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Displaying 45 of about 1495 resultsFloods changed her community’s way of life, says Constance Okollet, chairperson of the Osukuru United Women Network (OWN), a local women’s group in Osukuru Village, in Eastern Uganda’s Tororo District.
“Our village was an easy life. We had a lot of food. Our bodies were healthy. We used to eat wild food,” said Okollet.
In 2007, Osukuru rural village e…
Background
IOM is committed to the principle that safe and orderly migration is a benefit to migrants and society, and is essential for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As a global intergovernmental organization, IOM supports governments to effectively manage the various challenges related to migration and also provides assistance to mi…
About CARE Australia
CARE is an international humanitarian aid organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus on working with women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities. As a non-religious and non-political organisation, CARE works with communities to help overcome poverty by supporting development projects and providing e…
Overview of organisation & assignment
SIBAT is a Philippine-based NGO enabling poor communities to achieve self-reliance through the use of renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. The organisation is committed to developing and promoting the application of appropriate technologies to support sustainable development in poor communities. SIBAT…
Overview of organisation & assignment
The Central Bicol University of Agriculture has an extension campus in Pasacao, which focuses on veterinary, agricultural and biology related disciplines as well as education degrees. It is headed by a campus chairman under the direct supervision of the Dean of the Institute of Development Education.
At presen…
DAI works at the cutting edge of international development, combining technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients’ most complex problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis mitigatio…
Vacancy No: 2011-95-fld
Purpose of position:
Under the new Federation Wide Strategic Framework for Haiti 2011 - 2014, DRM programme has a new national wise strategic direction which is also in line with the recovery perspectives and plans for the EQ operation.
DRM programme has three key strategic axes:
1. Vulnerable communities have increased kn…
Background
ICIMOD is a regional knowledge development and learning centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. We are working to develop an economically and environmentally sound mountain ecosystem to improve the living standards of mountai…
Context:
Bangladesh is a country that has been intrinsically associated with natural disaster vulnerability. Bangladesh’s geographical vulnerability lies in the fact that it is an exceedingly flat, low-lying, alluvial plain covered by over 230 rivers and rivulets with approximately 580 kilometres of exposed coastline along the Bay of Bengal. In additi…
Scope of Position
As part of the Economic Justice Team develop policy and engage in advocacy, in Australia and internationally, on issues related to climate change, with a clear focus on the impact of climate change on vulnerable groups in developing countries.
Economic justice is the umbrella under which Oxfam brings together pro-poor advocacy on trad…
Background
UNICEF concentrates its efforts to advocate for the integration of education in emergencies into all disaster response plans and humanitarian interventions with a view to building resilience and adopting a DRR approach.
Specific tasks
The consultant is expected to carry out the following key-tasks for this rapid review:
1. Carry out a foc…
Purpose of position
The regional disaster risk management delegate, in cooperation with other zone team members, has the responsibility:
1. To develop, consolidate, expand and update disaster risk management NS programmes and activities especially with local communities improving their impact through an integrated approach process of consultation, ana…
Purpose of position
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies "Strategy 2020" recognizes the changing demography of the world, the increasing impact of climate change, unplanned urbanization, high levels of violence in society, involuntary migration pressures, new and emerging diseases, environmental degradation and the insec…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asserts, "there can be no food security without climate security". This thought is central to this course. It equips participants with working knowledge about climate change and its links to food and livelihood security. It puts emphasis on building and strengthening participants' capacity to facilitate community level c…
The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for participants to share their experiences and learn from each other. About 60 oral presentations and 40 posters are expected during the conference. Keynote speakers of international recognition will address each of the thematic areas.
Theme: “Forest for livelihood prosperity in the face of climate…