This Integrated Food Security Programme is supported by the Finnish Red Cross“The video shows the experience of the Malawi Red Cross Society that has introduced an integrated food security programme in 2011 as part of their wider food security strategy. It integrates community-based health care, sustainable livelihoods and water and sanitation together with HIV/AIDS awareness […]
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Interview with Roger Bracke, Head, Horn of Africa Operations.Despite efforts from the Ethiopian Government and from the farmers community, Ethiopia remains highly vulnerable to severe and chronic food security as a result (to a large extent) of its geographical location in a very hot and arid part of Africa, the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia, agriculture still
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A mother of ten struggles to feed her family in southern Niger. The drought has led to a food crisis meaning half the population has limited access to food. The Red Cross is providing food and seeds to help 385,000 people but more support is needed.In this short film Saray Amadou talks about her daily
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Lack of access to water and sanitation and poor hygiene is one of the principal causes of death and disease worldwide. It also leads to loss of productivity and forms a major barrier to development. Globally, 2.5 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation facilities and as a result, the lives of billions
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In 2012, Land Rover built their 1 millionth ‘Discovery’ vehicle. To commemorate this they embarked on the ‘Journey of Discovery’, to raise £1 million for an International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies water and sanitation project in Uganda. Follow the journey to see how the £1 million will aim to support 40,000
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This video shows the International Federation Global Water and Sanitation Initiative (GWSI) in action at the Zambia Red Cross Society “Rural Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Project” In our world today: • more than one billion people do not have access to clean water; • over two billion people do not have adequate sanitation
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NIAMEY, Niger, 17 July 2008 — The latest UNICEF-World Health Programme Joint Monitoring Programme report focuses on sanitation improvements. The report finds that while more people are drinking water from safe sources, far too few are using improved sanitation. Niger has one of the lowest rates of improved sanitation, and problems remain with water supply
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From http://www.witness.org | This video is about the stories of women from the Greater North of Uganda and their call for the Government of Uganda to uphold its commitments under the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda and the Juba Peace Agreements. Upholding these commitments will help provide Ugandan woman affected by this conflict with
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A new report by IBM entitled “A Vision for Smarter Growth: an IBM Smarter Cities Report on Accra, Ghana” highlights how the rapidly emerging West African city should turn to technology to transform its key urban systems. Based on the opinions of local experts from across public and private sectors the report identifies transportation, energy
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