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General information on Sierra Leone During the countrys 10-year civil war, thousands of children were used as combatants. In 2014, the Ebola epidemic brought even more hardships to one of Africa’s poorest countries. Against this background, SOS Childrens Villages has played a vital role in helping the countrys most vulnerable segments of population: children and young adults. Shattered by war SOS Kindergarten in Freetown (photo: C. Lesske) The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country located in...

The Duke of Cambridge speaks to CAFOD aid worker in Syria On 18 March 2021, The Duke of Cambridge joined a video call with Syrian aid workers to hear about their work, which has been supported by the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) Coronavirus Appeal. As a member of the DEC, CAFOD is currently supporting projects in Syria to help some of the families who have been displaced by the conflict. Shahinaz, who works in a camp for displaced people that is supported by CAFOD through DEC funds, was o...

Program/Project Management Job in Syria about Disaster Management and Health, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from Un Ponte per; closing on 07 Mar 2021

Govt offers subsidy for sugarcane cultivation Rs5,000 will be provided to farmers per acre APP January 24, 2021 Punjab food and agriculture department rejected the proposal of the fertiliser manufacturers for the provision of subsidy without fixing the price and printing them on DAP bags. PHOTO: APP MULTAN: Punjab government will provide Rs5,000 subsidy on per acre cultivation of sugarcane under PM Agriculture Emergency Programme which aims to enhance sugarcane production. The subsidy would ...

English News and Press Release on Syrian Arab Republic about Shelter and Non-Food Items, Flood and Severe Local Storm; published on 22 Jan 2021 by CAFOD

Chairperson, Botswana is pleased to deliver this report on behalf of the Africa Region Member States. We thank the Director General for the detailed...

Its not only about protecting health, but society as a whole The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a tsunami of false, misleading, and even hazardous information. #mediadev spoke to Sylvie Briand, the World Health Organizations leading expert on the infodemic. Syrians walk past a mural painted as part of an awareness campaign in the city of Qamishli #mediadev: Mrs. Briand, in the context of the Covid-19 crisis the World Health Organization, or WHO, famously coined the term infodemic: an ove...