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- Update on Ethiopia Earth Council Project with International Medical Corps
- Our Board Member Giovanni Picone elected as Mayor of Bacoli, Metropolitan City of Naples. Gianni also holds the title of President Earth Council Italia
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Rural Alaska Village Water Program in talks with IMC
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The director of the Rural Alaska Village Water Program is presently in discussion with International Medical Corps(IMC) staff, and the focus of these talks will be to create e-learning courses that can be made accessible to remote Alaskan villages. Currently, eight courses are offered through the State of Alaska, but attendance at these centrally-located courses is not always possible.
Travel to and from the communities is difficult, so having this material available online would increase its effectiveness, and enable more villagers to qualify for assistance and apply for state and federal funds.The situation in remote Alaskan villages is often similar to the difficulties faced by remote African communities, and the developing e-learning module will be tailored so that it can be used in schools and settlements in poor countries throughout the world.
Update on the Rural Alaska Village Water Program
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September 4th, 2012
Earth Council Geneva and EarthTabs have partnered to help remote Alaskan villages obtain safe water and sewer services.Some communities are in more urgent need than others, and since the program's inception in early 2012, investigations have taken place as to which communities might be best served.The following villages have been identified and are under consideration for involvement in this program; Gambell, Kivalina, Koliganek, Tuluksak, Teller, and Wales. Communication with these communities has begun, and updates will follow!
EARTHCOUNCIL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS BRING CLEAN WATER TO CHILDREN IN ETHIOPIA
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GENEVA/SANTA MONICA, JANUARY 10, 2012
The worst drought in a generation is causing widespread food insecurity, crop shortages, and famine in an already unstable region.
Officials report that more than 12 million across the region are affected and hundreds are fleeing each day over the Somali border en route to overcrowded refugee camps in neighboring countries including Ethiopia and Kenya - many are dying along the way. Host communities in Ethiopia and Kenya are struggling with lack of water, failed crops, and high malnutrition rates as well. International Medical Corps teams on the ground in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, are working rapidly to scale up existing nutritional programs throughout the country and provide humanitarian relief.
Nancy Aossey, CEO of IMC said, "With the EARTH COUNCIL'S support, we will work to bring clean water to vulnerable children affected by this terrible drought."
The Earth Council has excellent experience working with the International Medical Corps, providing funds for clean water to children. Nancy Aossey has expressed the gratitude of our commitment to her organization.
International Medical Corps
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International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.