Nyambiri Kimacha

Aug 15, 2023 | blogs.worldbank.org | Nyambiri Kimacha |Claudia Lorena |Yohannes Yemane Kesete |Claudia Trejos

It is early March of 2023 in Dar es Salaam, and the Tanzania Meteorological Authority has issued a warning for heavy rain. All of Dar es Salaam’s core emergency response agencies are meeting at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to strategize on how to respond to potential flooding across the city. Dr. Christopher Mnzava, the former Coordinator of the Dar es Salaam Multi-Agency Emergency Response Team (DarMAERT), cannot resist feeling great pride in how far the team in the room has come.