview The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) is a United States...

By Kate Francis, Priya Dhanani On March 8, the world marks International Women’s Day, a holiday that originated with the dauntless labor movements of the early twentieth century, when thousands of...

1.1 Program Introduction Heavy rains across Timor-Leste from 29 March to 4 April 2021 resulted in flash floods and landslides particularly affecting the capital Dili and the surrounding lowlying...

Author: Jennee Grace U. Rubrico Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific Residents of Dili, Timor-Leste had been sleeping when flashfloods...

Cyclone Seroja struck Timor-Leste on April 4. Torrential rain resuited in severe flooding and landslides across the country, leaving thousands of people homeless. CVTL’s national disaster workforce...

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In Numbers US$ 0.00 m six months (October 2021 – March 2022) net funding requirements. Situation Updates • Timor-Leste registered 2,811 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in September. The Government...

Your Excellency Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Honourable Ministers, State Secretaries and other National and Municipality-level government...

(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Foundation in Timor-Leste received funding from Rise Against Hunger to provide healthy food for 1,375 beneficiaries in vulnerable situations in Dili, Liquica, Ermera and...

The Green Climate Fund has approved a USD 21.7 million project to support the establishment of end-to-end climate information services and multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) in Timor-Leste...

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Cyclone Seroja struck Timor-Leste on April 4. Torrential rain resulted in severe flooding and landslides across the country, leaving thousands of people homeless. CVTLs national disaster workforce in...

HIGHLIGHTS The Declaration of the State of Calamity in Dili Municipality has been extended until 4th of August (Government Resolution N.°75/2021 on 31 of May). The State of Emergency has been renewed...

Dili – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Timor-Leste, in collaboration with the Civil Protection Authority on 12th July handed over the shelter repair kits to communities in...