9 October 2014
The Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan are supporting a grassroots
project to manage risks and reduce impacts from floods and other natural
disasters in vulnerable communities in Cambodia.
The
Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction project, financed by a $2.5 million
grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, will support 54 selected
communes in 18 districts in the 6 target provinces of Battambang, Banteay
Meanchey, Siem Reap, Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, and Prey Veng, to put in place
disaster risk management and climate change adaptation plans. These provinces
have borne the brunt of recent natural calamities. The project aims to reduce
economic losses from floods by 15% over a 5-year period from 2015.
The
project, which also includes government support equivalent to $441,000, will be
carried out over 3 years and is due for completion in the second quarter of
2017.
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