DILI, 05 december 2022 (TATOLI) – Care International Timor-Leste (CITL) and Its consortium partners launched the second phase of the disaster READY project to ensure that people living with disabilities, women, and children are involved in disaster planning and that their different needs are being met.
At the launch of the DRP, the Country Director of CITL, Peter Goodfellow said today that CITL and consortium partners launched the second phase of the Disaster Ready project funded by the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) with an amount of 7.4 million USD.
“I would like to acknowledge the commitment of Australia to generously supporting the Government of Timor-Leste through this program with a solid and established partnership with the civil Protection Authority,’’ Country Director of CITL, Peter Goodfellow said in his remarks at Suai room, Timor Plaza, this Monday.
According to Goodfellow, the joint commitment is crucial to the well-being of the people of Timor-Leste, particularly for socially marginalized citizens that live in rural, remote parts of the country and are at most risk from the impacts of natural disasters.
The focus of the project is to build local partnerships and collaboration in disaster management to increase collective impact for the intervention of the project.
The secretary of State for Civil Protection, Joaquim Gusmão said it is a significant commitment from the Australian Humanitarian Partnerships (AHP) to provide more funding for consortium partnerships for the implementation of the second phase of the Disaster READY project.
“Timor-Leste government is proud of the AHP and its consortium partners to help the government of Timor-Leste to reduce the risk of disaster affected to the people with disability,’’ He said
This Disaster Ready Project aims to increase resilience for the people who are most vulnerable to the risk of disaster and climate change impacts with a particular focus on gender equality, disability, and social inclusion.
” SoSCP is willing to cooperate with all partners to focus work on mitigation and prevention,”
The Disaster EADY project has been funded through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership mechanism, which is funded by the Australian Government and implemented by a consortium of NGOs, composed of CARE in Timor-Leste, Caritas Australia, Oxfam Timor-Leste, PLAN International Timor-Leste, World Vision Timor-Leste, together with the national organization of person with disability Ra’es Hadomi Timor-Oan (RHTO), and others local partners.
The Disaster READY project phase one achieved many successes during its operational period, including:
The first project started from january 2018 to june 2022, covered eight municipalities composed of Aileu, Viqueque Lautem, Bobonaro, Ermera, Liquica, and Covalima, and included RAEOA Oe-Cusse.
Benefiting 65 villages, 52 schools, and 242 aldeia developed or updated a disaster risk reduction plan. The village’s Disaster Management Committees have presented 44% of people with disabilities, therefore this project has reached 29,924 total vulnerable communities.
The second phase was begun on July 2022 and to December 2026.
Journalist: José Belarmino De Sá
Editor: Nelia B.
