Angola Debates The Women's Role In Building Peace And Democracy

<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma0TUZl8U96JDa9faVgopzGbbYrBYLPjTm7CnaWDyslctNbtJiw3YiORZ-ChbuNj5JEPT7ZR1jENrhk0978mmV8wNcpbjAIPrw9_UuWetqt5mZ1qqghsgsmjppslR9adxZKYPiguuEmAPt5ZsmwbK-tAngJGTLx-1uUw0OJyiifqpfv89Gv-i6Jmjvg/s261/mail.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="261" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma0TUZl8U96JDa9faVgopzGbbYrBYLPjTm7CnaWDyslctNbtJiw3YiORZ-ChbuNj5JEPT7ZR1jENrhk0978mmV8wNcpbjAIPrw9_UuWetqt5mZ1qqghsgsmjppslR9adxZKYPiguuEmAPt5ZsmwbK-tAngJGTLx-1uUw0OJyiifqpfv89Gv-i6Jmjvg/s1600/mail.png" width="261" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646layout yiv3162659646layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646column yiv3162659646column--1 yiv3162659646scale yiv3162659646stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600.17px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646text yiv3162659646text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646text_content-cell yiv3162659646content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Angolan vice-president, Esperança da Costa, will open this Thursday, 25th, the 1st International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy, in an event that will also involve, as speakers, like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (former President of the Republic of Liberia), Epsy Campbell Barr - former Vice President of Costa Rica (Member of the UNHCR Permanent Forum for People of African Descent) and Zahira Virani (Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System Nations in Angola).</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The 1st International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy, which takes place over two days (May 25th and 26th, at the Hotel Intercontinental Miramar), is an event that focuses on women's struggle for equality, emancipation, continental development for Peace and Democracy, part of the Luanda Biennial - Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence, which is a joint initiative between the Government of Angola, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) and the African Union (AU).</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Operatively coordinated by the Minister of State for Social Action, Dalva Ringote Allen, the 1st International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy, which takes place under the theme "Technological Innovation and Education for the Achievement of Gender Equality" and with the motto "Innovation Technology as a Tool for Achieving Food Security Combating Drought on the African Continent”, aims to:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Reaffirm and strengthen political commitment to action on gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and their human rights, ensuring high-level engagement,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Foment discussion events through round tables, high-level interactive dialogues, to exchange experiences, lessons learned and good practices. Debate on the status of gender equality on the African continent, identifying goals and achievements achieved, and challenges to fill existing gaps.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646layout yiv3162659646layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646column yiv3162659646column--1 yiv3162659646scale yiv3162659646stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600.17px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646image yiv3162659646image--padding-vertical yiv3162659646image--mobile-scale yiv3162659646image--mobile-center" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646image_container yiv3162659646content-padding-horizontal" style="outline: none !important; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="yiv3162659646image_content" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2Fd917b230401%2F3152e03b-b1ab-48ef-bba1-24a0f2dc9607.jpg%3Frdr%3Dtrue&t=1685611319&ymreqid=55d738a2-f71a-ca11-1c87-12002f019f00&sig=0AgFNF15dwr4A7niAXu5aQ--~D" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px;" width="444" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646layout yiv3162659646layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646layout yiv3162659646layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646column yiv3162659646column--1 yiv3162659646scale yiv3162659646stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600.17px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646text yiv3162659646text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646text_content-cell yiv3162659646content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The 1st International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy also has the following specific objectives:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Identify areas of convergence within the national chapters of the Bienal de Luanda and expand the position of groups of young women leaders at national level, Establish regional, continental and international cooperation protocols,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Propose concrete actions for the qualification of young women, promoting opportunities for access to the labor market.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In order to materialize these objectives, five thematic panels were programmed, globally, for the two days of work, namely “The challenges of globalization in the process of gender empowerment”, “Technological innovation and education to achieve gender equality” , “Formalization as a mechanism for social and financial inclusion”, “Challenges of food security and climate change on the African continent” and “The role of women in consolidating peace and preventing conflicts”.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The program of the 1st International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy includes two master classes in the conference auditorium of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, with the themes "Challenges of Food Security and Climate Change on the African Continent", by Papa Abdoulaye Seck (former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment and Ambassador of Senegal to Italy) and “Financing for Development in Africa Calls for a Paradigm Change: The Driving Role of Domestic Resources”, by Cristina Isabel Lopes Duarte - Adviser to the Secretary General of UN for Africa.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The 1st International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy is aimed at Women Leaders of African Regional Organizations, Women Leaders, Heads of Government and members of the PALOPS, CPLP and OEACP. International and National Organizations, Representatives of Diplomatic Missions, Representatives of public sector entities, Public and private companies and Private sector entities.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646layout yiv3162659646layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646column yiv3162659646column--1 yiv3162659646scale yiv3162659646stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600.17px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3162659646text yiv3162659646text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3162659646text_content-cell yiv3162659646content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vmrT-GU3ITCWZ1sMuW8rqariTQKui-oJGShEA--J6n3Nt5R7qLaqBjfgE1YuJvMHMdb_Xavd0ygFXuGR9J1icuRDaEqbjyMUrEGikgF2TTdNufxXEM-U8iVpX8HbAyj2aP74Rjx3lQzacw4eNoxBZLteJcmsDeQCvq8wmv9OP2jvRPD7jcwkXQ9axNcmQ0-bVomd6kGho2ApYr6fSJ23fVIQcDcq3Inu&c=9ilJ8Ml0yyDErhlF8h_mZ01qj2cR1W6Z6XJi4p51DBylp8nn-DVnfg==&ch=lX_wC10Xmi_i5iT2k9Vs0YMRvG-XSZuJOY8hX5i5UC6cTYWo77HXQA==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of Bienal.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

Angola Debates The Women's Role In Building Peace And Democracy

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AUSIM celebrates the success of the "Assises de l'AUSIM"

