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The project will combine high-tech innovation with low-tech solutions to reduce the impact of natural disasters on residents in southeast Haiti and along its southeastern border with the Dominican Republic, the ministry said in a statement.
Published by FocusTaiwan.tw, Taiwan
Taipei, April 25 (CNA)- Taiwan and a Washington-based foundation have launched a project aimed at reducing the impact of natural disasters in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The project will combine high-tech innovation with low-tech solutions to reduce the impact of natural disasters on residents in southeast Haiti and along its southeastern border with the Dominican Republic, the ministry said in a statement.
By mapping potentially vulnerable communities via handheld GPS, the six-month project will identify weaknesses in the environment that represent imminent threats to local residents, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) said in a statement earlier this month.
"This initiative will also develop, with support from community leaders and using community structures already in place, a series of preventive measures to minimize risk and prevent damage during natural disasters," the foundation said.
The program is part of a US$2.5 million fund established by Taiwan last December to implement a regional disaster assistance and reconstruction program over five years in Latin America and the Caribbean, the foundation said.
"Facing the global climate change issue, Taiwan, as a provider of humanitarian aid, is glad to collaborate with PADF to help the Haitian government's efforts in the fields of disaster prevention," Republic of China (Taiwan) Ambassador to Haiti Liu Bang-zyh was quoted as saying in the foundation's statement.
The PADF is a non-profit foundation of the Organization of American States, which was established in 1962 to carry out socio-economic development programs for disadvantaged people and to assist victims of natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
It has field offices in Haiti, Colombia and Suriname and carries out projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
