Disasters and emergency response

Non-governmental preparedness and response agencies

Lao PDR: Additional Funding Approved for Disaster Recovery

(KPL) The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on Dec 13 US$50 million of additional financing for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project and the Lao Road Sector Project II.The additional funding will help reduce the financing gap for ...

KPL News Desk

Rice Support for Flooded Farmers

(KPL) Saravan and Sekong farmers whose crops were damaged by floods in September have received rice and rice seeds donated by two power companies.The handover ceremony for the assistance was held on Dec 10 in Saravan and Sekong provinces.The Theun-Hinboun Power Company (THPC) and its ...

KPL News Desk

Red Cross delivers more supplies to flood-hit communities

The Lao Red Cross delivered supplies to communities in the southern provinces who suffered losses in the recent floods, with the donated items worth more than 60 million kip.Last week the Red Cross took educational supplies to Phouthongloum Primary School in Xanasomboun district, Champassak province, ...

Times Reporters

Laos creates fund to cope with climate change

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has established a new fund designed to strengthen Laos’ capacity to address and cope with climate change threats.According to the Prime Ministerial Decree on Climate Change, which was published in the Lao National Gazette on October 17, the fund ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

EU allocates aid for Lao flood victims

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The European Union has announced that it is allocating €200,000 (LAK 1.95 billion) in humanitarian aid to help Lao families affected by the recent tropical storms.According to a media release posted on the website of the European Union Delegation to the ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

World Food Programme delivers rice to flood-hit communities 

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting the Lao government in logistics around distributing 500 tons of rice donated by South Korea through the Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR).The rice is helping communities recover from recent floods ...

News Desk

Blood transfusion centre appeals for more donors

The Lao Red Cross National Blood Transfusion Centre is calling for more people to donate blood in order to meet the increasing need for blood transfusions at hospitals around country.In recent years the centre has collected an average of 55,000 bags of blood annually, but ...

Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong

China Donates US$100,000 For Relief Efforts In Flood-hit Provinces of Laos

(KPL) The Chinese government has donated US$ 100,000 to support relief and recovery efforts in Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan, Xekong, Attapeu and Champassak which have been severely flooded.The flooding caused by storms between late August and early this month is the worst for the six central and southern ...

KPL News Desk
http://kpl.gov.la/En/Detail.aspx?id=48301

Golden Triangle SEZ assists flood victims in Laos

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has donated 3 billion kip to the government to assist flood victims in the central and southern provinces of Laos.The amount was presented on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, ...

News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/golden-triangle-sez-assists-flood-victims-laos-104462

Nam Theun 2 To Donate LAK 1 Billion For Relief, Recovery Efforts In Flood-hit Provinces

(KPL) The Nam Theun 2 Power Company Limited has committed one billion kip to relief and recovery efforts in the flood hit provinces of Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan, Xekong, Attapeu and Champassak.The flooding caused by storms between late August and early September is the worst for the six central and southern provinces ...

KPL News Desk
http://kpl.gov.la/En/Detail.aspx?id=48229

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