Article Author: AKAH hands over two off-road vehicles to the GBAO emergency management agency
Media Source: Asia Plus (Tajikistan)
Date: 7 January 2019
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has handed over two vehicles to the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoES)’s office in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan. To address the increasing threat posed by natural disasters and climate change, AKAH works to ensure that poor people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters; that residents who do live in high-risk areas are able to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response; and that these settings provide access to social and financial services that lead to greater opportunity and a better quality of life.