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International Day for Disaster Reduction: Children and young people as partners for DRR (with a little help from older people!)

By Godfred Paul, Posted 13 October 2011 See more by this blogger

This International Day of Disaster Reduction, I was thinking about the theme of children and young people being partners in disaster risk reduction and how it applies to my own experience working in emergencies with HelpAge. Ketsana, known in... Keep reading
Goddy Paul in Manila

By Godfred Paul, Posted 05 October 2009 See more by this blogger

This morning was the first time in so many days that it did not rain. There was a mild shower early in the morning where I was staying, but that was quickly replaced by some sunlight unsuccessfully trying to... Keep reading
Aftermath of typhoon Ketsana: More from Manila

By Godfred Paul, Posted 03 October 2009 See more by this blogger

As I start to type this report, the radio is blaring out information on the current situation of Typhoon Parma. The information is that the storm is making landfall over Luzon which is the province in the north of... Keep reading
Goddy Paul writes from Manila

By Godfred Paul, Posted 02 October 2009 See more by this blogger

I am out in Manila in the Philippines, working with our partner COSE to bring urgently needed assistance to those affected by the devastating floods. We went out to five flood affected locations in Manila to distribute food and... Keep reading

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