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Caritas Freetown Trains Disaster Committees to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness in Vulnerable Communities
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Caritas Freetown, with financial support from Trócaire, has conducted a two-day training and simulation exercise aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness, risk mapping and emergency-response capacity in vulnerable communities across Western Area Urban. The exercise, held on August 17 and 18, 2026, formed part of a project titled: “Strengthening Community Disaster Preparedness, Flood Mitigation, Climate [...] The post Caritas Freetown Trains Disaster Committees to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness in Vulnerable Communities first appeared on The Calabash Newspaper.
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