AKF-ECHO sign disaster risk reduction plan in Northern Areas

An agreement has been signed between the Aga Khan Foundation UK (AKF UK) and Director General of the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (DG ECHO) through its Disaster Preparedness Programme (DIPECHO) to implement a project entitled "building local leadership and mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in Northern Pakistan", says a press release.
"The project will be implemented by Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan (FOCUS) in three districts in Northern Pakistan". Northern area is a highly disaster prone area vulnerable to multiple natural hazards including landslides, glacial lake outburst floods, debris/mud flows, earthquakes, and flash floods the report said. AKF said that the remoteness and inaccessibility of the area makes it important to build the disaster response capacity of local communities.-PR