FSPI

The Community Disaster Risk Management Programme has secured funding from various donors to implement new projects.

Coping Communities: Vulnerability Reduction Initiatives with Pacific Island Communities: Funded by NZAID, this project works with FSPI’s network partners in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. This project’s goal is to reduce the social, economic and environmental impacts of disasters on Pacific Island communities and to promote the achievement of associated Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Building Community Resilience to Cope with the Impacts of Floods and Cyclones: This one-year project (beginning January 2009), funded by Force of Nature, is targeted at helping the villages of Hihifo and Neiafu in Tonga increase their resilience towards natural disasters. It aims to help these communities cope with natural disasters through the application of traditional coping strategies and Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM).

Building resilience in Samoa and Tuvalu: This project, funded by the Government of Finland, aims to increase the resilience of communities in Samoa and Tuvalu when disaster strikes. This is done through risk-reduction measures by incorporating traditional methods and where necessary merging these practices with modern scientific and technical knowledge.