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The overall objective of the Drought Contingency Plan is to mount timely, consistent, effective and coordinated response to:

• a) save lives,
• b) save property and
• c) save environment.

The purpose of national disaster risk reduction policy is to provide a framework for effective planning and implementation of disaster risk reduction in Lesotho. More than 90 percent of disasters in Lesotho are related to climatic changes.

This plan was established as a response to the impacts predicted due to the El Niño phenomenon (2015-2016). The overall objective of the National Response plan is to mount a timely, consistent, effective and coordinated response to save lives, property and livelihoods for the affected communities. The specific goals are to:

The Plan of Action (PoA) is the strategic plan for the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Africa. It is intended to provide guidance and direction for actions by all at the continental, regional, national and sub-national/local levels in Africa to prevent and reduce the risk of disasters for resilience in line with the Sendai Framework.

The need for a Disaster Risk Management Policy for Malawi has been felt through experiences and lessons learnt by government, civil society organisations and development partners in the coordination of disaster risk management activities in the country.

This policy will serve the following purposes: 

This is the second report for the Programme ‘Building Disaster Resilience to Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities’.

The aim of this report was to highlight existing capacities, challenges and gaps, as well as make recommendations for strengthening national and local capacities regarding DRR (including climate change risks) through key sectors.

GAR19 provides the first update from countries on progress against the seven targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (Sendai Framework): the global guide to understanding and dealing with risk, and places special emphasis on the 2020 Target (e) - Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020.

This document reports on the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) cooperation Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”.

The annual SADC Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Response Planning Workshop took place in Gaborone, Botswana, on 01 and 02 October 2012 under the theme “Strengthening Partnership on DRR and Preparedness in SADC Region”.