Teachers of Nam Pam Elementary School in Muong La district, Son La province, encourage their pupils to go to school after the flooding in August 2017 (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –As many as 57,000ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s north-western provinces of Lai Chau and SonLa have been equipped with knowledge about natural disaster and catastropheprevention, and gender equality under a project funded by several foreignagencies.
The community-based catastrophe risk management with gender integration inethnic minority-inhabited areas in Vietnam’s north-western region wasimplemented by the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) with the support of the French RedCross (FRC) via the Ready Fund, the French Development Agency and the AmericanRed Cross (ARC).
A workshop held in Hanoi on October 5 to review outcomes of the project heardthat between April 4, 2014 and September 2017, the project came to 12 wards andcommunes of Lai Chau and Son La provinces.
With a total budget of 39 billion VND (1.72 million USD), the project organised36 exercises on natural disaster and catastrophe response for more than 2,200residents and over 2,800 pupils and teachers of elementary schools; andprovided training on natural disaster and catastrophe prevention, safe schoolsand emergency aids for 336 teachers.
It also helped to carry out 44 sub-projects on mitigating vulnerability incommunes and schools, benefiting 3,500 local residents and 5,000 students.
During the period, 12 vulnerability and capacity assessments (VCA), which uses various participatory tools to gauge people'sexposure to and capacity to resist natural hazards, and community-baseddisaster risk assessments were conducted, with the participation of more than2,200 local officials and people.
Two provincial catastrophe response teams and 12 community action for disaster response teams were also established with atotal of 320 members.
Of note, during the materialisation of the project, a gender integrationframework was formed and implemented in all activities.
Speaking at the workshop, FRC Chief Representative in Vietnam Eric Legendre saidthe project has developed prevention, combat and rehabilitation skills for thecommunity in the targeted localities.
Nguyen Thi Nhat Hoai, from the FRC, said the gender integration frameworkfocused on improving awareness of women as well as their participation andleadership.
The project has developed a communication kit on reducing disaster risks using symbolsand illustrations, which allows those who cannot read and write to understand howto prevent and combat natural disasters, she added. -VNA
The community-based catastrophe risk management with gender integration inethnic minority-inhabited areas in Vietnam’s north-western region wasimplemented by the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) with the support of the French RedCross (FRC) via the Ready Fund, the French Development Agency and the AmericanRed Cross (ARC).
A workshop held in Hanoi on October 5 to review outcomes of the project heardthat between April 4, 2014 and September 2017, the project came to 12 wards andcommunes of Lai Chau and Son La provinces.
With a total budget of 39 billion VND (1.72 million USD), the project organised36 exercises on natural disaster and catastrophe response for more than 2,200residents and over 2,800 pupils and teachers of elementary schools; andprovided training on natural disaster and catastrophe prevention, safe schoolsand emergency aids for 336 teachers.
It also helped to carry out 44 sub-projects on mitigating vulnerability incommunes and schools, benefiting 3,500 local residents and 5,000 students.
During the period, 12 vulnerability and capacity assessments (VCA), which uses various participatory tools to gauge people'sexposure to and capacity to resist natural hazards, and community-baseddisaster risk assessments were conducted, with the participation of more than2,200 local officials and people.
Two provincial catastrophe response teams and 12 community action for disaster response teams were also established with atotal of 320 members.
Of note, during the materialisation of the project, a gender integrationframework was formed and implemented in all activities.
Speaking at the workshop, FRC Chief Representative in Vietnam Eric Legendre saidthe project has developed prevention, combat and rehabilitation skills for thecommunity in the targeted localities.
Nguyen Thi Nhat Hoai, from the FRC, said the gender integration frameworkfocused on improving awareness of women as well as their participation andleadership.
The project has developed a communication kit on reducing disaster risks using symbolsand illustrations, which allows those who cannot read and write to understand howto prevent and combat natural disasters, she added. -VNA
