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Rep. Tibelrosa Tarponweh proposes ways to strengthen disaster risk management in Liberia

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By Gerald C. Koinyeneh

Monrovia – As the rainy season fast approaches in Liberia, Margibi County Electoral District #1 Rep. Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh has called for the setting up of a Disaster Manage Trust Fund (DMTF) to promptly address the needs of disaster victims. 

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According to Rep, Tarponweh, the DMTF, if launched and operational, will be an opportunity for donors to direct their contributions to deliver a strengthened and coherent response under a public private partnership scheme and allow public and private actors including donors to pool their contributions to enable the delivery of life-saving assistance to most affected people under the direct supervision of the Board of the National Disaster Management Agency.

He added that the DMTF will enable the government, through the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and other local partners to reach the most vulnerable and affected people to ensure maximum impact of limited resources.

He furthered that the DMTF will be inclusive and proactive in the promotion of partnerships, local and international in the mobilization of emergency funding and a comprehensive policy will be developed to manage funds in order to ensure transparency and accountability. 

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