Montego Bay, Jamaica, December 3rd, 2012, (Panos) - Donors are seeking projects with results which contribute towards a greater impact in disaster planning and the implementation resiliency strategies. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not good enough to do outputs. If they are not leading to a change it鈥檚 not good enough, 鈥� stated Martin Dyble, Regional Results Advisor with the UK based Department for International Development (DFID) on Monday, in one of the first presentations of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)鈥檚 7th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management on December 3.
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Montego Bay, Jamaica, December 3rd, 2012, (Panos) - Thirty thousand lives have been lost and US$366 billion accrued in direct and indirect losses arising from disasters in 2011, according to Roger Bellens: Disaster and Risk Reduction Advisor to DFID Caribbean.
National Office of Disaster Services (NODS), Antigua, October 11th, 2012 - On the observance of International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13 under the theme 鈥淪tep up women and girls - the invisible force of resilience鈥�, the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) is drawing attention to some of the women and girls who have been involved in disaster management in Antigua and Barbuda.