PIA NCR file photo of (L-R): PDRF President Butch Meily, New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Francis Tavita Kell, and PDRF Chief Resilience Officer Bill Luz during an agreement signing to launch Project K3 or Kalinga para sa Kalusugan ng Komunidad, which brings together the technical expertise and resources of the private, public, and humanitarian sectors to help fifteen local government units across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao flatten the curve.
CALOOCAN CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme, has introduced Project K3 to the general public while, at the same time, gaining vital information on topics that will be developed into e-learning modules and information, education, and communication (IEC) materials.
PDRF, New Zealand present Project K3 to key stakeholders around the country
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Email: malmenteros@pdrf.org.ph 17 FEBRUARY 2021, MANILA The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme, introduced Project K3 to the general public while gaining vital information on topics that will be developed into e-learning modules and information, education, and communication (IEC) materials.
A total of 275 attendees from local government units (LGUs), hospitals, and the Department of Health (DOH) participated in this webinar which was part of Project K3 or “Kalinga para sa Kalusugan ng Komunidad” a national initiative to strengthen local healthcare system capacities in dealing with COVID-19 and preparing for future health crises. Launched last October 2020, a series of baseline assessments were conducted to support the project’s three main targets (1) Training 10,000 local healthcare
The Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) welcomed the Government of New Zealand as a new partner with its multi-year commitment of NZD 6.8 million to support smallholder farmers across Africa, with NZD 4.2 million committed to Rwanda from 2020-2023.
The contribution provided through the World Food Programme (WFP) will enable WFP to scale up its support over the next 3 years targeting 200,000 smallholder farmers in rural areas across Rwanda while working to sustainably transform agricultural markets to become more efficient, resilient, and profitable.
Through FtMA Rwanda, smallholder farmers are supported with a range of services to promote farming as a business, use of improved inputs, and enhancing crop post-harvest management. Smallholder farmers and their cooperatives are then linked to formal financial services that allows them to scale-up and enhance their production. Once crops are harvested, cooperatives are linked directly to public and private sector formal off-takers to sell th
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The Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) proudly welcomes the Government of New Zealand as a new partner with its generous multi-year commitment of NZD 6,800,000 million to support smallholder farmers across Africa, with NZD 4,200,000 committed to Rwanda from 2020-2023.
The contribution provided through the World Food Programme (WFP) will enable WFP to scale up its support over the next 3 years targeting 200,000 smallholder farmers in rural areas across Rwanda while working to sustainably transform agricultural markets to become more efficient, resilient and profitable.
“New Zealand is proud to partner with the Farm to Market Alliance. This partnership will support lifting smallholder farmers in Rwanda out of poverty while also transforming regional food systems for longer-term sustainability and food security,” said Olivia Owen, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of New Zealand to Rwanda.
New Zealand must increase public funding to $67 billion to meet ‘climate-specific’ finance levels that only averaged to NZ $51 million per year, OXFAM said.