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Dear Colleagues,
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<div>Monday October 13th 2014 is International Disaster Risk
Reduction Day <span style="font-family: ArialMT;">(Ngày Quốc tế
Giảm </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">nhẹ Rủi Ro Thiên
tai)</span> and <span style="font-family: ArialMT;">ASEAN Day
for Disaster Management (Ngày ASEAN Quản lý Thiên tai). </span><span
style="line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This
year the focus is on older people, including their needs and
what they contribute to better planning and understanding of
disaster risk in their communities. IDDR 2014 intends to switch
on and amplify this critical issue now and for the </span><a
href="http://www.preventionweb.net/posthfa"
style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 24px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">post-2015
framework for disaster risk reduction</font></a><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 24px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></div>
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<div><font face="ArialMT">Many organisations are holding
events across Vietnam over the coming days to mark this event
including:</font></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;">In
Central Vietnam an event will take place in Da Nang city on
the 10</span><sup style="text-indent: -18pt;">th</sup><span
style="background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;">
October, led by Malteser International and Da Nang Peoples
Committee. The event include meeting, involving old people,
people with disability, leaders and community members and
the media.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;">In
the Mekong Delta an event will take place in Tien Giang
Province on 13</span><sup style="text-indent: -18pt;">th</sup><span
style="background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent:
-18pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;
text-indent: -18pt;">October. This event will be
co-organized by Save the Children and Tien Giang People’s
Committee, with support from the Disaster Management Working
Group (DMWG), led by Care International and active
collaboration with Help-Age international, DMC, UNDP and
financial support from DIPECHO. The event will include a
parade, presentations and performance, involving older
people, people with disabilities, children, leaders, wider
community members and the media.</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;"
lang="EN-US">In Thanh Hoa Province World Vision is
organizing two events on October 13th, the first is a
celebration of
</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" lang="EN-US">International
Day for Disaster Reduction<span style="background:white">
(IDDR) + ASEAN Day for Disaster Management (ADDM) in
Hoang Hoa and Quang Xuong and a second event called
"Writing Letter to ASEAN Secretary General" which is a
contest organized with participation of around 900
children with the selected letters being submitted to
ASEAN Secretariat. These are a part of
</span>efforts under the Coastal Areas of Thanh Hoa Province
Resilient to Natural Disasters (CATREND) project funded by
DFAT with a lifespan of 5 years (2011-2016).</span></li>
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<div><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">In order to help facilitate
a strong message of support towards Disaster Risk Reduction and
specifically the needs of older persons the DMWG has collected
some good case studies/examples of older persons in Disasters
which you may want to read and share at your events, these are
attached for your reference. </span><span style="font-family:
ArialMT;">Many thanks to the organisations for their work in
collecting, documenting and agreeing to share these stories with
us.<br>
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<big>You can download from the following link from DMWG subpage
- NGORC website for Good case studies/examples of older
persons in Disasters:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/pub/international-day-disaster-risk-reduction-2014-resilience-life-good-case-studies-older-persons">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/pub/international-day-disaster-risk-reduction-2014-resilience-life-good-case-studies-older-persons</a>
in disaster<br>
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<div><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Wishing everyone great
success with their events for IDRR Day 2014!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Cam on,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Em Stacey</span></div>
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Stacey Sawchuk<br>
Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation
Facilitator<br>
Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Disaster Risk
Management in Vietnam, Including Climate Change Related
Risks - Phase II (SCDM II)<br>
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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,<br>
6 Nguyen Cong Tru, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Vietnam<br>
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United Nations Development Programme<br>
25-29 Phan Boi Chau, Hanoi, Vietnam<br>
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(T) +84 (0) 12 3932 1908<br>
(E) <a href="mailto:stacey.sawchuk@undp.org">stacey.sawchuk@undp.org</a><br>
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NGO Resource Centre
Tel: 04 38328570 Fax: 04 38328611
Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound, Building E3, Room 201
6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, Hanoi
Mobile: 0912174879
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