ZIMBABWE recently launched the national disaster loss database, also known as the Sendai platform, a web-based tool for reporting validated data on natural and man-made hazards.
The Sendai framework reporting platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) is a tool to assist countries in monitoring, assessing and evaluating progress and challenges in disaster risk reduction.
Officially launching the platform whose production was funded by the United Nations Development Programme, Local Government and Public Works deputy minister Marian Chombo said the tool goes a long way in addressing the country’s reporting capabilities on disaster loss and damages across all sectors.
“The development of this platform is not an end to itself, it now requires concerted efforts and commitment by stakeholders to start using the tool for reporting validated data on disaster losses and damages,” she said.
Chombo said the government had prioritised funding for disaster risk management. UNDP country representative Mia Seppo said the recurrence of hazards over the past decade in Zimbabwe had demonstrated the need for having a platform that documented disaster loss in the country. — New Ziana