Minister of Education, UNICEF and partners launch 3-year Education Cannot Wait programme in Peru
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Lima, March 2021.- “On behalf of the Government of Peru, I would like to thank the commitment of the United Nations, partner governments such as Canada and civil society organizations for working together on the challenges we face in education, especially those that involve the most disadvantaged children and adolescents, such as migrants“, with these words, Peru´s Minister of Education Ricardo Cuenca welcomed the of the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Programme, which seeks to respond to the challenges of education in emergencies.
ECW is a global fund dedicated to education in emergencies. “
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Vaccine equity in Maldives hailed by UN Resident Coordinator
Aishath Hanaan Hussain Rasheed
03 Mar 2021 | Wed 15:25
President Solih has asserted that Maldives will be working to vaccinate all those in the country against Covid-19, free of cost
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The United Nation s Resident Coordinator in Maldives Ms. Catherine Haswell has hailed the organized and equitable distribution of vaccines across the island nation as an example for other world countries.
While the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme had begun in the Maldives on 1 February, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had announced the nation s Covid-response plan as to vaccinate all those living in the country against Covid-19, free of cost, and irrespective of nationality. As such, vaccination efforts have now been initiated by the Maldivian Red Crescent for undocumented migrant workers living in the country as well.
HCTT Monsoon Flood Humanitarian Response Plan: Monitoring Dashboard (22 February 2021) - Bangladesh reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Heavy monsoon rain and water from upstream sources caused slow-onset severe flooding in low lying areas of Northern Bangladesh. The 2020 floods has some remarkable characteristics in comparison with major floods in the recent past. It started earlier than usual (late June), it lasted more 60 days in some areas and, in Bahadurabad of Jamalpur, the Jamuna flowed at 20.79 m, 17cm above the last water level record set in 1988 according to Floods Forecasting Warning Centre (FFWC).
According to the National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC), one (1) million households were waterlogged. The disruption of services hindered meeting basic needs and, people suffered from hunger, illness, thirst and filthiness. The NDRCC report informs that 5.5 million (highest at 4 August) people were directly affected and, that 1,059,295 households were inundated. Among them, 211,859 families were displaced, and 94,414 people were evacuated in 1,525 shelters. The Department of Public Health and En