ADB signs a grant to support disaster management for herders
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia signed a three million USD grant to support community-based approaches to disaster risk management in parts of eastern provinces.
ADB signs a grant to support disaster management for herders. Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia signed a three million USD grant to support community-based approaches to disaster risk management in parts of eastern provinces to increase herders’ resilience to dzuds, fires, and other disasters. The grant is funded by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), which has implemented projects in the country for the last 16 years dealing with poverty alleviation, community development, livelihoods, and the environment. The ADB emphasized that the project responds to the Mongolian government’s need to shift toward a more holistic approach emphasizing disaster risk reduction and community engagement, as well as emergency response. The project is expected to directly benefit 7,000 herders and soum center residents in 2,500 households, including 250 female-headed households; and indirectly benefit the wider community in target soums, with a total population of 32,000. The ADB highlighted that they hope the project can be replicated and implemented in other parts of the country.
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