01 Sep 2017
The Central American Policy on Integrated Disaster Risk Management (PCGIR) is now inclusive!
During the IV Consultative Forum, held on August 24 and 25, 2017 in Panama, the updated version of the PCGIR was presented.
02 Aug 2017
2nd Call for Best Practices on Inclusive Risk and Disability Management
We invite all individuals and representatives of the public and private sectors, civil society, academic and research centres, to participate in this call.
06 Jul 2017
Inclusion made tangible
With 80% of the population living in extreme poverty, Waspam has 50 public schools distributed over 9,767 km² of territory, inhabited mainly by the Miskito indigenous group.
04 Jul 2017
Call for workshop on inclusive performing arts and disaster risk reduction opened
It will be conducted with the aim of strengthening the capacities of actors and actresses with and without disabilities in inclusive performing arts.
20 Jun 2017
Nicaragua is committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities in risk management
The National System for the Prevention, Mitigation and Attention to Disasters (SINAPRED), has developed important efforts in recent years for the inclusion of people with disabilities.
14 Jun 2017
ASB’s FAST team is WHO-certified
The First Assistance Samaritan Team (FAST), which is responsible for fast-track aid during crisis abroad, is the first group in Europe to be certified as “Emergency Medical Team (EMT) 1” by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
26 May 2017
People with Disabilities Make Their Voices Heard at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
From May 22-26, the UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Cancun, Mexico, with the participation of more than 5,000 people.
13 Feb 2017
Learning Nicaraguan Sign Language
During the month of February 2017, the staff of the ASB Regional Office in Latin America received intensive classes of Nicaraguan Sign Language.
27 Jan 2017
Seasonal hunger strikes vulnerable families in Guatemala's Dry Corridor once again
According to ASB's assessment of the nutritional status and food security of vulnerable populations in the Guatemalan Corridor, acute malnutrition in children is prevalent in rural Guatemala.
30 Nov 2016
ASB's response to Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
After the great destruction of the hurricane, ASB is providing immediate assistance and reconstruction aid in the Caribbean country.
Donors:
Fundada en 1888, el Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) es una organización sin fines de lucro, no gubernamental, apolítica y aconfesional. Es una de las principales organizaciones de protección civil y beneficiencia de Alemania. En América Latina, ASB cuenta con una oficina regional ubicada en Managua, Nicaragua, desde la que se apoyan proyectos de desarrollo y ayuda humanitaria en la región.
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