News from across the Network

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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Bridging the gap towards community managed DRR PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 15:33

Cordaid staged a workshop in Washington in September 2011 and the report has just been published.
It reveals valuable lessons about how to shift the emphasis towards local knowledge and management, and also poses questions about translating policy into practice. GNDR Chair, Marcus Oxley was one of the contributors, alongside a presentation of enlightening field experience from Ethiopia. The report is available as a paper in the resources section 
 

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