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Phase II builds on the achievements of Phase I and will continue to utilize a community-based approach to help communes better prepare for and increase their resilience against disasters.
Project activities include developing hazard risk reduction and disaster preparedness plans; providing training on water use, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies to teachers and students; organizing train the trainer courses for Provincial Disaster Response teams; developing and adapting Health Emergency Response Guides; and providing first aid and epidemic prevention training.
Since 2000, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance has provided more than US$20 million to address emergency response needs and disaster risk management activities in Viet Nam.
Through the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Government has also provided more than US$28 million since 1998 to train military and civilian emergency responders and develop and equip disaster management centers, maritime response centers, and disaster shelters at the community level.
By Thuy Dung