Disaster Resilience Network Ghana

Resilient School Trees – RST’s

Groom students climate leaders and environmental stewards. Accelerate schools districts communities climate change adaptation and resilience capabilities. To reduce carbon emissions, increase school’s biodiversity, mitigate perennial flooding disasters.

Greening Weija-Gbawe Municipality

Keeping the momentum of “Green Ghana Day initiative”. Phase one; Contribute 1,100 canopy trees for greener, healthier, and more climate resilient communities. TREE SPECIES PLANTED includes; Moutalis, Cassia, Blighia and Rain tree.

Weija Dam Watershed Management

Project Outcome; Improves Weija Dam water quality, restoration of sustainable landscape. Control flooding during Weija dam spillage, protect ecosystem and natural resources.

Commemorating United Nations Day of Disaster Risk Reduction – UN DRR Day 2020

13 October At Ghana’s Parliament House forecourt. DRNGHANA presenting DRR Policy Proposal. Received by Ghana’s Clerk of Parliament Clerk and Ministry of Interior Committee members.

Ngleshie-Amanfro Earthquake Safety Drill

Ghana Great ShakeOut. Earthquake prone communities learn and practice for the first time DROP, HOLD, COVER. Join let plan, prepare, protect ourselves and respond to earthquake to increase our chances for survival.

Makola Market Fire Safety and Simulation Exercise

Prepare markets and traders for fires impacting life safety and socio-economic livelihoods. Train traders as first responders. Design markets fires hazards resilience, market’s resilience codes and safety standards.

About DRNGhana

We are dedicated with a core mandate to address impact of disaster risk, climate change and environmental hazards challenges in various sectors of the Ghanaian economy.

Our focus is conducting research and development into developing new solutions in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation to build disaster-resilient societies.

Our Focus

Establish Resilience Network

Establish a cross-sector network to exchange expertise, best practices, and models to build disaster resilience through collaboration and synergy.

Establish Resilience Network

Establish a cross-sector network to exchange expertise, best practices, and models to build disaster resilience through collaboration and synergy

Organize Risk Reduction Programs

Organize safe and inclusive community engagements to advocate for proactive disaster risk reduction policies emphasizing capacity building, mitigation, and recovery.

Organize Risk Reduction Programs

Organize safe and inclusive community engagements to advocate for proactive disaster risk reduction policies emphasizing capacity building, mitigation, and recovery.

Advocate for Vulnerable Communities

Advocate for the needs of vulnerable communities in 276 MMDAs facing the impacts of climate change and disaster risks.

Advocate for Vulnerable Communities

Advocate for the needs of vulnerable communities in 276 MMDAs facing the impacts of climate change and disaster risks.

Develop Resilience Framework

Develop a national resilience framework that can be used to coordinate the Ghanaian response to natural hazards in a comprehensive, fact-based, equitable, and capacity-building manner.

Develop Resilience Framework

Develop a national resilience framework that can be used to coordinate the Ghanaian response to natural hazards in a comprehensive, fact-based, equitable, and capacity-building manner.