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Empowering and protecting youth for a resilient future
Empowering and protecting youth is the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October 13). This strongly...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Inspiring Locally-led Disaster Resilience in Haiti
Our team on the ground in Haiti continues to inspire me. Based in their communities on the north coast and the southern peninsula, they...
Aug 8, 20241 min read
Disaster Resilience for All, Breaking the Cycle of Inequality
This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) theme is “Fighting Inequality.” Breaking the cycle of inequality means...
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Increasing Access to Clear & Actionable Risk Information
Today we celebrate the United Nations International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR). This year’s theme is: "substantially...
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Wowed by our Haiti Team: 4,200+ Participate in Citywide Evacuation Drill
Our teams on the ground continue to make amazing progress. I find their work and dedication toward building disaster resilience in their...
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Making Progress through Partnerships
It amazes me to think about how GeoHazards International came to be. It was generous support from a partner early on that truly gave us a...
May 25, 20222 min read
12 Years Later: Building a Safer Future in Haiti
Twelve years ago this week, a devastating M7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people died in buildings that collapsed,...
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Giving Ahead of Disasters Saves Lives
The news often highlights increasingly severe disasters, but I want to share a different kind of story. It’s about people who have been...
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Today We Mark Disaster Risk Reduction Globally
To mark the annual International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, October 13, our global team is celebrating deep connections in the...
Oct 12, 20213 min read
A Message of Gratitude from Our Haiti Team
I am writing to send along a message of gratitude to you from GeoHazards International’s Haiti Field Officer Gefthé Dévilmé. Gefthé lives...
Sep 21, 20213 min read
Our On-the-Ground Response to the Haiti Earthquake
The maternity hospital in L'Asile, damaged in Haiti’s M7.2 Nippes earthquake. Photo: Gefthé Dévilmé, GHI The Haitian nickname for...
Aug 19, 20215 min read
Situation Update for Haiti
Damaged building at a public secondary school in Petit-Trou-de-Nippes As I am sure you have heard, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck...
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Today Marks 30 Years in Action
Thirty years ago today, GeoHazards International first opened its doors. It’s extraordinary to reflect on the journey and accomplishments...
Jul 30, 20213 min read
Companies with Heart
Our corporate partners, led by people with heart and vision, enhance our nonprofit work in many ways. They provide opportunity as well as...
May 23, 20213 min read
In Their Own Voices, Haitian Youth Promote Resilience
More than half of Haiti’s population is under the age of 20. That’s why our program in Cap-Haitien, Timoun an Aksyon, is empowering young...
Aug 2, 20203 min read
The Power in Planning
India and Bangladesh are recovering from an early-season super cyclone, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are bracing for an above-normal...
May 29, 20202 min read
Giving in a Time of Great Need
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the globe, collective action is more important than ever. We can make a difference in this...
May 3, 20202 min read
Update from Our Global Team
I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during this time of crisis. Our global GHI team members are healthy at the...
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Honoring International Women's Day
At the age of 95, Mme Seide Dely of Anse-a-Veau, Haiti, at last had a family home that could stand up to the next earthquake, tsunami or...
Mar 7, 20201 min read
Haiti, Ten Years After
Today, we honor the people across Haiti whose efforts, large and small, are building a future that is safer from disasters. Ten years...
Jan 12, 20201 min read
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