HELP has been actively working to address water-related disaster risk reduction under the COVID-19 Pandemic. One of the main actions taken b HELP was to create the Principles to address Water-related DRR under the COVID-19 Pandemic which was translated the document into different languages.

As of June 2021, the introduction and dissemination of vaccines initiated a likely process of abating the pandemic and actions for health, economic and social recovery have partially commenced. However, in order to make our societies to be more resilient to changes and disturbances, it is vital to share globally the experiences and good practices, along with practical guidance so as to better cope with the challenges and mitigate their impacts now.

In this situation, HELP launched the Guiding Principles to Build Resilient Post-Corona World -Towards building a more resilient and adaptive post-corona society – , which offers practical advice to political leaders, managers of DRR and COVID-19, and to all stakeholders, with ways to create a more resilient and sustainable post-corona society.

HELP Guiding Principles to Build Resilient Post-Corona World -Towards building a more resilient and adaptive post-corona society –

• English (original): Guiding Principles to Build Resilient Post-Corona World -Towards building a more resilient and adaptive post-corona society –

HELP Principles to address Water-related DRR under the COVID-19 Pandemic

• English (original): Principles to address Water-related DRR under the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Chinese: 新冠肺炎全球大流行期间水相关灾害防灾减灾的处理原则
• French: Principes pour la réduction des risques de catastrophes liées à l’eau (RRC) dans le cadre de la pandémie de COVID-19
• Spanish: Principios para abordar la reducción del riesgo de desastres relacionados con el agua (RRD) bajo la pandemia COVID-19
• Arabic: مبادئ معالجة الحد من مخاطر الكوارث (DRR) المتّصلة بالمياه في ظل وباء فيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19)
• Russian: Принципы, направленные на снижение риска бедствий (СРБ), связанных с водой, в условиях пандемии COVID-19
• Amharic (Ethio-Semitic language): በኮቪድ-19 ወረርሽኝ ውስጥ ከውሃ ጋር የተዛመደ አደጋ ስጋት ቅነሳን የሚዳስሱ መርሆች (translated by Mihretab Gebretsadik)
• Bengali: কোভিড-১৯ মহামারীর আওতায় পানি সম্পর্কিত দুর্যোগ ঝুঁকি হ্রাস (DRR) মোকাবেলায় নীতিমালা (translated by Majadur Rahman Md)
• Georgian: კოვიდ-19-ის პანდემიის პირობებში წყალთან დაკავშირებული კატასტროფების რისკის შემცირების (DRR) პრინციპები (translated by GWP Georgia)
• Hindi: कोविड-19 महामारी के तहत जल संबंधी आपदा जोख़िम न्यूनीकरण (डीआरआर) सिद्धांतों का मसौदा
• Indonesian: Prinsip Konsep untuk Mengatasi Pengurangan Risiko Bencana yang Terkait dengan Air (PRB) dalam Pandemi COVID-19
• Japanese: 新型コロナウイルス感染症大流行下で水関連災害 に対処するための原則
• Korean: 코로나19 대유행에 따른 물 관련 재난위험경감(Disaster Risk Reduction, DRR) 원칙
• Kyrgyz: Суу жана COVID – 19 пандемиясынын шартына байланышкан кырсык тобокелдиктерин төмөндөтүүгө (КТТ) багытталган принциптер (translated by GWP Kyrgyzstan)
• Nepali (translated by Narayan Prasad Subedi)
• Singhala: COVID-19 වසංගතය යටතේ ජලය ආශ්‍රිත ආපදා අවදානම් අවම කිරීම සදහා වූ මුලධර්ම (translated by S.P.B Illangasingha )
• Tagalog: Mga Panuntunan upang Matugunan ang may Kaugnayan sa Tubig na ‘Disaster Risk Reduction’ (DRR) o Pagbabawas ng Panganib sa Kalamidad sa ilalim ng Pandemyang dulot ng COVID-19 (translated by Vic Ballaran)