<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZDmR6ci7Rf3a8BFSHxX5dduPmlKOqN6oUvL4q4jtBvFU8jNUzMwX8V5Jk8xeUXREOy46cmytr4rv28ehhbqNB_dmjiLbzEj5PJcLemErVQ4_rXcLln3RuSKk5Ca5Tcx09fidjMUrwzAg79J9YD1IOUvqRMC-HRUER5K_a_qeaGTtyD2lbts5nnBq2g/s344/mail.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="344" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZDmR6ci7Rf3a8BFSHxX5dduPmlKOqN6oUvL4q4jtBvFU8jNUzMwX8V5Jk8xeUXREOy46cmytr4rv28ehhbqNB_dmjiLbzEj5PJcLemErVQ4_rXcLln3RuSKk5Ca5Tcx09fidjMUrwzAg79J9YD1IOUvqRMC-HRUER5K_a_qeaGTtyD2lbts5nnBq2g/s320/mail.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0481487093layout yiv0481487093layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv0481487093column yiv0481487093column--1 yiv0481487093scale yiv0481487093stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600.17px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0481487093text yiv0481487093text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv0481487093text_content-cell yiv0481487093content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Association of Information Systems Users in Morocco (AUSIM) recently published its report on the 6th edition of the "AUSIM Conference", which was very successful with the participation of eminent speakers and experts. Placed under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, this major event brought together more than 1,200 actors representing all activities of the digital sector.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Under the theme "Digital National, Unleash the Potential", the event focused on the place of digital in the new development model of Morocco. The Minister in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, Mrs. Ghita Mezzour, the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment, and Skills, Mr. Younes Sekkouri, as well as the President of AUSIM, Mr. Hicham Chiguer, all emphasized the importance of the digital transformation in the national development strategy and its impact on the Moroccan economy. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As part of this event, AUSIM presented 30 strategic and operational recommendations that aim to strengthen the role of digital in the transformation of Moroccan companies and improve their competitiveness both nationally and internationally.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From May 31 to June 2, AUSIM will participate in GITEX AFRICA Morocco, which will be held in Marrakech.  Media and partners interested in collaboration opportunities in the digital field in Morocco, Africa, or internationally are invited to come and meet AUSIM at its Stand located in Hall 9 (Stand n° 9D23).</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AUSIM, as an association of information systems users in Morocco, plays an essential role in promoting the effective use of information and communication technologies in all sectors of activity. Its objective is to promote the digital transformation of Moroccan companies and to support the development of the digital sector in the country. AUSIM's members include representatives from public and private companies, administrations, academic institutions, and experts in the digital field.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">AUSIM’s vision is committed to continuing to promote debates on the role of digital technology in the transformation of Moroccan companies, strengthening links between startups and established companies, and promoting national and international collaborations. This is illustrated by the agreement signed with the Agence de Développement du Digital (ADD) and the JADARA Foundation on the sidelines of the 6th edition of the "Assises de l'AUSIM" to collaborate on topics of common interest and to support young people.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0481487093layout yiv0481487093layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0481487093layout yiv0481487093layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv0481487093column yiv0481487093column--1 yiv0481487093scale yiv0481487093stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600.17px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0481487093text yiv0481487093text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv0481487093text_content-cell yiv0481487093content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L16el6JfAXlr1uwjPg1ZutdjmjaQiPXpAUd9G82Ww5RBYVHAdFcTAcx0Fcaksn0qkRX2pureHJWVqPq8BsnXaD6_XcxMx6rpWoDFAIXiN05at3IX-tlmAXJdE3ghPJ6vwOCgsRAjQB8EOKVS1g3SDp5WOPV3qjkONQLbrL5IACzbupvFt-oai9lF07vz2R42HYRFJgLbRtvR61gWhpqHYgLnGJxPycvK&c=0DA2NWqAd9_TFfXFaAVZ_TAB_uJIUWf55Gp9qs3YGk2_KO-lgY_lRw==&ch=ponX6DFBpWtiur819KrkfzjOgAA-z3b8NeGPja3vxuCS7zAa4gs9FQ==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of Ausim.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

AUSIM celebrates the success of the "Assises de l'AUSIM"

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BMGF Pledge to GPEI 2022-2026 Strategy World Health Summit

<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2756111426layout yiv2756111426layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2756111426column yiv2756111426column--1 yiv2756111426scale yiv2756111426stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2756111426text yiv2756111426text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2756111426text_content-cell yiv2756111426content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCBpFqAr8Zcld8ylmo9ibHvkI2VkJdAZ0eYozQnqumXR8dmO5JuXyV_ieSOKG6ZT9uxyUoouDVcWm7nwkpz6Uleb0186CaqBax_kMBEoChaqAGPjibd8BVK6jCuNS3hauCUm8mRywajnbMop1f_ptEGOZcljMGQwjxzN4Ja2DdT72MjtyTqAhBhMH1Q/s505/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="505" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCBpFqAr8Zcld8ylmo9ibHvkI2VkJdAZ0eYozQnqumXR8dmO5JuXyV_ieSOKG6ZT9uxyUoouDVcWm7nwkpz6Uleb0186CaqBax_kMBEoChaqAGPjibd8BVK6jCuNS3hauCUm8mRywajnbMop1f_ptEGOZcljMGQwjxzN4Ja2DdT72MjtyTqAhBhMH1Q/s320/mail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />Today at the World Health Summit, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally. The announcement was made ahead of a <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001C0--QdxooJJO_gp5gLxhBiSJb-AcUrR0XAkJEAavR6zKApRwevGGjhzfLZDt3aEAFCrWgHqv2EseI4Ts5YluZDvOXC9BRlChvgxwDlzijDrixlp0VDtwxGTeW3mNhngjIXeJTdbG8Rjhzy11qEzuWEBvSEvDVtMDupFh7p4o7R9qQ68UCp1Mp6TRUdExTSCBu7NoJrS7IjmRdViQUmsqG_IF-f1yzl-0m9gxaScmkJ8=&c=UenBaGYvtbxQxzgFISSQvyX28mFoX7cg_6Q8UQgdW2FMJjUs-TbLXw==&ch=w8lh4XivoYuvtr-vOvXmirEvYogv_as0Ad5nVcDUc7vvrLIMCIV6xw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">key pledging moment</a> that will be co-hosted by Germany and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The new financial commitment will support implementation of the GPEI’s <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001C0--QdxooJJO_gp5gLxhBiSJb-AcUrR0XAkJEAavR6zKApRwevGGjhzfLZDt3aEAVz7_NtuX3_nDvAR4Kys4OwkHM0r02Sv4UdIJiSMmV9hJP9DOIup6QxkSUybpdR8OSfvcoMq36GiTjaG7qpYcWTuM208u8wcImTX9wTlebSsLHqTbYnMGdPgS_ovV4E99&c=UenBaGYvtbxQxzgFISSQvyX28mFoX7cg_6Q8UQgdW2FMJjUs-TbLXw==&ch=w8lh4XivoYuvtr-vOvXmirEvYogv_as0Ad5nVcDUc7vvrLIMCIV6xw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026</a>, which aims to end wild poliovirus in the last two endemic countries—Pakistan and Afghanistan—and stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus. The foundation has contributed nearly $5 billion to GPEI.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“Polio eradication is within reach. But as far as we have come, the disease remains a threat. Working together, the world can end this disease,” said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “I want to thank Germany for co-hosting this weeks’ events and its longstanding support for polio eradication, and I urge other donors to support the eradication strategy to ensure no one is paralyzed by polio again.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">On October 18, Germany will co-host the GPEI pledging moment at the World Health Summit, where global partners, donors, and country leaders will make further commitments toward the GPEI Strategy 2022-2026, which requires $4.8 billion in funding. If fully funded, GPEI will reach 370 million children each year with polio vaccines and other essential health services. GPEI’s efforts include deepening relationships with communities, supporting governments in responding to outbreaks, and helping advance the rollout of a next-generation polio vaccine.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“The fight against polio has done far more than protect children against polio. It has played a key role in strengthening health systems,” said Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “Polio workers have been especially vital in responding to COVID-19 and reaching</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">communities about the importance of vaccination against preventable diseases.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">With its Strategy 2022-2026, the GPEI is working to further integrate polio campaigns with broader health services and essential immunization programs. Continuing to scale up the use of an innovative new tool—the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2)—is essential to stopping outbreaks of variant poliovirus more sustainably. Investments in GPEI also help strengthen national health systems and ensure that countries are better prepared to respond to future health threats. In addition, the strategy continues the GPEI’s commitment to achieving gender equality across all levels of the program.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“The last steps to eradication are by far the toughest. But our foundation remains dedicated to a polio- free future, and we’re optimistic that we will see it soon,” said Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Gates Foundation. “Our investments in polio eradication not only bring us closer to that critical goal, they build long-term resilience by bolstering health care infrastructure and ensuring we’re prepared to respond to future pandemics.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Working closely with governments across the globe, the GPEI has helped reduce polio cases globally by more than 99% and has helped prevent an estimated 20 million cases of polio paralysis since 1988.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Despite this historic progress, interruptions in routine immunization, vaccine misinformation, political unrest, and the tragic floods in Pakistan in 2022 have underscored the urgent need to finish the job against polio.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Another concern is countries that had previously eliminated all forms of poliovirus have recently reported new detections of the virus. The United States and United Kingdom each confirmed outbreaks of variant poliovirus and were added to the World Health Organization’s <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001C0--QdxooJJO_gp5gLxhBiSJb-AcUrR0XAkJEAavR6zKApRwevGGjhzfLZDt3aEAvjncHW7mQtPJWD-IEbwkwnpXQ8Qv-JfXQDnOcVEK9OMfHbFLwSFHf4y_0Of_wt3VixxU8fLAWV2GoQbqDlzvrOWEybmT2by-2cZsnJDlupnyb0LJ3ebk4i7yIwTsgQqenUXe-ox8uFrASGt25wd0-g==&c=UenBaGYvtbxQxzgFISSQvyX28mFoX7cg_6Q8UQgdW2FMJjUs-TbLXw==&ch=w8lh4XivoYuvtr-vOvXmirEvYogv_as0Ad5nVcDUc7vvrLIMCIV6xw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">outbreak list</a> in September 2022. Malawi and Mozambique each detected cases of wild polio that originated abroad in 2022.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In 2019, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance became GPEI’s sixth core partner, further strengthening their collaboration. GPEI will continue its focus on interrupting virus transmission and eradicating polio through immunization campaigns using the oral polio vaccine (OPV). <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001C0--QdxooJJO_gp5gLxhBiSJb-AcUrR0XAkJEAavR6zKApRwevGGjhzfLZDt3aEA8ioRGtnu-LHetmtX26xeQF48-U_XprWuK42EPJLeW9mCpMSdo4B74NOKT3PPkSIwroed_srlaTEMxith7V7LD5yfF47egNtXiU5JGXm-7ukwAUUN7CWrNTxxnLRph5J_7o_RP6bVTluRlVY8ZUeqk4vPOOGBfG3uLHjQTx3Bnr5Ngd59bpu6V2AgyHwfGZ5yM6O8d0bvQpU=&c=UenBaGYvtbxQxzgFISSQvyX28mFoX7cg_6Q8UQgdW2FMJjUs-TbLXw==&ch=w8lh4XivoYuvtr-vOvXmirEvYogv_as0Ad5nVcDUc7vvrLIMCIV6xw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Gavi complements</a> GPEI efforts by providing support to low-income countries with the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2756111426layout yiv2756111426layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2756111426layout yiv2756111426layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2756111426column yiv2756111426column--1 yiv2756111426scale yiv2756111426stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2756111426text yiv2756111426text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2756111426text_content-cell yiv2756111426content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001C0--QdxooJJO_gp5gLxhBiSJb-AcUrR0XAkJEAavR6zKApRwevGGjhBqyeDi0sjK1YkhAT9IMoyDopxuPDmLL6AcZ2jw8QXMM50ucyB4z0CwTyMVF5Mpog4uY9MfgJPmKcUnTxyeqgR99dC1PS770leF31aut6v7gtYe3-YMzpZPV_EoLAHYShpDImFYrHlBEmF6oQsjJErEOmUkF2GdsMdvAqg8gCts&c=UenBaGYvtbxQxzgFISSQvyX28mFoX7cg_6Q8UQgdW2FMJjUs-TbLXw==&ch=w8lh4XivoYuvtr-vOvXmirEvYogv_as0Ad5nVcDUc7vvrLIMCIV6xw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;"> on behalf of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

