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Children learn to climb trees as part of a disaster risk reduction plan

The Five Ways to Survive a Disaster

By on July 19, 2012 in Disaster Relief, World Poverty

For a flood-prone community where Food for the Hungry (FH) works in Bangladesh, palm trees are an important part of their Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) plan. The community makes sure every child can both swim and climb a palm tree. FH worked with that community to develop and implement a five-pronged DRR plan that includes prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and [...]

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