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Roorkee: An interaction session has been organised by IIT Roorkee through WebEx with Mr. Parmeswaran Iyer, former IAS and currently the global lead for strategic initiatives in the World Bank Water global practice, Washington. D. C. Recently, Mr. Iyer authored a famous book “Method in the madness: Insights from my career as an insider-outsider-insider”. He led the Swachh Bharat Mission program, a flagship program of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2016 to 2020. The sanitation coverage of rural India since its independence from 1947 to 2014 was 38.7% only. On October 2, 2019, on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, India declared completely as an open defecation free country. It was the collective efforts of 120 million school students, one million masons including 55 thousand women, 6.5 lakh Swachhagrahis, 25 thousand Sarpanches, 700 DMs, 500 Zila Preraks, 20 Brand Ambassadors and finally a communicator-in-chief, i.e. our Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Na
Saving Lives and Protecting People in Ghana and Boosting the COVID-19 Response LISTEN
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Health workers wearing personal protective gear at the Ga East District Hospital, working tirelessly day and night to save lives.
Photo: Rodney Quarcoo, World Bank
Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, the World Bank has contributed to Ghana’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Government managed to keep fatality rates low, specifically at 0.75 percent, as of March 4, 2021. The most vulnerable groups continued to receive essential health and nutrition services, despite the disruption in the first three months. According to a survey, Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using Data to Find a Balance - Part II, almost 90 percent of respondents reported that they were satisfied with the Government’s response.
COVID-19: Fayemi inaugurates State CARES steering committee
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has inaugurated a nine-man committee to give policy direction to the implementation of the State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) programme
The programme which was designed to support the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable households in the State, is a jointly developed World Bank-supported programme aimed at mitigating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic wellbeing of the people.
Governor Fayemi while inaugurating the committee member in Ado- Ekiti, to mark the formal activation of the CARES programme in the State, explained that the programme would also support budgeted state government interventions for farmers, artisans, Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) affected by the economic crisis occasioned by the pandemic.
In the appointment letter, signed by the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, the minister noted that the appointment was based on Dr Obaje’s track record of service to previous World Bank-supported programmes of the Nigerian government.
In the letter of appointment, the minister, who is also the Chairman of the NG-CARES Steering Committee, congratulated Obaje and urged him to bring to bear his wealth of experience on his new assignment.
This, he said, would justify the confidence reposed in him by the federal government.
Receiving his appointment letter in Abuja, Obaje appreciated the federal government and the Minister of State for finding him worthy of such a highly esteemed national assignment.
2021-05-03 15:55:43 GMT2021-05-03 23:55:43(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LUSAKA, May 3 (Xinhua) A World Bank-supported project has helped 28,799 vulnerable girls in Zambia remaining in school, the country s education ministry said on Monday.
The Girls Education and Women s Empowerment and Livelihood (GEWEL) funded by the World Bank has enabled the girls from vulnerable families in 29 districts to remain in school since its inception in 2016.
Ministry of General Education Spokesperson Nondo Chilongo said the girls who fail to progress in their education due to financial constraints were being supported through the project as part of the government s empowerment program.
The project, she said, also involves funding boarding facilities for girls to make them safe, secure and provide a conducive environment for their learning.