The Asia Foundation

A Pacific Island News Association article details The Pacific Disaster Risk Management Partnership Network meeting to be held August 12-13. The event will bring together development partners and donor organizations to discuss disaster risk reduction and disaster management from a multi-stakeholder approach. It will be organized by The Asia Foundation with several other organizations, including USAID and the United Nations Development Programme Pacific Centre. Read the full article: “Protecting the Pacific: Disaster Risk Managers to meet in Suva.”

The Solomon Star features an article about students at the School of Nursing and Health Studies of the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education completing a week-long disaster workshop, which was conducted by staff of the National Disaster Management Office. The Asia Foundation is credited with co-funding the project with the Solomon Islands Government. Read full article: “Nursing students end disaster training here.”

In a Fiji Times article about a five-day training program in Fiji designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary for the effective operation and management of emergency operation centers, The Asia Foundation’s Risk Management Program Director in Fiji Kathryn Hawley is quoted throughout. Read the full article: “Bracing for the cyclone season.”