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Protecting communities from disasters

Beatriz de la Pava meets two women on the frontline of disaster preparation.

Beatriz de la Pava talks to two women on the frontline of disaster preparation about how communities can become more resilient to natural hazards, respond quickly to them, and recover afterwards.

Mami Mizutori is the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Before that she served for twenty-seven years in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Homolata Borah has worked towards reducing disaster risk for some of the most vulnerable communities living in the world鈥檚 largest inhabited river island of Majuli in the state of Assam in India.

Produced by Jane Thurlow

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Mon 17 Jul 2023 22:32GMT
麻豆社 Afghan Radio & 麻豆社 World Service Europe and the Middle East

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