8. MADAGASCAR Helping the Malagasy Red Cross to assist populations affected by cyclones Duration: 01/09/2020 to 30/08/2021 Budget: 66,000 EUR Funding : Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg Red Cross €
Madagascar has one of the highest levels of cyclone risk in Africa, with three or four tropical storms or cyclones occurring each year. These storms can cause significant damage to infrastructure and crops, and loss of life. To prepare the population for the occurrence of a cyclone, our teams continued to create and manage decentralised stocks in remote and difficult-to-access areas at high risk of cyclones in 2021. Previously focused on the SAVA region, we extended our support through this project to the districts of Ambanja (North-West) and Soanierana-Ivongo (North-East). They were able to set up two storage spaces and pre-position a total of 885 shelter kits, 885 hygiene kits, 885 kitchen kits and 4 community kits containing tools for rapid clearance of access routes after a natural disaster. To further strengthen the capacity of local branches of the Malagasy Red Cross (MRC) to respond to natural disasters, 40 volunteers were trained in Disaster Risk Management and 12 MRC members in logistics management.
Improving the living environment of the most vulnerable people to climatic hazards in the Sava region Duration: 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2022 Budget: total budget over 3 years > 728,000 EUR Funding : Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg Red Cross €
Through this project, our teams contribute to improving the long-term resilience of vulnerable populations to natural hazards in the Antalaha district, in the SAVA region of North-East Madagascar. The project’s main areas of intervention are habitat strengthening, village protection and improving access to drinking water in 12 coastal villages.
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