BMGF Pledge to GPEI 2022-2026 Strategy World Health Summit

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SMZ yakipongeza chama cha wataalamu wa afya

<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;">Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi Mhe. Dkt Hussein Ali Mwinyi amesema Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar imefurahishwa na Maamuzi ya Chama cha Wataalamu wa Magonjwa ya Watoto Tanzania kwa kuendelea kushirikiana na Wizara ya Afya Zanzibar katika kuboresha huduma za Afya ya Watoto wachanga.</span><p></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Rais Dkt. Mwinyi ameeleza hayo wakati akifungua Mkutano wa Mwaka 2022 wa Wataalamu wa Magonjwa ya Watoto Tanzania uliofanyika Ukumbi wa Hoteli ya Verde Mtoni Zanzibar.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Ameeleza kufurahishwa kwa mpango wa NEST 360 kwa kushirikiana na Wizara ya Afya Zanzibar ambapo Serikali tayari imejipanga katika suala hilo.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Ameeleza kuwa Serikali imejenga Hospitai kumi za Wilaya na Moja ya Mkoa ambapo Ushirikiano Mkubwa unahitajika katika kuwajengea Uwezo Wataalamu ili kutoa huduma ipasavyo katika Hospitali hizo.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Aidha Rais Dkt. Mwinyi ameeleza kuwa Zanzibar imepiga hatua kubwa kwenye kuboresha huduma za Afya ikiwemo ongezeko la Huduma za Ubobezi katika Hospitali ya Mnazi Mmoja ambapo ameuomba Uongozi wa Chama cha Wataalamu wa Magonjwa ya Watoto kujenga Mfumo wa kusaidia upatikanaji wa Kibingwa bobezi katika Hospitali za Zanzibar hasa katika huduma za Watoto.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Pamoja na hayo Rais Dkt. Mwinyi amesema kuwa Zanzibar bado inakabiliwa na vifo vingi vya Watoto walio chini ya Miaka Mitano (05) ambapo nguvu kazi inahitajika zaidi ili kupunguza vifo hivyo na kuwekeza kwenye huduma za Mama na Mtoto kwenye Mifumo ya Afya Nchini.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Pia ameeleza kuwa magonjwa yasiyoambukiza kwa Watoto  yanakuwa Nchini akitolea Mfano Magonjwa ya Moyo,  Magonjwa ya Akili, Saratani, Kisukari na ajali kwa Watoto ambayo huchangiwa na vihatarishi vinavyotokana na Mfumo mbovu wa Maisha.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">"Magonjwa haya pia huweza  kuchangiwa na vihatarishi vinavyotokana na Mfumo mbovu wa Maisha, ikiwa pamoja na maisha Bwete (Sedentary Life) hali inayotokana na kupungua michezo ya nje ya Watoto na kukaa katika Luninga na Michezo ya video kwa watoto na kutokuzingatia lishe bora kwa Watoto" amesema</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Rais Dkt. Mwinyi amesema Vyama vya Kitaaluma vina Mchango mkubwa katika kuboresha huduma za Afya Nchini ambapo amesisitiza mashirikiano baina yao katika kutoa Elimu, Miongozo, hamasa kwa wanachama wao katika kutoa huduma kwa uadilifu na kuishauri Serikali njia bora za kuboresha huduma za Afya kwa wananchi wake.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Aidha amekipongeza Chama hicho kwa kusaidia kuleta maendeleo nchini hasa katika kuitangaza fani hiyo pamoja na kuvutia Vijana ili kuboresha utoaji wa huduma za Afya Nchini.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Pia Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi amewaomba washiriki wa Mkutano huo kutumia vyema mkusanyiko huo kwa kujadili na kutoa maazimio ya uboreshaji wa huduma za Afya kwa Watoto hasa waliosahauliwa katika Programu za Afya wale wa Miaka mitano hadi kumi (05-10) pamoja na kuweka mipango ya kujenga uwezo kwa watoa huduma za Afya.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Kwa upande wake Naibu Waziri wa Wizara ya Afya Zanzibar Mhe. HASSAN KHAMIS HAFIDH amesema kuwa kupitia Chama cha Madaktari wa Watoto Tanzania  Wizara itahakikisha inatoa ushirikiano wa hali ya juu ili kupunguza vifo vya Watoto chini ya miaka mitano (5)</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Mhe. HAFIDH amesema kuwa Serikali zote mbili zimefurahishwa  kuona Madaktari Bingwa wa Watoto wa Tanzania nzima wameunda Chama hicho chenye malengo ya kupunguza vifo vya Watoto chini ya Miaka Mitano (5) na kueleza kuwa jambo jema na ni lenye kupigiwa mfano na kuamini kuwa ifikapo mwaka 2030 tanzania itakuwa na idadi ndogo sana ya vifo vya watoto kulinganisha na ilivyo kwa sasa.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Nae Rais wa Chama cha Wataalamu wa Magonjwa ya Watoto Tanzania (PAT) Dkt. PIUS MUZZAZZI amezipongeza Serikali zote mbili kwa kuendelea kuboresha upatikanaji wa Huduma za Afya ambapo Watoto ni wanufaika wakubwa wa Huduma hizo na kupanua wigo wa ajira katika sekta ya afya.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Aidha ameipongeza Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kwa kuendelea kufadhili Madaktari wanaosomea Udakatari Bingwa wa Watoto katika Vyuo mbali mbali na pia kwa Kozi za Udaktari Bobezi wa Watoto, hivyo ameitaka Serikali kuendelea na jitihada hizo za kutoa nafasi zaidi za kusomesha Wataalamu ndani na nje ya Nchi kwani bado Idadi ya Wataalamu hao bado ni ndogo ukilinganisha na mahitaji.</span></p><p class="yiv3351734408MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Pia Dkt.MUZZAZZI ameziomba Serikali zote Mbili  kutatua changamoto zinazowakabili Madaktari zikiwemo mpango kazi wa Utumishi wa Umma, Mishahara na nyenginezo ili kuwaongezea ari ya ufanyaji wa kazi Madaktari Bingwa na wale Wataalamu na kuimarisha Huduma za Afya Visiwani Zanzibar na Tanzania kwa ujumla.</span></p>

