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Oxfam’s operational programme in Turkana has evolved considerably over the last few years and incorporated significant interlinked sectoral elements (including provision of food assistance, cash based approaches, public health and improved access to water, livestock interventions, peace building and conflict mitigation and education) designe…
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CHF International’s mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.
CHF International is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) for the proposed USAID-funded Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid…
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The selected candidate will support the Pan American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU) in the Americas as an integral staff member for the preparedness for response phase and during the relief and response phase. The support will be given for the regional and national components of the Red Cross Movement in the Southern Cone and Andean region,…
The objective of this Convention is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification around the world, particularly in Africa, through effective action at all levels, supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements, in the framework of an integr…
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The internship is foreseen in the framework of the tasks of the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) office under the Facilitation, Coordination and Monitoring of Implementation (FCMI) Unit of the secretariat.
The aim of the CSO office is to facilitate the participation of CSOs in the intergovernmental process under the Convention and suppor…
In the Kwara Kwara state of Nigeria, two young women have campaigned for resilient recovery from the pandemic and mobilised youth in the fight for greener, stronger and healthy communities. Azeez Abubakar reports.
This is the forty-ninth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.
In Nigeria, young people are…
This DRR Tool Kit for Constituent Assembly members is produced jointly by the following organizations, with funding support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (through DIPECHO V partners–ActionAid with AusAID co-finance, Care Nepal, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Practical Action and UNDP–BPCR South and South–West Asia), Oxfam…
An analysis, by Laure Pichegru and Terna Gyuse for IPS, of the negotiations towards a global treaty on climate change which concluded in Bonn last week, highlighting the vulnerability of countries to the impact of climate change.
"Vulnerability to climate change effects varies from region to region or from country to country", says Belynda Petrie, chie…
Gaps that exist in policy, programmes, plans and challenges around decision making at the local and national level are too often related to lack of gender integration and the lack of putting in place systems to support their implementation and monitoring.
Millions of poor women and men have been toiling in the fields for most of their lives and for lon…
An International Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa today adopted the “Kuwait Declaration” which called for urgent actions to minimize the region’s short and long-term vulnerability to climate change.
The declaration was adopted by more than 80 participants from 18 countries and nine international…
2009 Sasakawa award call for nominations now open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. Nominees should be individuals and institutions from around the world who have contributed to building the resilience of nations and communities to natural hazards through innovative practices and outstanding initiatives. Nomin…
Explaining to pastoralists via local media how index-based insurance can protect them from climate stresses is persuading them to buy it
By Kagondu Njagi
Isiolo, Kenya — It only lasts about two and half minutes, but the brief message Asma Mohamed broadcasts on her daily radio show has become essential listening for more than half a million herder…
Kefamenanu - Erratic weather has exacerbated food insecurity in one of Indonesia's driest regions, leaving farmers and families hoping for the best as October's planting season approaches.
"I have a feeling this year we will be OK," Maria Talan, 63, an elder in the remote village of Noenoni, in the district of West Timor (TTS), told IRIN, already looki…
Restoring grazing land and forest can help communities stand up to the more frequent droughts climate change is bringing, farmers say
By Kizito Makoye
In 2015, as Ethiopia was experiencing its worst drought in 30 years, the farmers and herders living on the rolling plains of Gatto municipality found themselves struggling to survive.
The drought came…
The main objective of the Sahel Regional Representation plan for 2012-2015 is to enhance the operational efficiency of the regional office and increase its capacity to engage with National Societies in the region in order to scale up humanitarian work in the region, which is increasingly prone to floods, drought and other effects of weather.
This plan…