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A regional disaster management expert has been deployed to St Vincent & the Grenadines to support its national disaster office with the ongoing volcano crisis. The Bridgetown-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) said police superintendent Sylvan McIntyre of neighbouring Grenada will spend six weeks in Kingstown to assist the authorities with managing the issues surrounding the effusive eruption at the La Soufriere Volcano under the regional response mechanism (RRM). &...

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A Black Lives Matter demonstrator is seen during the 2021 King Holiday Observance Beloved Community Commemorative Service on January 18, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images) African Americans are more highly impacted by fraud campaigns compared to other racial and ethnic groups, as disparities in financial literacy and wealth act as barriers to recovery from any resulting financial loss. These were only some of the insights of a research report...

News News Podgorica, Montenegro 4 March 2021 Diminuer la taille du texte Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF ROMACTED Programme Phase II officially started on 1 January 2021 and it will be implemented during the period of four years (48 months). The European Union/Council of Europe ROMACTEDII Pr...

unaids.org UNAIDS APCOM has also used the COVID-19 Effect Series to promote fundraising initiatives, such as #CoronaAPCOMpassion, an emergency fund started by APCOM staff donating their salaries. APCOM collaborated with SWING, the Thai Sex Workers Organization, based in Bangkok and Pattaya, and mobilized 20 000 baht (US$ 650) to purchase basic food and supplies for sex workers. Feature story Reporting the realities faced by LGBTI people and people living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific 01 Ma...

The Monday Q&A: Trudy Taylor on the Red Cross, travel dreams and dinner dates with ancestors 28 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Trudy Taylor is the secretary for the Whanganui branch of Red Cross and has been a serving member for more than 20 years. Photo / Supplied Trudy Taylor is the secretary for the Whanganui branch of Red Cross and has been a serving member for more than 20 years. Photo / Supplied How did you first get involved with Red Cross and when? In 1996 I had a young f...

WREXHAM Foodbank has made its 1000th home delivery since the pandemic began and is encouraging people in need to seek help. In April 2020 the food bank started offering home delivery of its food parcels to help those that were unable to leave home due to Covid isolation to collect. Staff from Rhosddu Carpets stepped in to deliver the parcels and then once they returned to work, members of the public came forward to volunteer to drive, as well as staff from Unicorn Travel. Since April 1 ...

The Windsor Police Service is working on a "co-response model" where crisis management experts would join emergency personnel on 911 service calls for someone experiencing a mental health crisis.

  WINNIPEG -- Two people are facing a handful of drugs and weapons-related charges after being followed and eventually arrested by Winnipeg police. On Feb. 14, police said the Guns and Gangs Unit, along with the tactical Support Team and West District officers performed a search warrant at a hotel suite in the Sargent Park area. During that time, officers said they saw two people arrive at the hotel in a cab but then left after seeing police. Officers followed the two to Sargent Avenue an...

Making a mark on the COVID-19 pandemic: joint efforts to meet the needs of young key populations in Asia and the Pacific Format Ralph Ivan Sampson, the President of Y-PEER Pilipinas, and his team of young volunteers have been working tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to supply antiretroviral therapy to young people struggling to get refills. “How could I sleep at night knowing that community members were depressed and anxious about their refills. I had young people texting me they w...