SMZ yakipongeza chama cha wataalamu wa afya

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Building Community Resilience Through Effective Disaster Risk Reduction

<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680layout yiv8592888680layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680column yiv8592888680column--1 yiv8592888680scale yiv8592888680stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680text yiv8592888680text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680text_content-cell yiv8592888680content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKM9Av6ft49IJjZ5c98xtkNrQLu0XAbWsKfVdxqScrrvYBKF1HthIxv_Lu8DNcdGOsgbiMr_JatHTyxhncyU7nEXVHefUI3X-o9_lwOWXjxHzAMgG0CRjK4J4bbNdgoAQPuoODsBtVRC5-L-1j6ICHOlmsjMtN2Fn3yngetUmmbTCIX5YSBtzV3r5T_A/s285/mail.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="285" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKM9Av6ft49IJjZ5c98xtkNrQLu0XAbWsKfVdxqScrrvYBKF1HthIxv_Lu8DNcdGOsgbiMr_JatHTyxhncyU7nEXVHefUI3X-o9_lwOWXjxHzAMgG0CRjK4J4bbNdgoAQPuoODsBtVRC5-L-1j6ICHOlmsjMtN2Fn3yngetUmmbTCIX5YSBtzV3r5T_A/s1600/mail.png" width="285" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />The past three years have seen a series of global challenges that have had a fundamental impact on nations, their economies and their citizens. Despite being nearly three years since the onset of COVID-19, most countries are still on the path to full recovery. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a series of economic challenges with significant pressure on energy consumption and food production. These two events have also coincided with a dramatic increase in the number of climate hazards and, given the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimate of a global population of <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBLqj8DlVrm45msOC3wghOw96b4MF3newBSLTir1nnQgYxA1MqOyV8z0krhZAAXT0FUWc2l4g84H1gErceVCrVT1zFwL5f6fQqILaZ-x_yzfyI=&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">eight billion in November 2022</a>, the need for anticipatory humanitarian action has never been greater.</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This context outlines the importance of the key focus behind today’s <span style="font-weight: bold;">International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)</span>. Under the theme, <span style="font-weight: bold;">’Early warning and early action for all,’</span> today is indeed an opportunity for all partners and stakeholders within the global humanitarian system to acknowledge the progress made towards disaster risk reduction through innovative crisis financing and anticipatory action, risk modelling and early warning mechanisms, which play a huge role in reducing loss of life and livelihoods, destruction of economies and the razing of basic infrastructure. It also highlights our need to strengthen and grow this provision in coming years by setting the target of <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">’Substantially increasing the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people’.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The threats facing populations in the Global South are complex. In many African countries that heavily rely on imports from Russia and Ukraine in particular, the war has further contributed to worsening economic challenges amidst unprecedented climate-related hazards such as flooding in South Sudan, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Chad, prolonged droughts in the Horn and Sub-Saharan regions of Africa as well as man-made crises that include conflict in Ethiopia, the DRC and Togo. Other parts of the world have not gone unaffected either. Hheat waves and droughts in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; floods in Las Vegas in the United States; hurricanes and tornadoes in the southern islands of Japan and parts of South Korea; and a record-breaking monsoon flood in Pakistan which submerged a third of the country claiming over 1,500 lives, are just a fraction of the numerous disasters taking place in recent months.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In addition, scientists are predicting that the world’s current infrastructure is not prepared for what is to come. According to a September 2022 <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBL0c689U_IsL-e1Gm5SdHvnQO3rfexE-KlLeMUgO9us4iMGC_m3gs9l5eJgM9evXETy_l4AW9fbvunkOf_0Y3U0cGaKErHYhXBxfzuYxEQA4JXqk-0AFfOdbWa77U_8V-9VcCzYmvuwVgTCGD19pzjq2lH_Mxz9X6qBEPrBMezgPzjxw9oJu_QU-BqmiB7yi76rxLCYGoPTt4W9TnfLqe-fBBLoJp5BUsb&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">report</a> by <span style="color: #1a191a;">PreventionWeb</span>, the global knowledge-sharing platform for disaster risk reduction and resilience, the impact of climatic events and whether they turn into hazards depends in part on how prepared communities are. Rapid population growth, without accompanying infrastructure growth and development, exposes people to risks and vulnerabilities which have dire consequences should disaster strike. A struggling nation focused on overcoming its financial and economic challenges in order to take care of its ballooning population will most likely not have capacity to plan, finance and work towards disaster risk reduction. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Within the last 10 years, one organisation has made significant steps towards a new era of humanitarian action. Premised on the notion of decentralised power for increased humanitarian agility, Start Network has a membership of over 50 international, national and local Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), a cohort of five regionally dispersed hubs and six incoming hubs and more than 7,000 partners operating in over 200 countries worldwide. This model enables the Network to continue undertaking groundbreaking initiatives using science, data, and strong collaborations. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Using available data on the trends of previous electoral outcomes and their associations with violence in Kenya, and in a bid to avert a repeat of 2008 and 2017 election violence, Start Network members raised an <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBLsiSat0JPAltyXjnRV-oDrEJ_LT6OrXODyy_cj4ndEqApmtGCc-c05FICQ6d7gUGUksgo_jAhp8vvBZ6T5bJ5CTsAhOcPVvxIXLR8VtoHAjUcDXwXrRvhaQ==&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">anticipatory alert</a> this year, before the East African nation’s August general elections. Through strong coordination with the Government, Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, and national NGOs such as <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBL-lmYZ9ovRS6pXqoICUohv0KsOTeRj9oWHyB7MBGFRCSii-qySPYwtBOtrGjL-maxwuOvJ5aqK7E=&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">PACIDA</a>, the Network organised community peace dialogues, provided food and non-food items, and held peace marches in high-risk areas, likely contributing to reduced tensions during and post elections. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBL7AJp0FWxVAbPxuKe4U0eDWCjcXO2raykvBoxeRQcC2iLGuwUpmDv4B3qxpzSwWmxDe8SfwhI88U-Wp9RWp8ntjdxj_9JUZJbTRs6_MZ6idjCBpq-AWwxrqsTAwMJ4lE39Gk5dpZfd2Cvjvjj-1n-_OOaptQpu-fLOw5b5RPBwE2cks4PLbHqCQ==&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Uganda</a> at least 29 people died and 5,600 people were displaced by flash flooding in eastern regions on 30 July 2022, when Rivers Nabuyonga, Namatala, Nashibiso and Napwoli burst their banks after a persisting downpour that lasted more than a week. This resulted in loosened soils, created a deluge of runoff water and mass waste, ultimately leading to a landslide in the mountain slopes. Start Network members raised a flood alert to address immediate community needs including WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene), food, shelter, tents and NFIs (non-food items). Mitigating this crisis quickly through the <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwvEh52BUlWHTjV95lGzGNN0oKBUkGu1Uzd8f6mBJqZ8VckgQlKKgW2KfL4DTe_i_tGQYOTAZRZRPVXHCkzMUkD37a1fYke1X52P9GpkXVLl4&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Start Fund</a> (a fast, innovative crisis financing mechanism) ensured survivors were protected from intense cascading impacts of flooding.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680layout yiv8592888680layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680column yiv8592888680column--1 yiv8592888680scale yiv8592888680stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680image yiv8592888680image--padding-vertical yiv8592888680image--mobile-scale yiv8592888680image--mobile-center" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680image_container yiv8592888680content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="yiv8592888680image_content" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2Fd917b230401%2F511ea57a-f8a7-41ad-9935-809d622a4546.png%3Frdr%3Dtrue&t=1666506952&ymreqid=55d738a2-f71a-ca11-1c13-560008019e00&sig=kn82equfd98ZiPNPG.UbZA--~D" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-indent: -9999px;" width="373" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680layout yiv8592888680layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680column yiv8592888680column--1 yiv8592888680scale yiv8592888680stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680text yiv8592888680text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680text_content-cell yiv8592888680content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">One innovative initiative utilised by the Network is <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwvEh52BUlWHTo6_b5x4A0XtEaVxCaGEkag1DPH_vKHry9P-1blhIk0YvcbQaquOBtIKYqk1T70sRJilnSY29sdbM-WQ9s62kZigxM1_boGOA&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Start Ready,</a> a global financing mechanism launched at COP 26 to provide pre-agreed funding at scale for predictable crises like droughts, flooding and heatwaves. The service marries a combination of ‘risk pooling’ principles to make funds stretch further, data modelling to anticipate disasters before they strike, and locally led humanitarian action to ensure the most vulnerable are reached.