ProVention New Website
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The ProVention Consortium, a global partnership dedicated to disaster reduction, launches a new website with information on its activities, partners and resources for organisations and practitioners active in disaster risk management.
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United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS)
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Two years after the Tsunami unleashed waves of destruction in South India, India's first Community Radio for Disaster Management is poised to rule the airwaves.
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Long-Term Recovery of Tsunami-Affected Villages
The project proposes to move efforts from immediate relief and rehabilation to long-term recovery of tsunami-affected coastal communities, which are vulnerable to similar future disasters.
Theme: Economic Development |
Location: India | Need: $120,000 |
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Call for Action to the SAARC Heads of State
Strengthening Understanding and Cooperation on Disaster Management
for a Disaster Free South Asia
15-16 July 2008, Colombo
This call for action was developed in the two-day regional conference organized by the Sri Lanka National Disaster Management Coordination Committee, in collaboration with ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam America, Practical Action and Sri Lankan Red Cross.
Participants came from government, UN agencies, universities and civil society organizations from SAARC member countries. The conference was closed by the Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights where he was presented
with the call for action.
To read this call for action: Click Here.....
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The 28th INCA International Congress: Collaborative Mapping & Space Technology November 4-6, 2008, Gandhinagar
(source: http://www.cmap.org.in)
Space technology is proving to be a natural partner to the collaborative mapping. Current day space technology not only offers remotely sensed images for mapping but also helps efficient field data collection, integration and quality verification. To keep the information current the interaction between different stakeholders like, Government Departments, Agencies and geographical parties is essential. But the interaction among them becomes more and more complex due to rapid technology development, need for various kinds of maps and types of media. And this phenomenon has led to the development of a new concept for maps, namely the Collaborative Mapping.
The 28th INCA International Congress under the umbrella theme of Collaborative Mapping & Space Technology will be held during November 4-6, 2008 at Gandhinagar organized by Indian National Cartographic Association and hosted by ISRO and Department of Space, GoI. Themes like Enabling Technologies, Standards, Tools and Techniques, Capacity Building, Collaborative Mapping and Applications are proposed to be discussed with the objective of providing a common forum to facilitate interaction among all the stakeholders.......
View the INCA Congress Poster: Click Here.
For more information: Click Here.....
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Central Bank of Kenya - branchless banking goes rural
(source: CGAP website)
Kenya's banking law and regulations look all too familiar: if an institution accepts deposits and uses this money for lending or investment, it needs to have a bank licence . And banks can only transact through their head office or branches......
To Read the Article, Click Here.....
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Mumbai VOICES
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On July 11th, 2006 , the city of Mumbai bore witness to terrifying human tragedy. A series of seven explosions killed at least 200 people on crowded commuter trains and stations.
All seven blasts came within an 11-minute span, between 6:24 and 6:35 p.m. The serial train blasts in Mumbai once again reminded this world of the challenges our |
increasingly urbanized societies face.
In the hours and days following the blasts, ordinary Mumbaikars demonstrated remarkable ingenuity and resourcefulness in coping with the tragedy. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh praised this grieving city for its strength. The next day, a majority of Mumbai's citizens returned to work. Over the course of the day, the train stations were again packed with commuters.
Project mumbai VOICES is a tribute to this resilience. It is an endeavor aimed at capturing the voices of the city's survivors - so that the citizens of Mumbai can have their own say in the protection of their beloved city.
For More Information Click Here...... |
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