ISO2 Country Code
TO
ISO3 Country Code
TON
WB Country Code
TON
Bounds
[[-175.31,-21.270],[-175.11,-21.118]]

Safer Schools Pacific Roadmap Technical Assistance

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Description

Safer Schools Pacific Roadmap Technical Assistance was a multiyear program of research and capacity-building activities carried out across the Pacific Island countries of Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu to increase the resilience of schools and the education sector to a range of hazards and disaster events.

Safer Schools Rapid Diagnostics in Tonga

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Safer Schools Rapid Diagnostics in Tonga assessed the vulnerability of existing school infrastructure to natural hazards and determined contributing factors of risk to school infrastructure. The goal was to help the government of Tonga develop a school reconstruction and retrofitting program through the Pacific Resilience Program (PREP).

 

Tonga

Tonga, an upper-middle-income country located in the South Pacific Ocean, has benefited from strong average economic growth since 2017. Its 100,000 citizens have experienced a sharp increase in life expectancy since the 1960s, and over half of its population is of school age.