Coastal residents to benefit from disaster risk reduction project
Ca Mau: Coastal residents to benefit from disaster risk reduction project
More than 24,000 people in Ca Mau province are expected to benefit from a community-based disaster risk reduction project in vulnerable areas in the Mekong Delta, heard a workshop on January 29.
A coast section is eroded in Song Doc town of Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province (Photo: VNA)
Ca Mau (VNA) – More than 24,000 people in Ca Mauprovince are expected to benefit from a community-based disaster risk reductionproject in vulnerable areas in the Mekong Delta, heard a workshop on January29.
The Ca Mau project, funded by Save the ChildrenKorea, will be carried out from now through to 2020 at a total cost of nearly10 billion VND (432,300 USD). The coastal communes taking part are Tam GiangTay and Vien An of Ngoc Hien district, and Nguyen Viet Khai and Phu Tan of PhuTan district.
Project coordinator Doan Thi Ngoc Ha said over8,700 residents in the four communes will directly benefit from this project,which is also set to bring indirect benefits to more than 15,300 others throughinformation sharing workshops and public address systems.
In the next two years, the project is hoped tohelp 80 percent of the targeted households access early warning information andgain better awareness of disaster response procedures. It is set to improvewater quantity and quality for low-income families and increase the number ofhouseholds using flood-proof toilets and waste management models.
Notably, the project will build and implementdisaster risk reduction plans with the participation of schools so as to createa safe learning environment, Ha added.
Chairwoman of the Ca Mau Women’s Union NguyenThi Thanh Huong said Ca Mau has been one of the localities hardest hit byclimate change in recent years. Relevant agencies estimate that the provincehas lost over 8,000ha of coastal forest land over the last 10 years, and thisfigure is still rising.
With a view to promoting the community’spreparedness and response to natural disasters, the project will help the coastalcommunes gain sustainable access to water sources, improve sanitary conditions,and create a safe learning environment at local schools, she noted. –VNA
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A coast section is eroded in Song Doc town of Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province (Photo: VNA) 
