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'The frequency and intensity of the storms have increased every year. The threat has grown faster than our capacity to respond to it' said Conor Walsh, country representative in Nicaragua for Catholic Relief Services....
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Twenty eight community leaders from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras together with a large number of local residents gathered in Guadalupe to prepare a community map of this small hurricane prone coastal town in Honduras....
Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood
Comité de Emergencia Garifuna
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Twenty eight community leaders from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras – primarily grassroots women - together with a large number of local residents gathered in Guadalupe to prepare a community map of this small hurricane prone coastal town in Honduras

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In Spanish:

El objetivo central de DIPECHO, bajo un marco regional, es enfocarse en la población más vulnerable en las principales áreas expuestas a desastres en el mundo y con bajas capacidades de respuesta. Su principal apuesta es la de la “preparación”

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This publication highlights roles that grassroots women are playing in building resilient communities and insights emerging from resilience building efforts led by grassroots women in Peru, Jamaica, Honduras, Turkey, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India.

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This publication seeks to highlight initiatives that have successfully linked poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in various parts of the world. It features several projects and initiatives that show how DRR can be integrated into poverty

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The purpose of this report is to describe the methodology developed to estimate the 50-year flood discharge for areas throughout Honduras and map the extent and depth of flooding. The report provides regional data to facilitate flood-hazard mapping in

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This is the first review of recovery in Honduras that examines all sectors.

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