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The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) has received an award for excellence in disaster response at this year’s New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) awards ceremony held in Wellington, New ...
Post Date: 18-May-2017
Paramount Chief Maseiman of Pango, South Efate, and his community took the initiative to launch a Tsunami Siren, Tsunami Information Boards and Tsunami Evacuation Signs located in their village on ...
Post Date: 18-May-2017
Last year and this year saw the installation of tsunami warning systems around Port Vila and Luganville. These activities were possible through the Japan-funded project MDRR (Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction) ...
Post Date: 30-Mar-2017
01 May 2015 - News Story  The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, a state member of IUCN, confronted the utter devastation of category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam which tore through ...
Post Date: 30-Jun-2015
Workshop Objectives & Intended Outcomes Objectives: 1. To compile a list of DRR activities conducted at the national, provincial, island, community and school levels in 2012 2. ...
Post Date: 12-Dec-2012
    The Government of Vanuatu has applied for financing in the amount of US$ 2,728,000 equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of the Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction ...
Post Date: 09-Nov-2012