PH Red Cross taps Weather Solutions for more accurate disaster response
To level up its lifesaving expertise during times of disaster, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sought the expertise of Weather Solutions, Inc., the first weather-centric social enterprise founded by the Aboitiz Group to access highly accurate weather data.
PRC will be utilizing Weather Solutions data in its ongoing project entitled “Forecast-based Financing in the Philippines – Closing the Gap between Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Relief,” a 36-month project that relies on accurate forecasts to grant early funding access to critical disaster risk and response initiatives. Thus, the humanitarian consequences of extreme natural events among high-risk populations is reduced.
Current disaster risk and response in the Philippines is hampered by several challenges relating to lack of data. By working with Weather Solutions, PRC will be able to provide detailed analyses of existing weather forecasts for extreme weather events.
Weather Solutions’ resident meteorologists will also be informing the PRC and its teams of weather-related hazards that shall be considered and recommend next possible steps.
“Weather Solutions seeks to address the weather needs and fill in the information gaps of businesses and communities, especially the disaster risk projects being implemented in the country. We are more than glad to be a part of this endeavor and we are ensuring that Philippine Red Cross and its constituents get the best and most accurate weather data possible,” said Weather Solutions President Jojo Z. Marasigan during the A. Lab Tour conducted for PRC.
