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Disaster Preparedness
posted (July 1, 2016)
14 thousand residents of Stann Creek benefited from a one year Taiwan funded initiative on Community Preparedness and Resilience. The program was led by the Pan American Development Foundation in partnership with the Government of Taiwan and Belize. Throughout the year, PADF trained local emergency response teams in Dangriga and Hopkins, engaged students and teachers in 7 schools with climate change programs and disaster risk reduction, launched eight public awareness campaigns on fragile ecosystems, strengthened early warning systems in the communities, partnered with UB in expanding its GIS Center, and even engaged students in field work. Yesterday the program officially closed with a ceremonial thank you.

PADF and Taiwan have been partnering with countries throughout the region in addressing emergencies and natural disasters.





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