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Current Feed ContentNational Consultative Meeting on Sanitation Policy EndsA two-day national consultative meeting for the developingof a national sanitation policy commences yesterday at the Baobab Hotel.Speaking at the occasion, the deputy permanent secretary atthe Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, Alhagie Saihou Janneh,said the meeting is timely. He said that tackling sanitation, needs a sectoralapproach adding that the Department of State for Health and partners will doeverything possible to come up with a sanitation policy. For his part, the...DRC: Children most vulnerable as thousands need urgent aidHundreds of children are fending for themselves after being separated from their families in fighting between the army and rebels in the eastern province of North Kivu, aid workers have said. "Up to 100,000 people fled their homes due to heavy fighting between belligerent armed groups in North Kivu last week," said Jaya Murthy, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) communications specialist in the region. At least 60 percent of those who fled are children. "The condition of newly displaced...Focus on landmines in FoniAn education campaign on the dangers posed by land mines last week commenced in Foni. According to Lamin Gibba, the campaign manager, the project is funded by the UNICEF Gambia office with Nova Scotia-Gambia Association (NSGA) as the implementing partner. He added that the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) will also be part of the campaign. The campaign, according to Mr Gibba, targets forty-three border communities in the area and is aimed at creating adequate sensitisation and information...African Youth Day to be observedADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 27, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A Press Conference on the Celebration of the African Youth Day under the theme: “Peace, Solidarity and Positive Values promoted by the African Youth” was scheduled to take place yesterday Wednesday 29 October 2008 at 4 pm, in the Media Centre of the African Union Conference building. The Press Conference, which will precede the celebration of the African Youth Day, observed every 1st of November, is aimed at sensitising...Dutch film star to visit The GambiaAccording to a press release issued by the organisation, UNICEF will host the first visit of the Dutch film star and goodwill ambassador, Sipke-Jan Bousema from 30th October to 2 November 2008. The purpose of the visit is to assess the impact of water projects in schools and communities, as part of the interventions and support the UNICEF provides to the Department of State for Water Resources, which is the principle partner representing The Gambia government. “We welcome this important visit...UNICEF staff member killed in Southern SomaliaUNICEF today strongly condemned the killing of a Somali staff member who was shot on Sunday, 19 October, in Huddur, southern Somalia. Water engineer, Mukhtar Mohammed Hassan, was shot at close range as he walked in town with friends after attending the mosque. According to reports, three gunmen shot into the air to disperse the crowd and then directly targeted Mukhtar. Mukhtar worked with UNICEF providing technical supervision for UNICEF-supported water, sanitation and hygiene activities in...International Year of Sanitation launchedAja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, the vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, yesterday, presided over the official launching of the International year of Sanitation, in The Gambia, which also marked the Global Hand Washing Day, at a ceremony held at the Buffer Zone in Tallinding. Organised by The Gambia government through the Department of State for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, in conjunction with the UNICEF Country Office and other partners, the event...Nutrition agency dialogue lunch tomorrowThe National Nutritional Agency supported by UNICEF, and hosted by Africell and Sheraton Hotel will organise a private sector dialogue and working lunch as part of the Breastfeeding Week, under the series of steps mapped out in the Call to Action document on Child Survival in The Gambia.The event, according to a UNICEF media advisory, is scheduled for tomorrow at Sheraton Hotel in Brufut at 12 pm. World Breastfeeding Week was first celebrated in 1992 and is now observed in over 120 countries by...Guinea Bissau: UNICEF provides support to fight cholera epidemicUNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health of Guinea Bissau in fighting a cholera epidemic that has quickly spread across the country, and is particularly affecting the capital Bissau and the regions of Quinara, in the south, and Biombo, in the west. In addition to mobilising US$ 750,000 since the epidemic began in mid-May, UNICEF has assisted with a team of national and international experts specialised in emergency coordination, water and sanitation, social communication, public health and...Ebo Town WDC pays courtesy call on KMCDelegates of the Ebo Town Ward Development Committee, headed by councillor, Modou Lamin Badjie paid, on Tuesday, a courtesy call on Yankuba Colley, mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC). The move culminated from a desire to highlight their action plans and also to put forward a number of problems the Ebo Town Ward is encountering. In his welcoming remarks, Mayor Yankuba Colley emphasized that his office is always open. He then vowed that the municipality will arrange to visit their ward so... |
