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Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Project
Las Terrenas, Provincia Samaná, República Dominicana
Las Terrenas, Provincia Samaná, República Dominicana
The recent events in Haiti are a mirror for our reality in Las Terrenas. Earthquakes may strike
at any moment and since they are unpredictable our community needs a mitigation plan that
could incluye preventive and educational components.
At the present time the City of Las Terrenas lacks any type of disaster prevention and mitigation
plans, not even a fire truck! The present situation needs to change and, toward that end, we
are calling all people and organizations interested in changing the present state of affairs to
participate in any or all of three events related to the creation of a Disaster Prevention and
Mitigation Plan for the City of Las Terrenas.
The meetings will be:
1. An orientation and information meeting about what might be posible and potentially
necessary. 90 minutes, on Wednesday, January 27th, 7-8:30 pm (location to be announced).
Objectives: a) provide general orientation to participant about what constitutes a potential plan;
b) collect observations, conditions and urgent needs among participants; and, c) to form a
steering committee that would lead in the implementation of the next two steps. NOTE: the
meeting will start and end on time. Details here.
2. A consultation with the internacional coordinator of the Program for Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation of the United Nations Development Programme (PNUD). Objectives: a) to
establish the parameters needed for the PNUD’s assistance; b) inventorize existing resources
in the community within the framework of the project; and, c) establish the critical path and the
available and/or needed resources for a successful completion. Logistics will be determined
down the road.
3. Carry out the Project. Those who want more details are welcome to read the document
at http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN009661.pdf.
We thank in advance anyone who wants to be a part of this initiative and we ask you to respond
expressing your interest to participate by writing directly to correo@fundacionmahatmagandhi.
com , or by calling José Bourget, executive director of Fundación Mahatma Gandhi at 809-371-
0986.
As with all other Foundation’s projects, this one is open to anyone regardless of nationality,
ethnicity, skin color, religious or political orientation, sex, socio-economic status, sexual
orientation, age, educational level or language.
at any moment and since they are unpredictable our community needs a mitigation plan that
could incluye preventive and educational components.
At the present time the City of Las Terrenas lacks any type of disaster prevention and mitigation
plans, not even a fire truck! The present situation needs to change and, toward that end, we
are calling all people and organizations interested in changing the present state of affairs to
participate in any or all of three events related to the creation of a Disaster Prevention and
Mitigation Plan for the City of Las Terrenas.
The meetings will be:
1. An orientation and information meeting about what might be posible and potentially
necessary. 90 minutes, on Wednesday, January 27th, 7-8:30 pm (location to be announced).
Objectives: a) provide general orientation to participant about what constitutes a potential plan;
b) collect observations, conditions and urgent needs among participants; and, c) to form a
steering committee that would lead in the implementation of the next two steps. NOTE: the
meeting will start and end on time. Details here.
2. A consultation with the internacional coordinator of the Program for Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation of the United Nations Development Programme (PNUD). Objectives: a) to
establish the parameters needed for the PNUD’s assistance; b) inventorize existing resources
in the community within the framework of the project; and, c) establish the critical path and the
available and/or needed resources for a successful completion. Logistics will be determined
down the road.
3. Carry out the Project. Those who want more details are welcome to read the document
at http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN009661.pdf.
We thank in advance anyone who wants to be a part of this initiative and we ask you to respond
expressing your interest to participate by writing directly to correo@fundacionmahatmagandhi.
com , or by calling José Bourget, executive director of Fundación Mahatma Gandhi at 809-371-
0986.
As with all other Foundation’s projects, this one is open to anyone regardless of nationality,
ethnicity, skin color, religious or political orientation, sex, socio-economic status, sexual
orientation, age, educational level or language.
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