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Spearheading Hand Wash & Menstrual Hygiene Practices in India

HEEALS, a non-profit organization has collaborated with various schools to spread awareness about the importance of hand wash and menstrual hygiene among children of variable ages. It's often seen that a simple practice like washing hands is not given enough importance by children as well as adults. But, it is a medically proven fact that proper hand washing is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick. Similarly, menstrual hygiene is also an ignored practice among adolescent girls because of more...

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gagan kash on May 16, 2013

Leonardo DiCaprio helps raise almost $39 million as guest auctioneer

telegraph.co.uk –

"The actor urged buyers to bid as if the planet’s fate depended on them, as he co-hosted the 11th Hour Charity Auction on April 13, where guests included Mark Ruffalo, Salma Hayek and Bradley Cooper. The actor is reported to have spent months soliciting donations from artists and whipping up interest from collectors. "The Great Gatsby star joined Christie’s to raise money for the Leonardo DiCaprio foundation, which deals with environmental issues. A statement from DiCaprio warned that 'Nature more...

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John Daly on May 15, 2013

8 Technology Lessons of Hurricane Sandy

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The aftermath Hurricane Sandy saw massive response efforts including an unprecedented deployment of volunteers and communications tools. Last week’s San Francisco Technology Salon drew discussants for a conversation on the technology lessons learned by those in the field. Participants engaged in a lively discussion lead by All Hands Volunteers’ Jeremey Horan around how the different groups responding used technology. A number of topics emerged including:Individual responders are now more...

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D C on May 15, 2013

The World in 2050

The World in 2050

The world economy is projected to grow at an average rate of just over 3% per annum from 2011 to 2050, doubling in size by 2032 and nearly doubling again by 2050. China is projected to overtake the US as the largest economy by 2017 in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms and by 2027 in market exchange rate terms. India should become the third ‘global economic giant’ by 2050, a long way ahead of Brazil, which we expect to move up to 4th place ahead of Japan. Russia could overtake Germany to more...

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D C on May 15, 2013

Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability: Workshop on the Inclusive Wealth Report Project

Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability: Workshop on the Inclusive Wealth Report Project

A workshop on the Inclusive Wealth Report (IWR) will take place on 29-30 April 2013 at UNESCO Headquarters. The objective is to promote the report presented during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, Brazil) in June 2012. This report puts forward a new index to measure the economic and social progress of nations. Sometimes called the “Green GDP”, the Inclusive Wealth Index assesses economies and social progress in an inclusive way, considering not only manufactured more...

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John Daly on May 13, 2013

Next Brussels Briefing: Linking food, geography and people

Press Release

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Can marketing tradition and origin protect the value of agricultural and food products? What global and regional legal frameworks for origin-branding exist and how effective are they? These are just some of the questions that will be addressed during the Brussels Policy Briefing ‘Geography of food: reconnecting with origin in the food system’ on 15th May. The Blue Mountain coffee – from Jamaica – is one of the best known GI in the CaribbeanAuthor: Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz Source: http://en. more...

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CTA Brussels on May 13, 2013

Engineering ‘key to Africa’s development’

Engineering ‘key to Africa’s development’

bdlive.co.za –

"AFRICAN governments need to invest more in engineering sciences for the continent to meet its ambitious infrastructure development goals, Harvard professor Calestous Juma said at the World Economic Forum on Africa on Friday. "Last year, African heads of state approved an infrastructure development programme that envisages investments of $360bn up to 2040. "By 2020, they aim to invest $67.9bn in the priority areas of energy, transboundary water supply, transport, and information and more...

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John Daly on May 13, 2013

SEA Change weekly newsletter – 2013 05 09

SEA Change weekly newsletter – 2013 05 09

seachangecop.org –

We start this week’s newsletter with 3 upcoming events; The new “Future Climate Change Officer Fellowship Program” by the Association of Climate Change Officers (Topic 1), the Annual Canadian Evaluation Society Conference (Topic 2) and Topic 3 showcasing Al Gore’s upcoming Climate Reality Project trainings. Resources on ADB’s economic analysis of development programs are shared in Topic 4 and we end this week’s newsletter (Topic 5) with a selection of climate change and M&E relevant more...

