DRR Day 2014: What Does Preparedness Mean to You?
Date and time
Location
Board of Governors Hall
American Red Cross 430 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20006Description
Please join InterAction’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group on October 15th for International DRR Day to discuss these differences, and ways in which we can work better together to implement programs to approach preparedness in a more holistic manner. The afternoon will feature two panels – an external stakeholder panel with representatives from civil society, the U.S. government, the private sector, and the World Bank; the second will be more inwardly focused with representatives from the health, shelter, livelihoods, and WASH sectors. The recipient of the FedEx Award for Innovations in Disaster Preparedness will also be announced. A reception will follow.
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InterAction is the largest coalition of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people. Collectively, InterAction’s members work in every developing country, meeting people halfway in expanding opportunities and supporting gender equality in education, health care, agriculture, small business, and other areas. The U.S. public shows its support for this work through contributions to InterAction members totalling around $6 billion annually.