“Community participation and engagement is very important. The aim is to save lives [and] therefore, a people-centred approach has to be taken when implementing any disaster risk reduction activity”, said Ms. Fatimatou Abdel Malick, Mayor of Tevergh Zeina and one of the beneficiary cities of the ongoing project. 

“Enhancing the resilience and capacities of local governments to natural hazards through the implementation of people-centered disaster risk reduction action plans will help communities overcome not only disasters but health, food, environmental and economic insecurities as well,” said Ms. Mehrnaz Mostafavi the Chief of the UN’s Human Security Unit. 

The project titled “Enhancing Community Resilience and Human Security of Vulnerable Communities in Urban Settings through the Implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” will run from 2017 to 2019. The project targets the cities of Boghe, Kaedi, Tevergh Zeina, Rosso, and Tintane in Mauritania, as well as Bousalem, Gabes, Kasserine, Mateur, and Siliana in Tunisia.

Date:

26 Jul 2018

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR ROAS)

Themes:

Capacity Development, Community-based DRR, Urban Risk & Planning

Countries:

Mauritania, Tunisia