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Start Ready was <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBLUGlS8b7kcOOXKA01MNhqAJAqkxlpqxq_Z-2wSNJlgUP9ayoFom3jnKFMAbRNUO0S3Oo3kGTFSCujj91jucz2miFLCIwaURuRf4HCOV_D_uzIdm-Rs3qd6zPOuOwzFdFAa64j3rzqu9g=&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">activated in Zimbabwe</a>, for instance, in May 2022, disbursing a pre-positioned sum of <span style="font-weight: bold;">£471,271 GBP</span> to support Bulilima, Binga, Bikita, Buhera and Mberengwa districts to mitigate drought, which had reached alarming thresholds to warrant the release of funding that month. As drought mitigation activities continue in the country, more livelihoods will be protected from devastating consequences. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwjC3fPMPOmBLw5SmLJYme1s4rWlGxQTwzlSwdG0iQ_hSOg7xaLtgkzzCsmN3p225jEBl6_wIUaJYfAPGQcaopPUJhUlHFxO5ATOW8KEBkjpy&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Geraldine O’Callaghan</a>, Development Director at the British Embassy in Harare, has expressed approval with how the contributions from the UK have been utilised in support of disaster risk reduction in Zimbabwe.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“I’m glad that the UK supports a range of disaster risk financing instruments in Zimbabwe, which offer predictable, rapid, pre-arranged finance to mitigate disaster. With UK funding, Start Network and Start Ready support NGOs to access disaster risk financing instruments, which alongside locally led contingency plans and delivery systems save lives and livelihoods after a disaster,” she said. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mr. O’Callaghan added, “in Zimbabwe, the funding disbursed by Start Network will help families to still be able to meet their dietary requirements despite crop failures due to drought. Collectively, these instruments, in addition to the <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwv7XM2HY1B183QtUKgU8OSzErE9iVp2mlYPgQ2bWy4P8uRo1Jmn61gpbhpHxi1wBogzl8ciiIyYYlkuKcJ4cnDE=&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">African Risk Capacity</a> Government policy, improve the resilience of poor and vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe and across Africa.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Programmes like the one in Zimbabwe highlight the potential of anticipatory action and its capacity to reduce the impacts of complex challenges facing the humanitarian sector. On the occasion of the commemoration of <span style="font-weight: bold;">#DRRDay</span>, Start Network pledges its continued committment to driving and catalysing the change urgently needed in the global aid system by transforming humanitarian action through innovation, early action, fast funding, and locally led action. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Start Network Disaster Risk Finance initiatives in Africa are made possible through funding from German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), The German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, IKEA Foundation, Irish Aid, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680layout yiv8592888680layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680column yiv8592888680column--1 yiv8592888680scale yiv8592888680stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv8592888680text yiv8592888680text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv8592888680text_content-cell yiv8592888680content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Distributed by</span><span style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I-uW8sUf-K1SdqB2twZiibvotZ_NFanZwrr8UZrAM_sf_E6v_Z_kwrycPrAS5IsbmZfT-2HGDe4yzi0FkyocQ2jlyXbrt6RwTXA9FcLY14nHIcIcL-mYn-2OM01VajTdH4VVHLxrAaLqUCQ2XGrH0N40HiCcfRP7&c=eRJsDafjCaam-8I8p49bHQDDPibC2LjScASH_ZVwVLatCMJk96w6IA==&ch=ZBmuOLvGv8se-E8A01hvug95LFXUk4pA3pE_WrIXi6b4dQCFyWzY7Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">African Media Agency</a><span style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">for Start Network.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2396534931layout yiv2396534931layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2396534931column yiv2396534931column--1 yiv2396534931scale yiv2396534931stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2396534931text yiv2396534931text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2396534931text_content-cell yiv2396534931content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDA09ur_tcXqtKFpFQ7qq7zObx_I-3OQOzt3hIRRSEXa9D6giJqOXx0LhiIY3Qa1UVG70hoMEQnMS-qf8iRX-Qla5yL7SdjQForpLviucIyfNpbpSntcMLpMtKPsMH-JbsvJDLsubitA0OjcF4qJsntr3wybXkbjHIbqLPxAF746xYAvx_wIF01czmQ/s236/mail.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="114" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDA09ur_tcXqtKFpFQ7qq7zObx_I-3OQOzt3hIRRSEXa9D6giJqOXx0LhiIY3Qa1UVG70hoMEQnMS-qf8iRX-Qla5yL7SdjQForpLviucIyfNpbpSntcMLpMtKPsMH-JbsvJDLsubitA0OjcF4qJsntr3wybXkbjHIbqLPxAF746xYAvx_wIF01czmQ/s1600/mail.png" width="114" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />As the world commemorates Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2022, WaterAid East Africa is calling on leaders across the region to develop and operationalise a costed context-specific national hand hygiene strategy. This is described as critical in scaling up current investments in hand hygiene, improving hygiene behaviours and reaching everyone, everywhere with inclusive, accessible and functional handwashing facilities. The theme for this year’s Global Handwashing Day, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene</span>, demands joint action from all stakeholders, especially governments at all levels in accelerating universal access to hand hygiene</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Regional Director, WaterAid East Africa, Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole</span> said, “Development of fully-funded national strategy on hand hygiene is a critical first step for countries in scaling up hygiene and achieving a culture shift in handwashing practices at household and community levels. If the hygiene targets captured under the Sustainable Development Goal 6, are to be achieved, there is a need to increase current efforts and investments four-folds, with attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“As the world copes with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons on the importance of handwashing in controlling the spread of infectious diseases must be sustained to prevent communities from future disease outbreaks. In East Africa, infectious diseases place a huge burden on fragile health systems, with some countries witnessing a resurgence of Ebola virus and monkeypox over the past month. It is also important to note that without functional handwashing facilities and access to water, public health facilities become hotbeds for infections, with both patients and caregivers risking their lives. Yet, only half of health centres globally, have handwashing facilities with soap and water”.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">According to <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001GDiiUCxk2R2U9QoDUNlcJA0j5LrxgYaJSVGPd5rNyMG0cBuH96jGJnGvnF5V4NNWm8q9G7pP41wav3gi8ff0okFyj93xW1oQLh_f38a0tdKPJ-2paeFeA8rzkS-sBX30vtlGAhvMSqSDt3PxCTe5px47GGfZcvwr53URzlMQbhWO0BGcnf2faxEhvOEolKQxekYPMD9ZbyeUHRKLxa8Y-Webli8eYmvKQ1fR50ygTFprOIu9YV76groGysca26DZ_LYqpD_XWSta3OrNyzA2Dg==&c=zqkT_8zXj4Z3Vdfh-NfUFLRVFa4g2tfD1Y0c2mQGbkMWGIAqBL2gGQ==&ch=vnXC6kk9K-WlmRV_pa601QqwkyvpGKlPMKqXbQ7bkfjq-P5MAQ1vAw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) 2020</a>, only 30% of East Africa population have access to basic hygiene. Disaggregated by country, this shows Rwanda has 5%, Ethiopia -8%, Uganda -23%, Kenya -27% and Tanzania at 48%. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001GDiiUCxk2R2U9QoDUNlcJA0j5LrxgYaJSVGPd5rNyMG0cBuH96jGJnGvnF5V4NNWnh4Pv2yGXgCmC2STk8B5ZRJFJNgvjc4AqpWnOEJZAk8bCkC0t9hNgMRS9-LJMnOwYUUwhmOMRV0qEATr2fTSSManfrfFsoyBlR_suoAjL3t4VnPfmcuZp4yMfrppzWDgtAosN6ZWtkgGz559Rgi4qFVygYrHXIhRn0oEkfGH6qW3XbshCyMrzZQF5Qb5M3gq&c=zqkT_8zXj4Z3Vdfh-NfUFLRVFa4g2tfD1Y0c2mQGbkMWGIAqBL2gGQ==&ch=vnXC6kk9K-WlmRV_pa601QqwkyvpGKlPMKqXbQ7bkfjq-P5MAQ1vAw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3;" target="_blank">Globally, 3 out of 10 people – 2.3 billion– still lack soap and water for handwashing at home</a>. This leaves people at increased risk of disease because they cannot wash their hands. Beyond this, it is estimated that half a million people die each year from diarrhoea or acute respiratory infections that could have been prevented with good hand hygiene. Handwashing with soap alone can reduce diarrhoea by up to 48%, thereby saving the lives of people, particularly children below the age of five.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Since 1981, WaterAid has reached 26.1m people with good hygiene through better facilities and hygiene behaviour change programme. We have also reached 181m people through our hygiene response to COVID-19 through our mass media awareness-raising. In East Africa, WaterAid has been working across the region to improve access to hand hygiene through our cross-border interventions and programmes in four East African countries. We remain committed to increasing the momentum and working with partners to ensure universal access not only for hygiene services but sustainable clean water and decent sanitation facilities.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This Global Handwashing Day, WaterAid East Africa is joining stakeholders worldwide to again demand for commitment to the global goal as we all #UniteforUniversalHandHygiene. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene services is a fundamental human right and we must ensure no one is left behind.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2396534931layout yiv2396534931layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2396534931column yiv2396534931column--1 yiv2396534931scale yiv2396534931stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2396534931text yiv2396534931text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv2396534931text_content-cell yiv2396534931content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Distributed by</span><span style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001GDiiUCxk2R2U9QoDUNlcJA0j5LrxgYaJSVGPd5rNyMG0cBuH96jGJp3iDon7ehQV7FEX-VIYBZZfn9DyqdXXAmt4eGllJ24k3dNXiuS1Gne0Q6hJvSqVW6MGMfgrA8NMS5cYcRFi8_mpXYndTT1yQ6-nwZgkXAgw&c=zqkT_8zXj4Z3Vdfh-NfUFLRVFa4g2tfD1Y0c2mQGbkMWGIAqBL2gGQ==&ch=vnXC6kk9K-WlmRV_pa601QqwkyvpGKlPMKqXbQ7bkfjq-P5MAQ1vAw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">African Media Agency</a><span style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-style: italic;">on behalf of Water Aid.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

