Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) Pakistan was selected by the jury of 2009 UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction to receive Certificate of Merit for enhancing disaster risk reduction. Chairman Amyn Dossa, together with the Executive Officer Ghulam Panjwani, received the award at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2nd forum.
On behalf of Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) from Sir John Holmes, the Under Secretary for humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, in Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations Sasakawa Award for disaster reduction is one of the three prestigious awards established in 1986 by founding Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Ryoichi Sasakawa.
The award is managed by the UNISDR secretariat and presented to individuals/institutions that have been selected by independent jury for their outstanding contributions to disaster prevention and vulnerability reduction world-wide. In a statement issued, European Commission congratulates Development Workshop France (DWF) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance for receiving the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction.
DWF received the Certificate of Distinction and FOCUS the Certificate of Merit both are longstanding partners of the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) working with local communities in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and helping them to protect themselves against such disasters. Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, said.
"I warmly congratulate Development Workshop France and Focus Humanitarian Assistance on winning this prestigious award. Better than just waiting for the next tragedy, the Commission is committed to supporting disaster risk reduction work. We are glad to have highly professional and dedicated partner organisations like DWF and FOCUS to help us improve the capacity of communities in developing countries at risk from natural disasters".-PR
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