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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (16 April 2021) The Government of Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $1 million grant agreement to support immediate relief efforts in the aftermath of tropical cyclone Seroja, which caused flooding and landslides in the capital Dili and surrounding low-lying areas.
The grant, financed by the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund, will support the government’s efforts to restore life-saving services, such as conducting damage assessment to coordinate crisis response and disaster recovery, providing conditional transfers to Dili residents, and rehabilitating basic community infrastructure.
“The cyclone has put enormous pressure on the country amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,” said ADB’s Country Director for Timor-Leste Sunil Mitra. “ADB will work with development partners to support the government’s disaster relief efforts to help people affected by the floods and mudslides.”