Strengthening Community Resilience to Natural Hazards (DRR), Rakhine State This project targets the major problems identified as the causes of inadequate resilience of communities, institutions and schools in coastal and urban areas in Rakhine State: a) limited Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) awareness, understanding, resources and capacity at community, school and government levels, b) lack of focus on investing in critical facilities for mitigating, preparing and responding to disasters, c) high frequency of hazard exposure and vulnerabilities in the target townships.