PRESS RELEASE: ASEAN Helping ASEAN Beyond Emergency Response — Handover of 75 Units of Permanent Houses as part of the ASEAN Village to the Local Government of Palu City

.  .    Jakarta, 16 April 2020.   On 28 September 2018, the 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Donggala District which also affected Palu City, Sigi District and Parigi Mountong Regencies in Central Sulawesi Province. The earthquake triggered cascading events including near-field tsunami, major liquefaction and landslides, which resulted in direct damages, impacts, and constrained humanitarian…

ASEAN team joined the second high-level visit in Cox’s Bazar to facilitate repatriation

ASEAN team joined the second high-level visit in Cox’s Bazar to facilitate repatriation 20 December 2019:  An ASEAN team, consisting of the ASEAN Secretariat, the AHA Centre and the ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment (ASEAN-ERAT) from ASEAN Member States, participated in the second high-level visit led by the Government of Myanmar with displaced persons in…