Fourteen Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste, some of the nations most vulnerable to natural disasters due to the climate crisis, will build warehouses to stockpile humanitarian goods to respond to catastrophes. This initiative, named the ‘Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Program,’ is funded by Australia and New Zealand, the most significant countries in the region, which usually play a key role in humanitarian responses to disasters in the area. The program aims to stockpile the necessary humanitarian aid to be distributed within the first 48 hours following a disaster, serving as a stopgap until international aid arrives. These warehouses will be built … Continue reading $28.1 Million Fund to Create Disaster-Response Warehouses Across 14 Pacific Nations and Timor-Leste