WaterAid East Africa calls on national and regional leaders to prioritise costed hand hygiene strategies and make hand hygiene facilities available to all

  As the world commemorates Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2022, WaterAid East Africa is calling on leaders across the region to devel...

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SMZ kuendeleza ushirikiano

<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar itaendelea kushirikiana na Shirika la Wanawake Duniani katika kuhakikisha wanatimiza malengo yao waliyojiwekea.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Hemed Suleiman Abdulla ametoa Kauli hiyo alipokutana na Katibu Mtendaji wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa linaloshughulikia Wanawake (UN Women) Bi Sima Sami Afisini kwake Vuga Jijini Zanzibar.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Amesema Umoja wa Mataifa unaendesha Miradi ya Maendeleo katika Sekta mbali mbali ambapo Serikali itaendelea kusimamia Miradi hiyo ili iweze kukamilika.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mhe. Hemed ameeleza kuwa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar inatambua umuhimu wa Wanawake katika Maendeleo ambapo Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi amewaamini Wanawake na kuwapa Nyadhifa mbali mbali katika Uongozi ikiwemo Mawaziri na kuongoza Taasisi mbali mbali.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Sambamba na hayo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amemuhakikishia Katibu Mtendaji huyo kuwa SMZ itaendelea kusimamia mikakati ya Shirika hilo ili kufikia malengo waliojiwekea.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mhe. Hemed ametumia Fursa hiyo kumuomba Katibu Mtendaji huyo kuandaa utaratibu wa kuwaongezea uzoefu Wanawake wa Zanzibar ili kuendana na kasi ya Dunia kimaendeleo.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake Katibu Mtendaji wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa linaloshughulikia Wanawake Bi Sima Sami amefurahishwa kuona Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar inathamini mchango wa Wanawake kwa kuzingatia uwezo walionao.</span></span></p><p class="yiv3060767111MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ameeleza kuwa Shirika hilo lina mikakati mingi kwa kuwainua Wanawake na kuiomba Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kutoa Mashirikiano ya kutosha kufikia malengo yao.</span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">ABDULRAHIM KHAMIS</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">AFISI YA MAKAMU WA PILI WA PILI WA RAIS</span></div>

