Another day in Beira, #Mozambique - 1 month has passed since #CycloneIdai hit.
Spent the day assessing areas affected near the city of Beira, including several camps.
We looked into water, food, and #sanitation issues with local leaders to try and understand where the gaps are and how they can be met.
Current situation, according to #UnitedNations OCHA: - 1.85 million people are in need - Approx 73,000 people are displaced across 70 camps - 239,000 homes destroyed - 1 million people assisted with food, but still serious concerns over #FoodSecurity (crops were devastated by floods and the window to plant crops is closing within the next month) - Several areas are inaccessible and have reportedly not been reached at all. - Almost 5,000 cases of #cholera reported - Malaria is on the rise as floodwaters recede
#DisasterRelief #HumanitarianAid #AidWork #DisasterResponse #Humanitarian #AidWorker #PeaceBoat
Day 1 in Beira, #Mozambique 🇲🇿 Checked in at the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at #Beira Airport, gathering information and meeting with various people responding to #CycloneIdai
Here’s a snapshot of the situation, according to @un_ocha : - approx. 73,000 people displaced in camps in and around Beira - 1.85 million people in need
- distribution of #seeds for winter harvest has begun by @fao and others
- number of school-age children affected is at least 335,000
- oral #cholera vaccination campaign ended on 9 April, but cholera is still a concern
- #Malaria cases are on the rise, with at least 8,890 cases reported
#サイクロンイダイ の被害が最も大きかった地域の1つのベイラ市の様子。
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#Mozambique #モザンビーク #人道支援 #DisasterRelief #Humanitarian #HumanitarianAid #InternationalDevelopment #AidWork #UNOCHA
Landed in #Mozambique 🇲🇿 for #CycloneIdai emergency response. Heading to the heavily impacted town of #Beira today to start conducting a needs assessment.
Despite little international news coverage, the @unitednations has described it as "one of the deadliest storms on record in the southern hemisphere". More than 2 million people, 1.85 million of whom are in Mozambique, were affected. To date, there have been over 1000 casualties across Mozambique, #Malawi and #Zimbabwe, an estimated 4,000 cases of #cholera, and 7,500 cases of #malaria as floodwaters recede.
アフリカ南部の #モザンビーク🇲🇿に無事到着し #サイクロンイダイ のニーズ調査を開始しました。今日から被害が最も大きかった地域の1つの ベイラ へ移動する予定。
サイクロンが上陸したモザンビークや#ジンバブエ、#マラウイ では、高潮や土砂崩れ、洪水などにより1,000人以上が亡くなり、被災者は200万人を上回り、甚大な被害をもたらしています。家を失い避難生活を余儀なくされている人たちは40万人にも及ぶとの報道もあります。また、衛生環境の悪化によりコレラなどの感染症の蔓延が懸念されています。そのため、生き残った方たちへの緊急人道支援が急務になっています。
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#DisasterRelief #災害支援 #EmergencyResponse #Cyclone #Idai #PeaceBoat #HumanitarianAid
Such an honour to be moderator for this panel of industry leaders at the UN @worldfoodprogramme (#WFP) Innovation Accelerator In #Tokyo 🙏
Hearing insights from Robert Opp (Director of #Innovation, WFP), Haruna Tanaka (Chief Executive Innovation Office #Rakuten), Satoshi Akita (CEO, #Wassha Inc) and Yuki Ono (Head of Overseas Expansion Team, #Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support) taught me so much about technology and innovation, and remphasised the need for partnerships to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs). 821 million people are suffering from #hunger today, and global hunger is actually on the rise, despite many advances in society. On top of that, there’s a 2.5 trillion USD investment gap that needs to be met annually for us to achieve the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals.
That means something has to change drastically for us to achieve #ZeroHunger and the other SDGs by 2030. The panelists made it clear that there are so many opportunities out there for effective partnerships out there, and I hope that we can see more collaboration between all sectors to achieve an even larger impact by leveraging innovation and tech globally 😁
Thanks so much to the @WFP_japanoffice team for organising and having me 🙏
#InnovationAccelerator #FoodSecurity #InnovationForGood #SocialInnovationJapan #TechForGood #NoMoreHunger #UnitedNations #イノベーション #アクセラレータ #
2 years ago, I had the chance to attend the inaugural @unleashlab in Copenhagen. Over 9 days, I had the most invigorating & rewarding time working with passionate people to create solutions to real-world problems.
This year, I'm excited to announce that #SocialInnovationJapan is partnering with #UNLEASHLab - the world's top innovation lab accelerating solutions for the UN #SustainableDevelopmentGoals (SDGs). Every year, the program gathers 1,000 people from around the world to collaborate on solutions for the #SDGs. This November, #UNLEASH2019 is happening in Shenzhen, China!
As an official ‘talent partner’, we're able to nominate 5 exceptional people to participate in this program.
I'm so excited that we can potentially help others have this opportunity to be inspired, connect with trailblazers from all walks of life, and drive positive change 🔥
If you're interested, you can find out more and apply via the SIJ website.
#GlobalGoals #SocialImpact #SocialInnovation #InnovationLab #sdgs2030 #SDGTalents #sdgs4all
