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The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) is collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Ministry of National Mobilisation, etc., the Sustainable Development Unit, the Forestry Division, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross Society, the Ministry of Health, and the World Food Programme (WFP) under the EnGenDER Project, “Designing and implementing behavioral change communication activities and targeted advocacy campaigns at the country level across the EnGenDER countries.”
As part of this collaboration, a week of activities will be conducted in South Rivers during the period of October 8–13, 2023, to observe International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction will be celebrated on October 13, 2023, under the theme “Fighting inequality for a resilient future.”
The main focus of this week’s activities will be on behavioral change, with special emphasis on the vulnerable population. The activities for the week are scheduled as follows: