Disaster Resilience for All, Breaking the Cycle of Inequality
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This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) theme is “Fighting Inequality.” Breaking the cycle of inequality means...
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Jul 6, 2022
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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...
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- May 25, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
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,...
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- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 20, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 31, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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- Jan 13, 2020
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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...
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- Dec 13, 2018
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Chipping Away at Big Problems = Real Change
Do you feel helpless when a disaster strikes far away? Does it seem too vast to help, when sudden heartbreak haunts the news? Well, the...
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- Jul 26, 2018
- 3 min
Would You Take Cover or Run?
A swarm of small earthquakes has recently rattled Anse-à-Veau, on Haiti's southern peninsula, and everyone has the jitters. Unscathed by...
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