TC Harold and COVID-19 Response
Resilient Communities
Nature based Solutions (NbS)
Climate resilience
Food preservation
Disaster Risk Reduction
Gender & Social Inclusion
Empowered communities
Resilient Communities
Nature based Solutions (NbS)
Climate resilience
Food preservation
Disaster Risk Reduction
Gender & Social Inclusion
Empowered communities
Project Information
Donor:
Australian Humanitarian Partnership
Date:
May 2020 – March 2021
No. of Beneficiaries:
9 sites across the Divisions in Fiji
Cost of Project:
$103, 060 AUD
Donor(s):
DFAT
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Tropical Cyclone Harold impacted the south of Fiji as a Category 4 on 8 April, hitting Viti Levu and the islands to the east as a Category 4 cyclone on April 8. Widespread flooding followed and 575 houses were destroyed and 1,919 damaged. Damage to crops was estimated at approximately AUD 20 million.
The objective of the Project was to support the immediate needs of individual affected by TC Harold and who were also at risk to COVID-19. It was focused on provision of awareness material, distribution of non-food item, repairs to communal and household infrastructure as well as agriculture and livelihood training.
Source of pictures: https://australianhumanitarianpartnership.org/