
Drought EWS protocol update
The purpose of the activity was to strengthen SINAGER and COPECO by reviewing and updating the "National EWS-Drought and FNS Protocol".
The purpose of the activity was to strengthen SINAGER and COPECO by reviewing and updating the "National EWS-Drought and FNS Protocol".
Through this activity, which took place on September 28, 29 and 30, the gender equity approach was promoted in order to establish relationships based on respect, equality and equity.
The establishment of priorities at the national level, as a result of this territorial forum, will be presented at the regional forum "Vulnerable Central America".
New Central American guide on inclusion of persons with disabilities in risk reduction was presented to ministers in Central American forum
The delivery of the seed capital is part of an overall economic strengthening component for the population of 12 municipalities in the Northern Triangle Trifinio of Central America, and is aimed at young people who are at risk of migrating due to the lack of income-generating opportunities and those with entrepreneurial ideas and desires.
The construction and monitoring of Early Warning Systems can help mitigate the effects of drought by providing timely climate information and, consequently, creating opportunities to implement adapted agricultural practices.
The Chortí culture is an indigenous group that inhabits the territory of what today belongs to Honduras and Guatemala. They are considered descendants of the Maya, more closely related to the Maya of Yucatan, Belize and northern Guatemala. And relatives of the Choles who inhabit Chiapas, Mexico.
In Honduras and the rest of the Central American region, extreme hydrometeorological phenomena such as droughts or floods caused by storms, tropical depressions or hurricanes are increasingly recurrent.
The project contributes to compliance with the Sendai Framework, as well as to the implementation of the IASC Guidelines on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action.
ASB allocated a one-month food package to benefit 90 families of people with disabilities in Puerto Cabezas after hurricanes Eta and Iota.