SMZ kuendeleza ushirikiano

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GITEX leads global tech communities to Africa for historic launch in the world’s next biggest digital economy

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrknCy57yKGjam2nKCNJvExKnUYAXSBO5jzRJfJk7Qupd1gANtwsvmgG4ISlcnBGz2EoTFE5FVyhXRgRFN_07ELZyszukSJzMYN4dooW6_vM8TUNb5iDRGxH0BylabFJm9em2FFuIQ0gdhB_zKwV13t2_KV6zQyRy3aHolNxHr5BAWKC9XHiPcSVoXmg/s1200/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1200" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrknCy57yKGjam2nKCNJvExKnUYAXSBO5jzRJfJk7Qupd1gANtwsvmgG4ISlcnBGz2EoTFE5FVyhXRgRFN_07ELZyszukSJzMYN4dooW6_vM8TUNb5iDRGxH0BylabFJm9em2FFuIQ0gdhB_zKwV13t2_KV6zQyRy3aHolNxHr5BAWKC9XHiPcSVoXmg/s320/mail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s mega tech showcase, is embarking on a new journey into Africa, leveraging a 42-year legacy of connecting tech titans, governments, start-ups, investors and global innovation hubs, to accelerate, collaborate, and explore new ventures in the world’s rising tech continent.</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The inaugural GITEX AFRICA will take place from 31 May-2 June 2023 in Marrakech, Morocco, rallying the tech world’s attention to the vast potential of the globe’s youngest continent, and shaping the vision for a more connected, sustainable, inclusive, and tech-driven digital economy.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The landmark event is the first overseas venture for GITEX GLOBAL, the influential tech brand trusted by international tech executives. It was announced today at a press launch during GITEX GLOBAL 2022, which this year outran capacity at the Dubai World Trade Centre venue to cross two million sq. ft. with more than 5,000 exhibitors from 90 countries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">GITEX AFRICA is launched in partnership with the Digital Development Agency (ADD), a strategic public entity leading the Moroccan government's digital transformation agenda under the authority of the Moroccan Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">KAOUN International, the overseas events organising company of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), will lead the partnership for this much awaited business endeavour in the highly sought after tech region, officially launching the “Go There” global campaign for GITEX AFRICA campaign today.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3949869249layout yiv3949869249layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv3949869249column yiv3949869249column--1 yiv3949869249scale yiv3949869249stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3949869249text yiv3949869249text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv3949869249text_content-cell yiv3949869249content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">At the show’s official announcement and signing ceremony today, Mohammed Drissi Melyani, General Director of the Digital Development Agency, said: “We are honoured to organize this event in a continent which is seeing great dynamic, economic and social growth in many fields.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“Morocco is playing a crucial role to assist and support the development of Africa under the leadership of His Majesty The King Mohamed VI and to link it economically to the rest of the world. We are deeply engaged to contribute to the success of this first edition of GITEX AFRICA and will work very hard to make it exceptional for us all.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Trixie LohMirmand, CEO of KAOUN International and Executive Vice President of Dubai World Trade Centre, organiser of GITEX, added: “The time for Africa is now. Against a stuttering world tech market, Africa has risen and punched well above its weight recently, with big tech investments rocketing and start-ups funding recording the best year ever in 2021 at six times over the global average.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“It takes a lot to build and sustain an outstanding tech event. GITEX has a global following of communities that trust the brand’s motivation in discovering new tech geographies and marketplaces for greater empowerment and knowledge sharing in the new generation economies.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“The Digital Development Agency Morocco is committed to accelerating wide scale digital transformation of its society and the tech modernisation of the wider African continent. The unified commitment from the stakeholders embodied in GITEX AFRICA shall amplify the African tech opportunities and bring to forth the world’s next biggest digital economy.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">One Africa, limitless opportunities in world’s burgeoning tech frontier</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">With tech-friendly policies in a continent that is now far more accessible, African investment is rocketing. Analysts predict the tech market is on track to scale from $115 billion to $712 billion by 2050, while growth in start-up funding is six times higher than anywhere else. In only six years, Africa went from zero to seven unicorns, with four all born last year.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">African talent development is also at its fastest. Global tech titans Microsoft and Google are already setting up billion-dollar innovation and talent hubs in Africa, while the number of people with internet access has grown to 522.8 million, or 40 percent of the African population.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, a youthful populace coupled with Africa’s rapid urbanisation is accelerating digital economic growth, with 70 percent of the Sub-Saharan African population under 30 years of age and 45 percent of Africans set to live in cities by 2025.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The pervasive confidence and upbeat outlook on the African tech landscape are shared by global start-ups and investors, accentuated by the unrivalled opportunities, global visibility and economic impact brought about by the debut of GITEX AFRICA.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“I’m thrilled to learn about GITEX AFFRICA next year,” said Ramez El-Serafy, CEO of Flat6labs, the Middle East and North Africa’s leading early stage venture capital firm, and an existing exhibitor at GITEX GLOBAL’s North Star start-up showcase.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“Africa is a rising market with boundless opportunities for bold expansion, where start-ups, investors, accelerators, Venture Capitalists, multinational corporations and the entire tech ecosystem can construct sustained growth.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“At Flat6Labs, we see first-hand the impact and connections GITEX has continued to drive for regional and global businesses. Our presence at GITEX is crucial for us and our start-ups every year, and with Flat6Labs’ expanding footprint across Africa, GITEX’s expansion into Africa in Morocco is just fantastic news for us."</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Pardon Mujakachi, Vice President of Strategy & Partnerships at Chipper Cash, an African unicorn fintech platform offering mobile, cross-border money transfer services, added: “We’re excited to hear that GITEX is coming to Africa, and believe this a watershed moment for Africa’s future digital economy.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“GITEX AFRICA will create more opportunities for tech entrepreneurs to shine on the global stage, with Africa a key focal point of innovation and sustainable expansion in emerging economies. Converging the entire tech ecosystem, GITEX AFRICA will propel the continent forward in the incubation of start-ups, scale-ups, and unicorns such as Chipper Cash.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Enabling Morocco – Africa's emerging tech hub</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">At the confluence of Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East, Morocco is well-positioned to transform into a regional business hub by leveraging its geographically strategic location, political stability, and world-class infrastructure.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Morocco is Africa’s fifth-largest economy, the second biggest African investor in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the largest African investor in West Africa, while it also sits 3 </span><sup style="color: black;">rd</sup><span style="color: black;"> of all African countries in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Foreign investment in Morocco is rising, particularly in export sectors like manufacturing, through favourable macroeconomic policies, trade liberalisation, investment incentives, and structural reforms. New Moroccan national strategies emphasise value-added industries such as renewables, automotive, aerospace, textile, pharmaceuticals, outsourcing, and agro-food.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Amplifying GITEX GLOBAL’s enduring African association</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">For years GITEX GLOBAL has advanced the African agenda, in 2022 welcoming its most heightened participation from the African tech ecosystem yet. This was amplified by ‘Africa Fast 100’ at its North Star start-up showcase, the largest ever gathering of African start-ups to be hosted under one roof outside of Africa.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In its largest edition yet, GITEX GLOBAL 2022 also featured involvement from key African unicorns, such as Jumia, Flutterwave, and Chipper Cash, while welcoming ministerial delegations from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Morocco, and many more.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">GITEX AFRICA 2023 will build on these achievements, curating the most powerful innovations emerging from the world’s next most sought-after market across the fast-growing sectors of fintech, e-commerce, cloud, IoT, AI, telecom, and security. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3949869249layout yiv3949869249layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3949869249layout yiv3949869249layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv3949869249column yiv3949869249column--1 yiv3949869249scale yiv3949869249stack" style="text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3949869249text yiv3949869249text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv3949869249text_content-cell yiv3949869249content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TvJrKHfh92kGHvLwbHXWpMn1o5A03wA_WKgmvb5pE9SLGtiGoX6Ay2GDe1DR5mrPy5hph22eoIu0nxwPD6bs6XVFFPFRfiLj_UZugt27UR3fK7cLRzO-g53xboPdyZCWU9NCzzAZVyuRnRoIsVzABdf3zqPn3Nub69rngrNUju1KaR9HO3gW_QB_fVTFiajVXIe9mCvVoDGYzp7MF3rgpzOu_sd2DEk0&c=8OpGne3Z2CxC2nr94h5qkEhh_Qvz24mQ5O6msIvSGDmh2chk_GdZTg==&ch=H5kfxi6ZzA92_199jziVOwaMHgzS3VU21jDtCAT1YPtzpCPS_lfYaw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;"> on behalf of Gitex Africa.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /></p>

