Students and teachers at a school in Quang Binh are equipped with first-aid skills (Photo: VNA) Quang Binh (VNA) – Aproject on community-based disaster risk management is benefiting thousands ofpeople in rural and urban areas of Quang Binh, a central province prone tonatural disasters.
The project is being implemented from April 2015to March 2018 at an estimated cost of 600,000 EUR funded by the German RedCross.
It is set to benefit 4,000 people directly andmore than 24,000 others indirectly in Phu Hai ward and Bao Ninh commune of DongHoi city, and Thuan Hoa and Mai Hoa communes of Tuyen Hoa district.
During nearly two years of implementation, theproject has offered many training classes on disaster risk response for localRed Cross staff and made emergency communication plans, heard a meeting toreview the project on December 21.
It has also provided Mai Hoa and Thuan Hoacommunes with early-warning loudspeaker systems and built nine flood-resistancehouses in Thuan Hoa – one of the localities heavily affected by the historicdouble flooding last October and November.
Other activities have also been carried outsuccessfully such as teaching local students swimming skills, providing watertanks, and equipping schools with first-aid kits.
Vice Chairman of the Quang Binh provincialPeople’s Committee Nguyen Tien Hoang said the project has proved effective,especially in preventing, responding, managing and settling disasterconsequences.
He hoped for more efforts to implement theproject and asked the German Red Cross to continue its assistance to hisprovince.-VNA
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