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Neva Khan, Country Director of Oxfam GB has declared to Business Recorder that Oxfam is 'in the business of encouraging change in mindsets and attitudes to achieve development in areas which need it the most'...
'Media should be enrolled as a contributing factor in awareness-raising, education and opinion-building to increase recognition of the potential of disaster reduction to save human lives and protect property'...
'Prevention is better than cure,' but 'the Pakistani government seems to be more concerned with the cure part of the statement than with prevention,' asserts the Business Recorder...
Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed (Rtd), Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, Pakistan, said 'By understanding the approaches adopted by the AKDN in Pakistan, I have learned about the strong impact of communities' involvement in the development process. My interactions with and observation of Focus' work has helped me understand how we can build resilient communities, in the wake of frequently occurring natural disasters.'...
In an article for the Business Recorder, Abdul Rasheed Azad urges the governement to take action against food insecurity in the wake of recent - and future - floods to reduce the risk and vulnerability of Pakistanis through building their capacity, engaging NGOs and communities...
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