The Asia Pacific region is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world, experiencing nearly half of the world’s natural disasters in the past decade. Around 200 million children living in this...
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Close to three million households are now benefiting from the 308 repaired and rehabilitated municipal facilities worth P1.278-billion across five regions which were totally or partially damaged...
WHO WE ARE The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations for food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries and forestry. FAO’s global...
Save the Children Philippines has called for the strengthening of disaster preparedness in schools and communities as children face the highest risks of death, injury and disease in times of...
By Erna S. Gorne MAASIN CITY, July 15 (PIA) – The city government of Maasin is now on its way to complete the construction of a permanent evacuation center which is expected to mitigate the possible...
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world but it is also one of the most advanced in shifting from reactive emergency response to proactive risk reduction. FAO’s...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Natural disasters and their associated damages severely impact people around the world every year. Increases in exposure and vulnerability at a global level, linked to the multiple...
Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) - Press Release No. 47- 2019 On June 18, 2019, Third Secretary Junichi Hirano of the Embassy of Japan attended the turnover ceremony in Ormoc City for the...
What is this report about? This report summarizes the current work of the Natural Hazards Risk Analysis Taskforce (NatHaz TF1 a specialized subgroup of the Information and Assessment Working Group...