Caritas India Launches Programme for Food and Nutrition Security
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Caritas India launched a food and nutrition security programme for helping the pandemic-hit marginalized communities of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to combat chronic food and nutrition insecurity.
Sanjivani will be implemented in 85 villages that are predominantly inhabited by Dalits and Adivasis in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh by eight partners.
Addressing the orientation and launch workshop Bishop Sebastian Vadakkel highlighted the sad contradiction of farmers, who are
Annadata or giver of food, going hungry. “Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated the vulnerabilities of marginalized communities and worsened their food and nutrition insecurity. We need to work with the communities to find sustainable solutions to their hunger. It is not acceptable for us that producers of food go hungry”, the prelate said. He thanked Caritas India for strengthening the diocesan social service societies with capacities and fun
Mysore/Mysuru: Cyclothon, Flash Mob, awareness rallies and special lectures by various Hospitals and organisations marked ‘
World Cancer Day’ in city this morning.
ClearMedi Radiant Hospital had organised a Cyclothon to create awareness on cancer, its causes, preventive measures and treatment options, which was flagged off by Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. Speaking on the occasion, he said cancer, once termed as a dreaded disease, has now become a curable disease due to availability of new medicine in market.
The Cyclothon started from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple and passed through main roads of city.
Sandesh Kumar, ACP (Traffic), Dr. D.G. Nagaraj, Mysuru City Corporation Health Officer, Dr. Suresh, NSS Coordinator, University of Mysore and A.R. Manjunath, Facility Director, ClearMedi Radiant Hospital were present. Around 350 college students, NSS activists, NCC cadets participated in the Cyclothon.
Cancer awareness rally held
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Participants holding placards during the cancer awareness rally in Mysuru on Thursday. | Photo Credit:
M.A. SRIRAM
A rally and cancer awareness jatha was taken out in the city on Thursday to mark World Cancer Day.
It was the initiative of the Organisation for the Development of People (ODP) supported by Caritas India, St. Joseph’s Hospital and St. Philomena’s College.
The organisers said the objective of the rally was to draw attention of the public to cancer and how it was important to detect it early. It is the second leading cause of death globally causing about 1 in 6 deaths, said the organisers.
Stakeholders call for more transboundary cooperation to address disaster risk in the Koshi River basin
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Earlier this year, the South Asian floods of 2020 were declared a humanitarian crisis when millions across the subcontinent were impacted. Already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, some 9.6 million people in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal were displaced or adversely affected by the monsoon floods. In the transboundary Koshi River basin, spread across China, India, and Nepal, the situation was equally grim this year with a number of landslides and an alert on potential glacial lake outburst risk from China to Nepal. Many of these disasters have major cascading impacts on downstream communities, affecting sustainable development in the basin.