The government of Japan turned over the equipment of fisheries center to the Government of the Philippines in a ceremony held on September 3, 2015 in Municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar for the Japan-funded Program for the Rehabilitation and Recovery from Typhoon Yolanda. The ceremony was attended by First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan, Kenji Terada, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Japan, Koji Otani and Vice Municipal Mayor of Guiuan, Rogelio O. Cablao. In each ceremony, the representatives of recipients expressed their deepest appreciation.
This donation aims to support the reconstruction effort of livelihood in the Typhoon Yolanda devastated area by installing new equipment to the fisheries center which severely damaged by the Typhoon. This advanced new equipment will enable the fisheries center to develop more efficient fishery resources and do a leading role in whole Philippine fisheries industry. The Program for the Rehabilitation and Recovery from Typhoon Yolanda provides assistance for recovery and reconstruction in areas affected by Typhoon Yolanda (generally known as Typhoon Haiyan outside the Philippines) which struck the Philippines in November 2013. The assistance focuses on social infrastructure such as healthcare facilities, schools and local government offices; economic infrastructure such as airport, common industrial facilities and power facilities; and disaster preparedness infrastructure such as meteorological radar systems. Through this program, Japan helps the Philippines to build a resilient society against natural disasters and achieve sustainable growth.
In the third UN world conference on disaster risk reduction which Japan hosted in Sendai city this year, Japanese Prime Minister Abe announced "Sendai Cooperation Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction". With this initiative, Japan will implement cooperation for disaster risk reduction special to Japan that effectively combines three approaches: (i) non-material assistance, such as human resource development and institutional development, (ii) material assistance centering on the development of quality infrastructure, and (iii) the promotion of global and region-wide cooperation. For this purpose, in the coming four years, Japan will provide cooperation amounting to 4 billion US dollars. And Japan will train 40 thousand government officials and local leaders to play a leading role in national efforts for disaster risk reduction and post-disaster "Build Back Better."
Japan, as the top ODA donor to the Philippines as well as a disaster-prone country itself, has supported the Philippines' disaster mitigation efforts by sharing its experiences and lessons learned from past natural disasters. This project, with its policy of "Build Back Better", is expected to further foster the strategic partnership between the two countries and serve as a model for other disaster-prone areas of the Philippines.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Typhoon Damage in the Central Philippines
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