Strengthening risk management and disaster resilience of organizational structures and families in the municipality of Alianza, Valle, Honduras

Extreme weather and accelerating natural disasters are affecting the region?s most vulnerable places. These environmental challenges are pushing organizations to learn and adapt.

The IAF supports community-based organizations to respond to medium and long-term priorities of communities affected by hurricanes earthquakes and other natural disasters.

Our grantee Asociacin de Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPES) in Alianza in the department of Valle Honduras is supporting disaster recovery and resilience efforts at the grassroots level.

ADEPES will train community and school-based emergency committees on prevention preparation response and recovery from disasters and contribute to the construction and functioning of an Early Warning System and flood mitigation structures to reduce loss of life and protect livelihoods in flood-prone communities.

This grant advances the IAF?s strategic initiative to address the root causes of migration in Central America through disaster recovery and resilience.

It is one of a cohort of grants funded through the Partnership for Disaster Recovery and Resilience which makes strategic investments that strengthen the capacity for action of local grassroots organizations in Central America and southern Mexico.