Pope Francis offered his closeness to the victims of the Freddy Cyclone in Malawi during his General Audience on Wednesday. Pope Francis prayed for the dead, the injured and the displaced due to Cyclone Freddy.
Thousands of people continue to sleep in temporary tarpaulin shelters without food in eastern India almost a month after Cyclone Yaas destroyed their homes and stored food grains.
This year's theme is: "Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services, among them health and educational facilities, including through developing their resilience by 2030".
A Lebanese Catholic priest has asked believers around the world to pray for the people of his country, after two explosions in Beirut injured hundreds of people and are reported to have left at least 10 people dead.
Leaders of Christian groups in Myanmar held an ecumenical prayer service on July 8 for the victims of the landslide that killed almost 200 people at a jade mine in the country’s northern Kachin State.
The Catholic Church's social action arm Caritas appealed for more aid for people affected by super cyclone Amphan in several coastal areas of Bangladesh.
UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, October 13.
Myanmar is one of the countries involved in the United Nations. As a United Nations country Myanmar also concerns with disaster risk reduction like other countries.
