International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction will be celebrated on October 13, this year under the Theme: "Making Youth Partners for Disaster Risk Reduction." The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) conducted a number of activities, targeting young children and youths in keeping with this theme.
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Nominations are now open for the CDEMA 20th Anniversary Awards. As part of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) 20th anniversary, twenty awards will be presented to individuals and institutions whose long term efforts have fundamentally changed the delivery of disaster management in the region for the better. Deadline for nominations – October 26, 2011. Click here for nomination form and guidelines.
The Valley, Anguilla – TsunamiReady Anguilla! In keeping with the mandate of the Department of Disaster Management to follow a Comprehensive Disaster Management programme in building awareness of ALL the hazard threats that may affect Anguilla. Anguilla is attempting to become the first English Speaking Caribbean Country to be recognized as Tsunami Ready.
- Relief supplies from CARICOM begin to arrive in Bahamas
- CDEMA technical teams ready to support Hurricane Irene response
- NEMO & CDEMA collaborate to advance the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Agenda in St. Vincent & the Grenadines
- Virgin Islands Workshop focuses on “climate smart” comprehensive disaster management programmes