Resiliency Building. Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Revitalization. Sierra Leone. Ebola Crisis

FYI…

Resiliency building within the emergency management arena requires the involvement of all stakeholders:  pubic officials and agencies, nonprofit, faith-based, all private sector members, entrepreneurs are involved in rebuilding and revitalization efforts of any community from the U.S., Europe, and other communities throughout the world. 

Within your community what activities do corporations play in community engagement normal, and during disasters?

Continued relationship building does not end during a crisis, but increases the relationship of those affected during, and after the crisis.

The Social Progress Index (SPI), http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi suffices as a functional measurement tool for social progress that could be utilized by all stakeholders for review and discussion on community resiliency building.

We at BEMA will be focusing in on those private sector contributions before, during, and after the Ebola crisis for the revitalization of those nations affected.

International Stakeholder (Category:  Mining.  Diamond Industry)

           

1.     http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-11/ebola-s-spread-in-sierra-leone-puts-diamond-mines-at-risk

2.     http://www.thisissierraleone.com/the-curse-of-diamond-mining-in-sierra-leone/

                        The Curse of Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone

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African Continent. Seawater Greenhouse Project.

FYI....
        Potential use for all coastline nations on the continent.

Seawater greenhouses to bring life to the desert

Date:

July 14, 2015

Source:

Aston University

Summary:

Greenhouses that will use seawater to grow crops in one of the hottest and driest places on earth will be designed by researchers at Aston University working with industry partners as part of an international project.

The installations are to be erected in specially selected sites across the Horn of Africa, a region where temperatures regularly breach 40°C, water is scarce and food insecurity is very high. Due to the climate, conventional agriculture has been severely marginalised and the situation is worsening.

The project aims to overcome the region's inhospitable conditions to help farmers drastically increase their crop yields, providing them with a consistent, sustainable income. Currently in Somalia, only 1.5% of the country's land is cultivated and average annual crop yields per hectare are just 0.5 tons -- compared to 700 tons per hectare in commercial greenhouses.

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..................................Once installed, the innovative greenhouses will pump seawater from the sea using solar energy and convert it into freshwater for irrigation via the desalination process.

FREE..... July 20, 2015 Pandemic and Ebola Safety for Ancillary Volunteers and Workers Online Course

This training was developed with our partners Rutgers University and The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. 

The course consists of the follow topics: 
• About Pandemics 
• Ebola Checklist for Preparedness 
• Ancillary Support Roles in Response to Ebola 
• Safety and Precautionary Measures 
• Use of Personal Protective Gear 
• What to if…. 

This is a four hour training with three breaks

Details at: http://worldcarescenter.wiziq.com/online-class/2944681-pandemic-and-ebola-safety-for-ancillary-volunteers-and-workers

FREE Webinar Series.. Public Health Accreditation Process

Are you interested in learning all about Public Health Accreditation? 

The National Partnership for Action, the National Indian Health Board and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials are co-hosting a two-part webinar series on Public Health Accreditation.

      Primary Audience: 
              Tribal Public Health Departments (all Public Health stakeholders welcome)

      Webinar Series Learning Objectives
             Participants will learn about:

• The basics of the public health accreditation process - Accreditation Primer Webinar
• The prerequisites and domains of public health accreditation - Accreditation Immersion Webinar
• Challenges that tribes experience with public health accreditation - Accreditation Immersion Webinar

Webinar #1: Accreditation Primer: The What, Who, When, How of Public Health      Accreditation DATE: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SPEAKERS: Robin Wilcox, M.P.A., Chief Program Officer, Public Health Accreditation Board Robert Foley, M.Ed., Deputy Director of Public Health Programs and Policy and Temporary Acting Department Director, National Indian Health Board Lorrie Shepard, R.N., Community Outreach Director, Forest County Potawatomi Community Register here: Accreditation Primer

Webinar #2: Accreditation Immersion: Understanding the Nuts & Bolts of Public Health Accreditation Standards & Measures  DATE: Monday, August 31, 2015 TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SPEAKERS: Robin Wilcox, M.P.A., Chief Program Officer, Public Health Accreditation Board Robert Foley, M.Ed., Deputy Director of Public Health Programs and Policy and Temporary Acting Department Director, National Indian Health Board Cathy Abramson, Tribal Council Member, Sault Ste. Marie, Tribe of Chippewa Indians Register here: Accreditation Immersion

Situation Awareness. EU Sub-Saharan Africa Funding. Resiliency Building

Situation Awareness list.

1.      MAJOR EU BOOST FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA

14 July 2015, ADDIS ABABA – Details of an €80 million package of support from the European Union to disaster risk management across sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, were unveiled today at the Financing for Development Conference.

Margareta Wahlström, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said: “This is a strategic long-term investment in building resilience in Africa. It will help to reduce mortality and economic losses by improving preparedness, early warning systems and putting in place systems for understanding how disaster losses are generated in order to avoid them in the future.”

Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development in Europeaid, said: "Resilience has many facets. Natural and climate related hazards dominate the disaster profile of Sub Saharan African. A holistic approach to building disaster resilience and to secure development gains in Africa, based on accurate risk information and improved decision support systems, is therefore necessary – and with this programme we will make an important contribution to achieve this goal."

The programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”, an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, will be financed by the European Union within the frame of the 10th European Development Fund...........

2.      Africa disaster reduction fund is major new step

ADDIS ABABA, 14 July 2015 – An €80-million package of funds from the European Union to support disaster risk management across Sub-Saharan Africa was unveiled today at the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development, winning praise for its potential impact... 

Read more at: http://www.unisdr.org/archive/45134