Groups
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Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam: Floods, October 2020
MapAction is working with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) following widespread flooding and landslides in the Lower Mekong Region.This...
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Latin America Regional: Preparedness, October 2020
A MapAction team member is providing full time support to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) to assist with...
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Beirut, Lebanon: Explosion, August 2020
Following an explosion in the Beirut docks MapAction has sent a team to support the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team. In support of the field team a remote team is working with...
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Libya: WHO COVID-19 response
MapAction are providing remote support to World Health Organisation (WHO) Libya to provide support and advice for their Information Management (3w) as well as visualisation support (maps) for...
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Syria: CCCM, May 2020
MapAction supported the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Turkey in response to the escalation of the refugee crisis across North West Syria in early 2020. The deployment...
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Guyana: Training, March 2020
MapAction delivered a 2-week training course in QGIS and humanitarian mapping for the Civil Defense Commission (CDC) in Guyana which was supported by UNICEF.
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Albania: Earthquake, November 2019
MapAction has been providing some remote support to the response in Albania following the earthquake that affected the country on 26th November.
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Djibouti: Floods, December 2019
Two MapAction volunteers are travelling to Djibouti, East Africa, tomorrow at the request of the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) to assist the response to devastating floods that...
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Laos PDR: Floods, September 2019
Tropical Storm Podul and tropical depression Kajiki have brought an estimated 40cm of rain to the southern provinces of Laos, affecting the lives of an estimated 572,000 people and significant...
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The Bahamas: Hurricane Dorian, September 2019
Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in Northwest Bahamas. This storm has developed over the previous days into a slow moving and very dangerous hurricane. With...
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Mozambique: Cyclone Idai, March 2019
On Friday 14 March, the intense tropical cyclone Idai struck the south-eastern coast of Africa with sustained wind speeds of 120mph. Heavy rain caused severe flooding. Hundreds of people are known...
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Venezuela: Economic, Oct - Dec 2018
Large numbers of people have left Venezuela as a result of the economic crisis, and many of them are in Guyana. Since October 2018, MapAction has been working with the Civil Defence Commission and...
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Nigeria: Floods, August 2018
A two person MapAction team is supporting UNDAC in Nigeria with its response to widespread flooding across much of the country.
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Indonesia: Earthquake and tsunami, October 2018
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The Philippines: Typhoon Mangkhut, September 2018
After forming in the north west Pacific, Typhoon Mangkhut reached the Philippines area as a category 5 equivalent hurricane on 12 September 2018 and is expected to cross northern Luzon island on 15...
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Caribbean: Tropical Storm Isaac, August 2018
Tropical storm Isaac is currently entering the Caribbean and is expect to make landfall in the coming days
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Caribbean: Hurricane Maria, September 2017
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Bahamas and Turks and Caicos: Hurricanes, September 2017
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Anguilla and British Virgin Islands: Hurricane Irma, September 2017
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Sierra Leone: Landslides, August 2017
A seven person UNDAC team deployed on 18 August including three members of MapAction. Their role has been to provide support to the damage assessments, assistance in identifying the humanitarian...
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Vanuatu: Tropical Cyclone Donna, May 2017
