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This spring on May 7, Lake Manitoba sits at 811 feet above sea level (FSL) on average between Westbourne and at Steep Rock. Water flows into Lake Manitoba through the Waterhen River are 2883 cubic feet per second (cfs) while outflows at Fairford are 1148 cfs. This has brought Lake Manitoba up slightly from 810.9 FSL earlier in the spring. The Assiniboine River at Portage is flowing at 447 cfs and the Whitemud River is at 81 cfs. All of these river flows are well below average for the spring. The Whitemud and Assiniboine rivers median flow for this time of year are 1000 and 5500 cfs respectively.
Nurzhynska, Nikoi); Communication for Development (C4D) consultant (
Abebe) Health workers, religious leaders, and CSOs [civil society organisations] play an important role in convincing refusals and engaging and mobilising community members. From July 2019 to November 2020, 31 circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases were confirmed in 10 regions of Ghana. In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) declared a public health emergency of national concern, and different rounds of oral polio vaccine (OPV) campaigns were conducted. Though the massive campaign involved knocking on the doors of individual caregivers, issues of missed children and refusals related social determinants and behaviours posed challenges to the response, which was also complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This report from the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) details the results of focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted in November and December 2020 by four civil society organisa
3 Organizations Fighting Poverty in Tanzania
TACOMA, Washington Tanzania is a country in East Africa that gained independence in 1964. Although the country’s GDP increased by 10% from 2007 to 2012, the numbers have decreased in recent years. Tanzania is still home to more than 25 million people who live on less than $1.90 per day. Tanzania’s high poverty rate is rooted in central agriculture, education and healthcare issues. However, there are 3 organizations fighting poverty in Tanzania.
Recoda and Agriculture in Tanzania
More than 75% of Tanzania’s population relies on the agricultural sector for employment and faces challenges in unpredictable weather and a lack of infrastructure. Additionally, Tanzania’s rapidly growing population contributes to an increase in subsistence farming rather than growing farms. Recoda, founded in 2000, aims to reduce poverty and food insecurity by bringing research and community initiatives to Tanzania’s subsistence farming population.
Men must fully partake in the upbringing of children – Paramount Chief
Pe Dituudini Adiana Ayagitam III, Paramount Chief of Chiana Traditional Area in the Kassena-Nankana West District, has called on Ghanaian men to show concern and get involved in the proper upbringing of their children.
The Paramount Chief, who is also the President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, said parenting was a collective responsibility of both parents.
He said it was required to properly nurture children, inculcate in them good moral values, and ensure discipline to enable them to fit well into society.
This, he said, would not only enable the children to grow up to be responsible citizens to contribute significantly to the development of the nation and also promote love among families.