TC Harold response benefits from preparedness efforts - Vanuatu
Disaster READY: The Sanma Provincial Government in Vanuatu reports that their response to Tropical Cyclone directly benefited through preparedness efforts support through Disaster READY.
Creating education opportunities for girls with disabilities - Myanmar
As a female and a person living with disabilities living in an IDP camp, Showat faces a number of challenges accessing an education in Myanmar. The AHP Education in Emergencies response is working to provide improve access to education.
Education in Emergencies - Myanmar
The Education in Emergencies Response in Myanmar is helping girls like Delnu continue their education.
Solomon Islands students ensure schools and communities are safe
Disaster READY: Save the Children and World Vision are implementing the ‘DRR Champions of Tomorrow’ project in eight schools across Malaita and Makira provinces in the Solomon Islands. Read how students are leading the way in ensuring their schools and their communities are safe and prepared.
Youth lead community-based COVID-19 response in Kiribati
ChildFund Kiribati, with support from Plan International Australia and ChildFund New Zealand, will reach more than 12,000 i-Kiribati living in Betio and beyond to help them prepare for a possible COVID-19 outbreak.
Reaching the most vulnerable - Tropical Cyclone Harold, Vanuatu
When Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold hit Vanuatu in April 2020, the Australian Humanitarian Partnership’s Disaster READY partners quickly mobilised to deliver a joint humanitarian response. AHP partners are supporting the Government of Vanuatu and other national partners to reach the most vulnerable and support them to recover and rebuild.
Increasing community awareness on COVID-19 prevention in Timor-Leste
Disaster READY: World Vision is supporting remote communities in Timor-Leste to become COVID-19 aware.
Inclusive education for Rohingya children - Bangladesh
Inclusive education programs aim to ensure no Rohingya children are left behind.
PNG church partners respond to COVID-19
Disaster READY: PNG churches are supporting COVID-19 response efforts in Papua New Guinea.
People with disabilities share inclusion 'tips and tricks'
Disaster READY: Disability inclusion training is best led by people with disabilities and Disaster READY Solomon Islands partners are ensuring they learn directly from the experts.
Timor-Leste communities lead the way in disaster risk reduction
Disaster READY: Prepared communities are safe communities. Read how one woman is supporting her Village Disaster Committee in Timor-Leste.
Pacific Humanitarian Makerspace begins production of locally-made disaster resilience and accessibility items
With the support of Disaster READY, Field Ready has opened the Pacific region’s first humanitarian makerspace in Suva in 2019.
Civil society integral to Fiji’s COVID-19 response
Disaster READY: In just two years the Fiji Council of Social Services has transformed from an organisation the government found difficult to work with, to an organisation the government actively turns to for support in times of disaster. Read how this change came about, and the role of our Disaster READY program in supporting a stronger Fijian civil society.
Women lead Vanuatu’s COVID-19 community response
Women leaders in Vanuatu mobilised within 24 hours to support government COVID-19 outreach efforts in their communities.
Fijian communities get Disaster READY with Cash and Voucher Assistance pilots
Disaster READY Fiji ran cash and voucher assistance trials in three Fijian communities. Community feedback will inform how cash and voucher assistance can be provided as part of future disaster response efforts in the country.
We can better protect the vulnerable when we include them - Bangladesh
AHP partners supporting the Rohingya Response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh have worked on building both organisational and staff capacity as well as community awareness to better identify, work with and include people with disasilities in the response efforts.
Community Chief Donates Land to Community Disaster and Climate Change Committee - Vanuatu
Disaster READY: A local chief donates land to a Community Disaster and Climate Change Committee in Vanuatu.
Disability awareness raised in Timor-Leste disaster reporting
Disaster READY Timor-Leste partners Oxfam Timor-Leste and ABC International Development delivered Inclusive Disaster Reporting training in Timor-Leste in a attempt to build awareness of disability awareness in media reporting in times of disaster.
Vital support for young mothers in Cox's Bazar - Bangladesh
The provision of adolescent sexual reproductive health services is an important component of the AHP Rohingya Response in Bangladesh.
Reaching out on sexual reproductive health - Bangladesh
AHP partners are playing a critical role in the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services to Rohingya families in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. CARE is supporting two static Government of Bangladesh health clinics in two camps, and delivering extensive outreach services across three. A young Rohingya woman shares her experience of the services received.