Recovery\Homelessness in Maui. HUD stepping up to its lead role in disasters. September 2023.

Important News HUD Announces Funding to Support People Experiencing Homelessness in Maui through Rapid Response Program WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $1.3 Million to the state of Hawai’i to support people experiencing homelessness – those living in an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or a place not meant for human habitation – and people at risk of homelessness through the department’s Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program. This funding is awarded to help communities in Maui in the wake of the wildfires. While FEMA, the Red Cross and local community members have stepped up to assist survivors, the severity of the damage and displacement experienced in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui has exceeded local sheltering capacity and more assistance is needed. RUSH funding is responding to the surge in shelter needs to assist the community in addressing homelessness that could be exacerbated by the disaster. The funding HUD is making available in this announcement will help ensure that most people experiencing homelessness are not forgotten. Read Full Article

Training\Webinar Opportunities. DHS\FEMA Region 2 September 2023

 

Region 2 Webinars

September 6th 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET Provider Ready: Preparedness for Older Adult Service Providers September 7th 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET CITAP Improvement Series: Achieving Results with Open-Text Survey Data Webinar September 7th 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM ET Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Exercise Guide Webinar Series Session #3 September 12th 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Exercise Guide Webinar Series Session #4 September 13th 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM ET Information and Communications Technology (ICT) During and After Disasters September 20th 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM ET Expanding Mitigation: Making the Connection to Older Adults September 27th 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET Scams Targeting Older Adults Before, During and After Disasters

Funding Opportunity: A Litter Better Company. Four small nonprofits in the United States with up to $150,000 in services and $2,500 in cash to cover unplanned out-of-pocket expenses. Deadline: October 15, 2023

A Little Better Company invites applications for Unless Project

September 5, 2023

Deadline: October 15, 2023

A Little Better Company (ALBC) is a socially responsible creative collective making our world more sustainable, equitable, healthier, and happier through branding, strategy, web development, and other creative services. 

ALBC invites applications for the Unless Project, a free grant-meets-accelerator program providing up to four small nonprofits in the United States with up to $150,000 in services and $2,500 in cash to cover unplanned out-of-pocket expenses. 

Applications are open to nonprofits working on new, novel, proveable, scalable, and sustainable solutions to problems plaguing the U.S. in one of ALBC’s four focus areas: environmental sustainability, human health and wellness, social progress and advocacy, and artistic activism.

Awardees will be notified on December 15 and then be guided through a six-month process to transform their brand from its current state to its ideal state, tapping into all of ALBC’s capabilities and expertise. 

To be eligible, nonprofits must have an annual operating budget under $3 million.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the A Little Better Company website.

Link to complete RFP

Climate Change, Food Insecurity. Africa. September 2023

 

Africa Climate Week 2023: Adapting agrifood systems and ensuring food security in Africa amidst climate change

By United Nations Development Programme on Sep 04, 2023 04:30 pm
2023-09-07 Nairobi, Kenya 

State of the Climate in Africa 2022

By World Meteorological Organization on Sep 04, 2023 04:07 pm
The report on the State of the Climate in Africa 2022 shows that the rate of temperature increase in Africa has accelerated in recent decades, with weather- and climate-related hazards becoming more severe. 

Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change

By World Meteorological Organization on Sep 04, 2023 04:07 pm
The State of the Climate in Africa 2022 report shows that the rate of temperature increase in Africa has accelerated in recent decades, with weather- and climate-related hazards becoming more severe. 

Financial inclusion builds resilience of pastoralists to drought

By World Bank, the on Sep 04, 2023 03:56 pm
Asna Ware Diba is a pastoralist living in eastern Kenya’s Tana River County. Despite its name, the county is in an area of Kenya recently hit by a particularly severe drought. 

Sustainable cities: Urban areas and climate change in Sierra Leone

By World Bank, the on Sep 04, 2023 03:11 pm
By focusing at the urban and community level, this report has three objectives: (i) Identify the risks and impacts of climate change, (ii) Explore what local councils are already doing, and (iii) Determine what they could do more of, or better. 

Enhancement of resilient urban planning and infrastructure investments in urban areas in Kenya: Guidance note on mainstreaming resilience into urban planning

By World Bank, the on Sep 04, 2023 03:01 pm
This guidance note aims at municipal-level planners in Kenya and includes examples of good practice from within Kenya and other contexts to support municipal governments with mainstreaming resilience within the urban planning system.

 

MCR2030 Webinar: Introduction to the Scorecard Action Guide: Prioritization of DRR Actions, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 from 21:00 to 22:30 (KST)

 

Dear MCR2030 partners,

We are pleased to invite you to join the upcoming MCR2030 Webinar: Introduction to the Scorecard Action Guide: Prioritization of DRR Actions, taking place on Wednesday, 6 September 2023 from 21:00 to 22:30 (KST), organized by the UNDRR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI), the ARISE - the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, and the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative.

This webinar aims to introduce the Scorecard Action Guide and presents a methodology for cities to frame, prioritize and achieve coherent and effective programmes of action for disaster risk reduction using data from the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities assessment. 

Date:  Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Time: 07:00 Panama | 14:00 Geneva | 19:00 Bangkok | 21:00 Incheon

Duration: 90 min

Language: English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese, and French

For more information and registration: https://www.undrr.org/event/MCR2030-ARISE-ActionGuide

Please note that the maximum number of participants is limited to 1,000, on a first come first served basis.

We look forward to your participation.

UNDRR GETI, on behalf of the organizers

undrr-incheon@un.org

 

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) & Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)

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