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Young Professionals For Disaster Risk Reduction

Welcome! The goal of YPDR is to establish an international network between young professionals and relevant organizations whose mission is to strengthen disaster management and risk reduction initiatives. YPDR activities will be limited until February 2009; join our Facebook group to continue networking in the meantime...

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Article on Sri Lanka's Mass Alert Emergency Warning System

ICT4D, an interesting blog from Sri Lanka on information and communication for development, published a post earlier this year on Sri Lanka's Disaster Emergency Warning Network (DEWN). The article briefly discusses relevant partners, and how the network functions. It will be interesting to hear how DEWN works in action, but for now, it's an excellent example of private sector involvement being used in a positive and effective manner.
Posted by Admin: Erin Michelle Smith
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