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July Newsletter - Focus on Water Security
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Dear *|FNAME|*
Welcome to the Aid International Development Forum’s first monthly newsletter. On popular demand we are focusing on the importance of water security in this July edition. In light of this we have published a report entitled ‘The Impact of Water Scarcity on Rural Groups in the Asia-Pacific Region’, developing key discussions that emerged during the AIDF Water Security Summit: Asia 2014. The report includes contributions from key water security actors, such as the World Health Organisation, USAID and World Vision, amongst others.
We hope you are enjoying this specially crafted content. Please feel free to contact us with any ideas for future newsletters.
Thank you!
Your AIDF team
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The Impact of the Water Scarcity on rural groups in APAC
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AIDF’s report explores water security in the Asia-Pacific region and identifies five rural groups who suffer the burden of rural water scarcity and discusses various solutions to the problems. It emphasises the need to remedy rural water and sanitation neglect, the need for behaviour change – particularly with regard to hygiene practices – and the need to strengthen cross-sector partnerships. The report is available for free download, please follow the link.
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Solar water pumps to empower farmers
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SunEdison recently launched its range of Solar Water Pumps and has completed more than one thousand installations across India and Bangladesh, with more installations planned across Asia. SunEdison Solar Water Pumps empower farmers to grow cash crops that require predictable irrigation and enables them to utilize land that they previously could not irrigate. SunEdison is dedicated to transforming lives by delivering clean, renewable energy to communities around the globe.
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Water & Energy: Combine them both…and it will push growth!
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The Swiss- based company Trunz Water Systems developed an entrepreneurial-driven business model, a so-called NEXUS Center Concept, that delivers safe drinking water and electricity at affordable prices to low-income rural consumers in developing and emerging countries. The idea is to install a network of “off-grid” water and energy hubs, named/called NEXUS Centers, with water treatment systems...
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Mobility is the key
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Today more than ever, mobility is seen as a driver for reducing risk, fostering risk and an coping mechanism after the effects of a disaster. Given that mobility factors into all parts of the Disaster Management Cycle, it is extremely important and complex; but unfortunately sorely absent from planning and recovery tools.
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MPOWERD
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MPOWERD Inc., headquartered in New York City, develops and manufactures innovative & affordable micro-solar energy products for use by people living and playing on and off the grid the world over. As a Certified B Corp, MPOWERD strives to eradicate Energy Poverty through Solar Justice. www.mpowerd.com.
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Do High Food Prices Cause Food Riots?
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2010 was a rough year for the global food system; droughts and wildfires consumed about 25% of Russia’s wheat harvest and the Kremlin halted exports to international markets. Food prices skyrocketed, and the countries of the Middle East, which regularly bought this Russian wheat, were hardest hit.
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The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
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In modern day conflict, 90% of casualties are civilians. Of this, 75% are women and children. War has moved from the battlefields to households and communities, meaning that women are disproportionately affected by violence and suffer an added dimension of conflict.
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2nd Annual AIDF Food Security Summit: Asia
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08/10/2014 - 09/10/2014
This summit will enable focused and robust debates on innovative food security, agriculture and nutrition solutions and will provide tangible outcomes, alongside maximum networking opportunities. The summit will run Agriculture and Nutrition sessions in parallel, with delegates being able to move between both panels.
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"AIDF has allowed me to build a very diverse level of partnerships with big organisations who are interested in humanitarian affairs as well as small entrepreneurs."
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Chief of External Relationships and Partnerships, UN-OCHA
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Rosa Malango
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"It is my great pleasure and honour to attend a world leading platform that gathers experts and leaders on water security and related areas from government, UN, NGOs and the private sector. This is an excellent place where we can share, discuss and contribute ideas and experiences on now to promote sustainable water management and address water security on the international stage."
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