Introduction Dominica’s Climate Resilience and Recovery Plan (CRRP) is an accompanying document to the National Resilience Development Strategy (NRDS). The CRRP operationalizes the NRDS providing an...
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Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Hurricane Maria September 18, 2017
A Report by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica November 15, 2017 Executive Summary On September 18, 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Dominica with catastrophic effect. Hurricane Maria was one of...
Kalinago Week to Raise Funds for Emergency Response Fund
The Kalinago People of Dominica invites the rest of the island to celebrate Kalinago Week from September 16 to 25th. Proceeds of the week’s events will establish a Kalinago Emergency Response Fund. ...
Vulnerability, Risk and Resilience Fund for Dominica
The Parliament of Dominica has consented to establish a fund specifically to deal with the costs associated with natural disasters. Recent incidents have proven that the island is prone to natural...
DVRP takes largest chunk of environment allocation
The largest chunk of the $33.2m allocated to the Ministry of Health and the Environment goes to an environment-sensitive project. The Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project or DVRP emanates from...
Stakeholders Discuss Community-based Disaster Relief
There is a need for community-based disaster relief groups to be recognized as equally important as professional disaster relief organizations. This is the message that Dr. Terrence O’Sullivan of the...
Old library to become Post-Erika Reconstruction Centre
The old library, an iconic building constructed in 1902 as a memorial to Queen Victoria, and which also served as an administrative office for the Agriculture Division, the Museum, the Magistrate’s...
DVRP donates ICT equipment
The Dominica Vulnerability Reduction Project has made a large donationof ICT equipment to Government departments in the interest of disaster resilence and mitigation. The Dominica Vulnerability...
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Japan hands over DALCA projects
A US $84,500 project which started last February was handed over to the Dominica Association of Local Community Authorities on Friday, January 22nd. DALCA’s project to mitigate the effects of...
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Japan and Dominica sign agreement for resilience
The Governments of Japan and Dominica signed an agreement on Friday, January 22nd which will mean more than US $1m in disaster resilience equipment. According to Government, the Government of Japan...
Abbreviated Resettlement Plan For North/West Coast Water Project - October 2015
The North/West Coast Water Project, a sub-project of the DVRP, seeks to consolidate eight water systems into an integrated network from two or more reliable sources. The main sources being considered...
DVRP to Undertake Hydromet Study After TS Erika
The Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) is undertaking a hydromet study to ascertain how to better construct roads and bridges to withstand disasters. A hydromet network collects remote...
US $1m expended under disaster Vulnerability Reduction Programme
From the $39m allocated to Dominica under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, US $1m has been spent directly following Tropical Storm Erika. Component three of the project which dealt with...
28 More Emergency Responders Certified
A course which started on August 25th to train community members to respond appropriately to emergencies has come to an end dispatching 28 repurposed individuals back to their communities. The...
DVRP Resettlement Policy Framework
Dominica is exposed to a high level of risk to meteorological (high wind/excess rainfall/hurricanes and drought) and geophysical (seismic/volcanic/tsunami) hazards, which have significant negative...
Ministry of Health Draws Attention to Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Johnson says since Tropical Storm Erika, the risk of the public’s exposure to mosquito-borne illnesses disease is real especially with the increased use of water...
Evacuation to be Considered as Tropical Depression Grace Approaches
With the possibility of Tropical Depression Grace affecting Dominica on Friday September 11th, the relevant authorities are taking all necessary measures to protect lives. The Office of Disaster...
Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force Hard at Work Following TS Erika
The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force is continuing its efforts to bring Dominica to some sort of normalcy. Chief of Police, Daniel Carbon says police officers have been engaged prior to Tropical...