Cocoa and chocolate companies ink deal to achieve no deforestation commitments in Ghana
The partnership will accelerate the delivery of public and private sector Cocoa & Forests Initiative commitments
15 Apr 2021 - Ghana and cocoa and chocolate companies have collaborated on a deal poised to protect and restore forests in cocoa-growing areas.
With this agreement, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the Forestry Commission of Ghana (GFC) are building a partnership to further align the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Program (GCFRP) and the Cocoa & Forests Initiative to achieve no-deforestation commitments.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by GFC and WCF, commits the parties to work together in six regions where Ghana s government has made action to protect and restore forests a priority.
Lanzarote ready to host world s best ocean paddlers at 2021 world championships 04/20/21
Organisers of the 2021 ICF canoe ocean racing world championships in Lanzarote, Spain, are confident the event will be a tremendous success, in an environment safe for teams from all over the world.
The event has been bolstered this week with the announcement of the South African team to contest the world championships, headed by multiple canoe marathon world title holder Hank McGregor, 2019 silver medalist Kenny Rice, and two-time silver medalist Michelle Burn.
The July 4-6 event will signal a welcome return to international ocean racing for a paddling community starved of competition during more than 12 months of the Covid pandemic. The 2021 ICF masters canoe ocean racing world championships will also be contested.
QFFD, DCF sign pact to empower Afghan women
21 Apr 2021 - 9:06
Officials during the signing ceremony.
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Doha: Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Digital Citizen Fund (DCF) signed a grant agreement to finance a vocational training project for girls and women in Afghanistan, to help them meet the needs of the job market.
The agreement was signed by Director General of Qatar Fund for Development Khalifa bin Jassim Al Kuwari and CEO of Digital Citizen Fund Roya Mahboob. The signing ceremony, which took place via video conference, was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater, and Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Afghanistan H E Saeed Mubarak Al Khayareen.
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Although migrant youths won t be relocated to CT, Middletown mayor says kids need help, not jail
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The former Connecticut Juvenile Training School, at 1225 River Road in Middletown, shown April 8, 2021.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media
MIDDLETOWN The mayor is calling the Biden administration’s recent rejection of pursuing the idea of relocating migrant children at the now-closed state youth detention center here a solid decision.
“It’s not the right site to be opened for anybody to be housed in,” Mayor Ben Florsheim said Friday. Last week, he called the proposal “inhumane,” considering the now-closed Connecticut Juvenile Training School effectively was a jail.
Child advocates decry idea of housing migrant children at former CT detention facility as step backward
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The former Connecticut Juvenile Training School, at 1225 River Road in Middletown, was shut down in 2018. The facility is shown April 8.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Gov. Ned Lamont speaks at a COVID-19 community vaccination clinic March 14 in Stamford. Health workers administered the first dose of the Moderna vaccine to more than 350 people from the immigrant and undocumented communities.John Moore / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Several advocacy groups across the state are criticizing the Lamont administration’s perceived interest in the state’s former juvenile detention center as a location for housing unaccompanied migrant youth, with one saying it would be a “warehousing of children in cages.”