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Dennis Bours on May 9, 2013

A story of big brands and water pollution in Indonesia

A story of big brands and water pollution in Indonesia

greenpeace.org –

Greenpeace International has commissioned a new investigation that delves even further into the hazardous chemicals used in the production of high street fashion, going beyond previous investigations in China and Mexico. This latest report builds on the Detox campaign’s work, which reveals how textile manufacturing is a major contributor to water pollution in the Global South.

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D C on May 7, 2013

S.M. Sehgal Foundation receives grant assistance from the Embassy of Japan for a ground water recharging project

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The Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD), an initiative of S.M. Sehgal Foundation (SMSF) signed a grant agreement with the Embassy of Japan on March 22, 2013 under their “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects”. The grant is for implementing a natural resource management project that includes construction of a check dam in village Rawli of district Mewat, Haryana. Diminishing supply of freshwater is of grave concern in Mewat, which hampers agriculture and animal husbandry, more...

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Arti Manchanda on May 7, 2013

SEA Change double webinar “Monitoring and Evaluation for Community-Based Adaptation (CBA): Unpacking the CARE PMERL and ARCAB approaches and their inter-connection”, May 17 2013: Webinar 1 at 10:00 AM ICT (UTC+7), Webinar 2 at 16:00 ICT (UTC+7)

SEA Change double webinar “Monitoring and Evaluation for Community-Based Adaptation (CBA): Unpacking the CARE PMERL and ARCAB approaches and their inter-connection”, May 17 2013: Webinar 1 at 10:00 AM ICT (UTC+7), Webinar 2 at 16:00 ICT (UTC+7)

seachangecop.org –

SEA Change, CARE and ARCAB are collaboratively developing two webinars on Friday May 17 that focus on two approaches to monitoring and evaluation of community-based adaptation interventions. Join us for this two-part Webinar on Friday May 17 2013, and register through the links below: Webinar 1 at 10:00 AM Indo-China Time (ICT = UTC+7) for the CARE PMERL approach: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/933853270 Webinar 2 at 16:00 Indo-China Time / 11:00 CET (UTC+2) for the more...

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Dennis Bours on May 6, 2013

SEA Change weekly newsletter – 2013 05 02

SEA Change weekly newsletter – 2013 05 02

seachangecop.org –

The webinar recording of last week’s SEA Change webinar by Mr. Glenn O’Neil “Presenting evaluation findings and evidence-based organizational learning” has been put online, together with relevant reading materials, and can be found on the webinar page: http://www.seachangecop.org/node/1836. This webinar did not have a climate change focus, but the topic was developed upon requests from SEA Change members. More webinar-news in Topic 2. On May 17 we will have an exciting 2-part webinar more...

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Dennis Bours on May 3, 2013

Volunteer An Asset For The World

Heeals Water ,Sanitation Hygiene & Girl Education#volunteer india heeals,

volunteerheeals.blogspot.in –

Volunteering for some work for helping somebody from the time immemorial is considered to be as the work of God , and a volunteer a messenger of the god According to Great Mahatma Gandhi he said that , " if you feel very sad or very lonely or depressed , help a weeping child to make him or her happy, help a poor mother , help a poor man , the feeling the happiness you will get is above all else and you will proud of your self ".

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Gaurav Kashyap on May 2, 2013

"Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia"

"Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia"

volunteerheeals.blogspot.in –

Promoting awareness among children about Handwash & Menstrual Hygiene through games and multimedia. Games and Multimedia played a very important role in creating awareness among school children about Hand wash and Menstrual Hygiene. We created four different Games for children

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Gaurav Kashyap on May 2, 2013

ELLA BRIEF: Pushing Through Reform: Lima's Disaster Risk Management Strategy

ella.practicalaction.org –

In recent years, there have been a number of important actions at the institutional level for promoting disaster risk management (DRM) in developing countries. Yet securing a city-level political commitment that ensures the required investment and specific action plans in big cities has remained a pending challenge. This Brief describes how the Municipality of Lima designed and implemented its Disaster Risk Management Strategy, in particular analysing how disaster risk management was more...

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Mark Turner on May 2, 2013

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