Disaster is a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industry often resulting in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment where the most vulnerable suffer the most. Frequently occurring disasters are earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones, landslides, floods, tsunamis, droughts, desertification, epidemics, technological hazards or industrial hazards.
Disaster Management is the process of forming common objectives and common values in order to encourage stakeholders to plan for and deal with potential and actual disasters, preparing for mitigation and managing all activities that can reduce impact, save lives, recover normalcy and rehabilitate communities. Pakistan is located in the area vulnerable to many natural and man-made hazards and disasters.
AMRIC Research believes that effective disaster risk reduction is linked to reduction in vulnerabilities through poverty reduction, assets creation and making community physical infrastructure resistant to hazards where respective governments, donors and other humanitarian organizations have to play a leading role.
AMRIC Research believes that improvement in communities’ capacities, technologies, strategies and their knowledge for dealing with the disaster situations can reduce disaster risk many fold. For that AMRIC Research provides services in awareness raising and organizing training programs to make disaster prone communities ready for any such situation.