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Kossivi Adessou, a GNDR member from Togo working with JVE (Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement) highlights the problems being faced in the frontline battle against drought:
“The forest is gradually decreasing ...Read More
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GNDR member, Ines Ahoue, working with JVE in Ivory Coast reports:
“The drought is being felt across the West African sub region, especially Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Chad, where all indicators of ...Read More
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With an estimated 10 million people or more struggling to get enough to eat across the Sahel region in West Africa, and more than a million children under the age of five at risk of severe acute malnutrition, Andy Kings, GNDR ...Read More
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GNDR members observe earthquake drill in Delhi.
Just days before this week's earthquake in Delhi - reported by India's earthquake centre to measure a magnitude 4.9 - emergency services had been practicing a post-earthquake ...Read More
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| Celebrating the International Day for Disaster Reduction in Nigeria |
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| Friday, 14 October 2011 00:00 |
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Celebrating the International Day for Disaster Reduction in Nigeria Nigerian network member African Youth Movement was in school yesterday spreading the news about the International Day for Disaster Reduction. Owem Utu Robert was at Deo Gratis school in Abuja, leading activities and making presentations. His colleagues were also staging activities in Bauchi, Bayelsa and Plateau states Great stuff Robert. Peter, also in Nigeria, wrote in to report that on a more sobering note a factory he visited on the same day had been devastated by flooding in the area. People’s efforts to progress are knocked back time and time again by the impacts of disasters. Lets Step Up the demand for Risk Proof Development.
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