Experimental Ebola Vaccine Offers
Full Protection
An Ebola vaccine trial tested in Guinea (NYT) last
year saw no one develop the virus ten days or more after receiving the vaccine,
according to newly published results. Some eleven thousand people died in the
West Africa Ebola outbreak (Guardian) that
began in December 2013. Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Haiti. 2016. UN OCHA Situation Report. Hurricane Matthew
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2017 Summer Program. The Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS)
The Yale Young Global Scholars
Program (YYGS) is offering six full-tuition plus
travel scholarships for high school students from the African
continent to attend 2017 YYGS at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,
USA. YYGS is committed to increasing education access for high achieving
students of all backgrounds so these scholarships are entirely
need-based. These need-based scholarships will cover tuition,
airfare and travel expenses to the program.
To be eligible for these full-tuition plus travel
scholarships, applicants must:
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Be a citizen of an
African country and currently reside on the continent;
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Have attended school
in an African country for most of the applicant’s education;
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Complete the Yale Young Global Scholars online application,
including
the need-based scholarships portion
In order to be eligible for these scholarships, applicants must meet ALL of the requirements listed above. The online application, including the need-based scholarships portion and all supplemental materials, must be submitted by January 31, 2017. No additional steps are required to be considered for this scholarship.
In order to be eligible for these scholarships, applicants must meet ALL of the requirements listed above. The online application, including the need-based scholarships portion and all supplemental materials, must be submitted by January 31, 2017. No additional steps are required to be considered for this scholarship.
The Yale Young Global Scholars Program is a summer academic
enrichment and leadership program that brings together outstanding high school
students from around the world for intensive two-week sessions on the Yale
campus. Applications are available online at http://globalscholars.yale.edu
. The application deadline is January 31, 2017. Please share this
opportunity with anyone who may be interested!
Sincerely,
The YYGS Team
P.S. Please note that six students from the African continent will receive these full tuition plus travel scholarships, however every admitted student that completes the need-based scholarship portion of the application will be considered for a tuition discount. Last year, approximately one third of program participants received full or partial scholarships based on financial need. Unfortunately, YYGS cannot guarantee tuition discounts to all those who apply for it.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Happy Holidays! Give the Gift of Preparedness
Have a safe and happy holiday season from all the members of BEMA.
To ensure your loved ones are prepared give the gift of preparedness that can be used throughout the year for those emergencies when the arise.
Peace be unto you and your loved ones.
Charles D. Sharp
CEO
Black Emergency Managers Association International
Give the gift of
preparedness this holiday season
With the holidays fast approaching, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encourages everyone to consider giving gifts that will help protect their family members and friends during a future emergency.
Supplies for an emergency preparedness kit can make unique-and potentially life-saving-holiday gifts, such as:
- Battery-powered
or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert.
- A
flashlight with extra batteries.
- Solar-powered
cell phone charger.
- Smoke
detector and/or carbon monoxide detectors.
- First
aid kit.
- Fire
extinguisher and fire escape ladder.
- Enrollment
in a CPR or first aid class.
- Books,
coloring books, crayons and board games for the kids, in case the power
goes out.
- Personal
hygiene comfort kit, including shampoo, body wash, wash cloth, hairbrush,
comb, toothbrush, toothpaste and deodorant.
- A
waterproof pouch or backpack containing any of the above items, or with
such things as a rain poncho, moist towelettes, work gloves, batteries,
duct tape, whistle, food bars, etc.
Consider giving a winter car kit, equipped with a shovel, ice
scraper, emergency flares, fluorescent distress flags and jumper cables.
For animal lovers, a pet disaster kit with emergency food,
bottled water, toys and a leash is also a good gift.
The gift of preparedness might just save the life of a friend or family member.
The gift of preparedness might just save the life of a friend or family member.
For more information, preparedness tips or other gift ideas,
visit www.ready.gov.
Water Security. 21st Century Solutions to 21st Century Problems
Veola,
thank you for the reminder.
We
are coming together, and BEMA still needs all members input.
You,
and I as members of BEMA will continue to stress the systems approach,
innovative, effective, and efficient method to address our basic needs of
shelter, water, and food security for normal uses and specifically to address
those needs during times of disaster.
Not a piecemeal approach of just digging a well, but an approach of how
well water distribution and uses for not only basic needs but needs to address
public health security and sustainability for the future of the individual, the
family, and community.
As an
veteran of the U.S. military in emergency management we can bring 21st
Century solutions to resolve 21st Century problems, and no more
standard or ‘business as usual’ methodology of 20th Century
solutions to solve 21st Century problems.
Assisting
communities in free training & education to take charge of their
communities.
No
one knows the needs of a community more than the community itself. Assisting communities to utilize its’ most
vital resource the ‘whole community’ every member of the community. From the homeless, gang members (with their
extended family), ex-offenders to our next generation leaders to be at the
table.
Thanks
again.
Charles
Charles
D. Sharp
Chief
Executive Officer
Black
Emergency Managers Association
International
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Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained
by sudden flight but, while their
companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cooperation,
Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and Partnering (C5&P) A 501 (c) 3 organization.