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This document report on the successful implementation in Gambia of the climate talk, a radio advocacy program which was intended to raise awareness, promote public participation and access to information on climate change issues and helped paved the way

Certains pays ont prouvé qu’il était possible de réduire les effets des inondations ou d’autres phénomènes naturels, pour paraphraser M. Ban Ki-moon. Il suffit d’investir dans les systèmes d’alerte rapide, entre autres dispositifs. Et, justement, cette thématique a été au centre des débats du Forum d’El Moudjahid...
EPE - Eurl El Moudjahid
The National Disaster Management Organization, NADMO, has launched this year's International Disaster Day with a float in some principal streets of Accra to create awareness on the need for the public to prevent disaster...
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
As a contribution to International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), CRID has created a special page on its web with an interview with Ricardo Mena, head of the Regional Office for the Americas for UNISDR...
Regional Disaster Information Center Latin America and the Caribbean
UNICEF / Government of Georgia / ECHO / CENN
International Day for Disaster Reduction will be marked at a special event organized at Europe House Georgia. The key achievements made in the education sector of Georgia in ensuring the safety and resilience of children and communities towards disasters will be presented...
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network
Georgia - government
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Children and youth are encouraged to play a greater role, not only as the most vulnerable group, but more importantly as a potential resource in awareness-raising and decision-making in the area of disaster-risk management...
Bangkok Post - Post Publishing Public Company Limited, the
Zonal NEMA Coordinator said the involvement of young people in disaster management would 'guarantee the building of disaster resilient communities in the country,' while kicking off the campaign during the 2011 World Disaster Risk Reduction Campaign day...
Nation, the - Vintage Press Limited - Nigeria
by SEEDS
SEEDS celebrated the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction by demonstrating disaster management skills through an earthquake mock drill at Shahid Rajpal D.A.V. Public School, Dayanand Vihar...
Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)

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