GITEX leads global tech communities to Africa for historic launch in the world’s next biggest digital economy

  GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s mega tech showcase, is embarking on a new journey into Africa, leveraging a 42-year legacy of connecting tech ti...

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Tips on bringing up money savvy kids in Zimbabwe

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZF8WeIJ0eHn-ZQNqud4Tliq_RxbCUKiGT_zHMwxxvOx5_Talal-sGVtBEjT5kLPIFCL026UMV3EmB3Ur6dpdexJmmlcDX_EbI_whgc-YBJQQJMTCihrLBILs1jOejwo6tVo2GMXlpK645y7sbDSCxRBp4wsQix6DbvtVunhMwPoH8JwtaARsN_-Sptw/s1539/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZF8WeIJ0eHn-ZQNqud4Tliq_RxbCUKiGT_zHMwxxvOx5_Talal-sGVtBEjT5kLPIFCL026UMV3EmB3Ur6dpdexJmmlcDX_EbI_whgc-YBJQQJMTCihrLBILs1jOejwo6tVo2GMXlpK645y7sbDSCxRBp4wsQix6DbvtVunhMwPoH8JwtaARsN_-Sptw/s320/mail.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">By </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Susan Sitemere </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Country Manager Zimbabwe & South Africa</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">WorldRemit.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Are you teaching your kids on financial literacy? It’s never too early to introduce the subject of money, as knowing how to manage it is a lifelong skill that will see them through good and bad times. But it’s a skill that should be taught from an early age.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Financial literacy is briefly covered in many schools across the world, Zimbabwe notwithstanding, but it is ultimately your guidance that is needed to ensure your child’s financial wellbeing is met. From training them on saving, budgeting and even on the ideals of hard work and earning a living, you will be securing sustainable financial futures for them.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Susan Tanaka Sitemere, Country Manager, Zimbabwe and South Africa at international money transfer company WorldRemit, has a few tips to help you teach your children to be money savvy as they grow into adults.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">1. Let’s talk money</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In many Zimbabwean households, parents may not want to chat about family finances in front of their children, but to nurture a child who’ll be in good financial shape as an adult, it’s really worth starting the conversation early – without, of course, bringing up any real financial worries.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, consider chatting with the kids from an early age about routine purchases like food, paying for education, transport, and holidays. Discuss the difference between the things you need such as food, water, heating, and the things you want - holidays, technology and clothes or shoes, like the latest trainers.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">When they’re young, take them shopping, look at the price labels and pay for items with cash, rather than paying with a seemingly ‘magic’ credit or debit card. Cash is a tangible thing - once it’s used, it’s gone. Kids need to learn that.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">2. Introduce them to money</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">As soon as your child can count is the time to introduce them to money. Show them some Zimbabwean or US Dollar notes and coins and teach them the value of each one. Best of all, play some money games with them – engaging games to help them understand the value of coins, how to count money and work out change.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You can play these games online or as board games. Introduce games like nhodo, tsoro or draughts1, which can enhance counting skills and fast thinking. You can also create your own homemade games. After all, what child doesn’t love setting up and playing shop? Play and learning really can go hand in hand.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">3. Get them budgeting</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Whether your children earn their own money with an after-school job or get gifts and pocket money from their grandparents during their birthday, it’s worth introducing the idea of budgeting early. And make it fun!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Yes, budgeting really can be fun if you draw up a colorful chart for them to fill in. Two columns: ‘money in’ and ‘money out’.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">For younger children, they can put their money in three different piggy banks or jars – money for spending, for sharing/gifting, and for saving.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">By budgeting, your children will begin to take more personal responsibility for managing their money.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">4. Start them saving early</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It’s important to teach your children that however much money they may be given or earn – they don’t need to spend it all at once. It is far better to set some goals and save for the future!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, help them open a savings account - a digital savings account may be best. After all, our children will be doing most of their banking online in the future. The earlier you get them managing their finances on a computer, tablet, or mobile phone, the better.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Once they have a savings account – you can look at the monthly statements with them – and explain how the account grows because of deposits and interests. Fortunately, most of the banks in Zimbabwe have child-friendly bank halls and children’s savings products2. Encourage your older children to put larger sums away for something they really want like a new bike or computer.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">By saving your children will learn how rewarding self-discipline and goal setting can be.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">5. Working for the things they want</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">When your child sets their heart on anything from a book to a bike, instead of instantly reaching for your credit card – encourage them to earn the money for themselves. No one wants work interfering with their children’s studies or play, but there are small jobs they can do to earn a little and pay for the things they want.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Young children can top up their piggy banks by doing household chores. Teens (10- to 12-year-olds) can do babysitting, or gardening. And older teens can get part-time work in shops, local restaurants, and holiday work in cafes or at attractions.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The benefit of this? To give them the responsibility and self-satisfaction of earning their own money and saving from a young age. In this way, they can really understand and begin to appreciate the value of money.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">6. Spending not overspending</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Now comes the really fun part. Once your child has saved the right amount, they can go shopping and then spend within a budget. Of course, advise them not to overspend. But as long as they’re mature enough, it’s best to leave the purchase decisions to them. They really need to be in control of their own decisions when it comes to money.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">If you help them become smart spenders, you’ll instill in them some valuable lessons about how personal choice relates to managing money.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a191a; font-style: italic;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001peSLxUYI5GyAgPI_CoNp-tw2ZgmHEgYm-LjQGqIQ4CUCRN5a-LkAipP34zJ8PGBQicqVGq0f5iHAyJn6h78Nw0C2KNoyBgeuupeRZp4lyjguob9Fb-h8bFVTH2cNyvtb0NotLnKRw6qk4RjpGCSrtliFyQijcba_tjY_9KKZ4ZbFLFt5GjCL5QijZZSZJSY1vVyG-3dATWEIXwa63bM2Emd6M63wEZyg&c=G07Fh4h4GJxB5nIGexTfiPzixHffcG1HJ9ebSSb4Jbrp2oTuaDpydw==&ch=tr2OUt69fnHjhEfokcKTqpNzNNc9HFCUuD6JR2IzRYh5cCco27Nadw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: #1a191a;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-style: italic;">on behalf of WorldRemit.</span></span></p>

Tips on bringing up money savvy kids in Zimbabwe

  By  Susan Sitemere  Country Manager Zimbabwe & South Africa   WorldRemit. Are you teaching your kids on financial literacy? It’s never...

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