Four consecutive typhoons hit the Catanduanes Province in 2020. In November that year, Typhoon Goni (Rolly) destroyed 90% of the infrastructure and 13,000 homes. Remarkably,

Between November 2020 and February 2021, a DRR-Team mission provided remote support to Guatemalan authorities during the cyclone Iota in Central America, where Guatemala was

For the first half-year of 2020, the Dutch embassy received formal requests for support from the authorities of Nacala, Pemba and the National Ministry of

Just over one year ago, on January 25th 2019, in Brumadinho, a Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) failed catastrophically. The failure resulted in the release of

On January 25, 2019, in Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais a tailing dam (mining dam) from the Vale company broke. This led to an

On January 25, 2019, in Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais a tailing dam (mining dam) from the Vale company broke. This led to an

On 15 September a DRR-Team counting 4 Dutch experts arrived in Myanmar, after DRR-Team has been selected at the beginning of this month. Their objective: a

A team of Dutch water experts is currently being deployed in Fiji to support resilience against floods and to help mitigate consequences of floods in

De Nederlandse ambassadeur in Panama Stad, Dirk Janssen, heeft vorige week de sleutel tot de stad gekregen van de uittredende burgemeester José Isabel Blandón Figueroa.

Last week Carel de Groot, Thematic Expert Water Management from the Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta, presented the DRR-Team report ‘Central Sulawesi Disaster Recovery: support for