Jerry Velasquez, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) for in Asia-Pacific Regional says that the good news is that less people are dying, but he warns that "the bad news is economic losses are going through the roof”. UNISDR / LINX PRODUCTIONS
A UN report launched today (16 January) by the World Health Organization in Geneva highlights momentum in controlling, eliminating and eradicating some of the longest-term scourges faced by humankind, especially the poor, and says the world is closer to the elimination of many of them. WHO
Highlighting the role in women in producing much of the world's food and caring for the environment, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his message marking the International Day of Rural Women, today (15 October) said that eliminating discrimination that prevents rural women from realizing their full potential is crucial to ending global hunger and poverty. UNDP [...]
Tanzania’s primary schools are moving from traditional methods of 'teacher chalk and talk’ to lesson plans emphasizing a participatory approach to teaching. UNICEF
Deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries account for nearly 20 percent of green house gas emissions worldwide, which is why estimating and reducing these emissions has become a key goal for the international community as the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in June draws closer. FAO
Raliya Sumani, a former refugee from Somalia, struggles to ensure a better life for her daughters. She lives with her six children in Tanzania’s Chogo settlement since 1992 following civil war in her country. Today is International Women’s Day. UNHCR
Ugandan prosecutor Alfred Orono was 12 years old when Tanzanian forces invaded his native Uganda to oust the brutal dictator Idi Amin. Amid the chaos, he joined the forces and started carrying a AK47 even before he was a teenager. Today, after years of fleeing the political turmoil in his country, Orono prosecutes the perpetrators [...]
The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven albino people in Tanzania into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers. UNTV