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​​​​​​​This report documents the findings from the evaluation of the CARE's assistance in the response and recovery program and provides forward-looking recommendations for the partnership and for preparedness and future emergency response in Tonga.

This document uses the post-disaster data collected by the Statistical Department of Tonga to describe the characteristics of the affected population, nature and spatial concentration of the damage by the Cyclone Gita, and the aid required and received.

This document describes how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) enables Fiji and Tonga, pacific island states, to assess disaster and climate risk and rapidly identify damage to the environment in post-disaster situations.

Tropical Cyclone (TC) Gita passed over the Tongatapu and ‘Eua island groups around 11 pm on Monday February 12, 2018. This post-disaster rapid assessment summarizes damages and losses to several different sectors, human and social impacts, and recovery and reconstruction needs,

Pacific island countries are exposed to significant risks from natural disasters. As a disaster relief measure, Fiji allowed pre-retirement pension withdrawls in the wake of Cyclone Winston in 2016. Motivated by this policy action, this paper provides a

This document describes the terms and conditions of a project that will support the efforts of the Government of Tonga to reconstruct and climate and disaster-proof the Nuku’alofa electricity network damaged by Tropical Cyclone Gita in February 2018.

This report presents the description of the Community Based Emergency Employment program (CBEE) including the monitoring of its progress, developed after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit and devastated Tonga in 2018.

The purpose of this Environmental Assessment and Review Framework is to provide a framework to review and assess environmental aspects of activities undertaken within a project, including preconstruction, construction and operational phases.