November 19, 2016 / by pngndc / Disaster News / 0 comments
The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has bolstered its funding for disaster preparedness, strengthening the country’s National Disaster Management Centre (NDC) to better respond to crises. “This is a positive development and one we hope will continue,” Ruger Kahwa, head of office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which […]
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PNG Gov’t improves disaster preparedness funding
November 19, 2016 / by pngndc / Disaster News / 0 comments
The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has bolstered its funding for disaster preparedness, strengthening the country’s National Disaster Management Centre (NDC) to better respond to crises. “This is a positive development and one we hope will continue,” Ruger Kahwa, head of office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which […]
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United States Provides Disaster Relief Assistance in Response to Flooding
November 19, 2016 / by pngndc / Disaster News / 0 comments
April 8, 2016 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: U.S. Ambassador Ebert-Gray announced today that the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) has awarded $50,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for disaster assistance relief in response to the immediate needs of the people in Papua New Guinea (PNG) […]
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Massive PNG landslide wipes out sleeping village
November 19, 2016 / by pngndc / Disaster News / 0 comments
As many as 60 people are feared dead after a massive landslide wiped out an entire village in a scene of ”utter devastation” in Papua New Guinea, according to reports and aid workers. The disaster struck near a huge Exxon Mobil liquefied natural gas project in the country’s rugged southern highlands on Tuesday as people […]
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