Risk reduction, preparedness and anticipatory action RTs are not necessarily endorsements; views are my own.
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Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
#Uganda is #EbolaFree
📍Mbale
With Partners that have been pivotal and at the centre of the response.
Together we win!
@UNICEFUganda @WHOUganda @MinofHealthUG @IFRCAfrica @IFRC_DREF @ifrc @GovUganda
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
Situation in Kisoro, Bunagana border with DRC continues to receive asylum seekers. In coordination with @OPMUganda & partnership with @ICRCUganda @RodeKruis @roteskreuzat funding from @eu_echo @ECHO_CESAfrica , @UgandaRedCross is providing Protection of Family Links+ WASH services respectively. With new support from @IFRC_DREF @IFRCAfrica a new Plan of Action will see us do more. @mutindadaniel4
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
There's no such thing as a 'natural' disaster. #NoNaturalDisasters #DisastersArePolitical #DRR #Disasters.
🚨 @WEF Global Risks Report 2025: Extreme weather events rank as the second-highest risk in the 2-year outlook and the top risk in the 10-year outlook.
🔗 weforum.org/publications/glo…
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
Rahat's real-world testing with @DanRedCrossNP and @NepalRedCross showcased its impact on disaster response. From #CVA to seamless Communication modules, participants in the #AnticipatoryAction simulation received cash transfers via blockchain.
#RahatInAction #BlockchainForGood
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
In response to heavy rains and potential flooding in Uganda, @eu_echo has allocated €100,000 in humanitarian aid to support @UgandaRedCross. The funds will bolster early action initiatives, aiding 2,400 households in the high-risk areas of Ntoroko, Butalejja, &Kikuube districts.
ALT URCS Early Warning Officer, and the Early Warning Community Volunteer using one of the community radios to disseminate safety messages to the community.
ALT Uganda Red Cross installed a river gauge on a river to support the early warning teams to monitor the rising water levels during heavy rains. This enables the URCS teams to warn communities to vacate in case of any likely flooding.
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
#Ebola: No new cases in the past couple of days in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak. To date there have been 163 confirmed & probable cases & 77 confirmed and probable deaths. Conceivable this is coming under control. afro.who.int/sites/default/f…
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
Following a spontaneous influx from the DRC over the weekend @UNHCRuganda received over 3,000 asylum seekers at the Nyakabande Transit Center. A total of 5,451 people are temporarily occupying Bunagana Primary School from where they will be transferred to the Transit Center.
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
With support from @eu_echo, @UgandaRedCross has trained 30 Villlage health teams from 3 Sub-Counties of Bunagana, Nyarusiza & Muramba in Kisoro District in epidemic Preparedness through community surveillance. (Community level epidemic & Preparedness project)
@RodeKruis
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
#Ebola response ~@UgandaRedCross has trained teams to support the response.
Kampala branches have also activated teams on standby to offer support where need be.
4 ambulances deployed in Mubende
Other services we offer
⚫️Surveillance
⚫️Case referrals
⚫️Community engagement
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
At Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, @UgandaRedCross has deployed 4 ambulances and a team to support #Ebola response, following the #EbolaOutbreakUG
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
@MinofHealthUG has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District, in Uganda.
The confirmed case is a 24 year old male a resident Ngabano village, Madudu Sub County in Mubende District presented with EVD symptoms and later succumbed.
#Epidemics #CP3
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
With funding from @RodeKruis, we support latrine construction for people under special categories (with vulnerabilities) in Rhino Camp. In set is our team at a newly constructed latrine that was constructed with tools given ny @UgandaRedCross such as Iron sheets and doom slabs.
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
With support from @IKEAFoundation through the @RodeKruis, we are implementing FbF (Forecast based Financing) approaches to disaster preparedness. More capacities built for both staff and district disaster management Committees (selected districts) in coordination with @OPMUganda
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
Our emergency rescue teams working with @PoliceUg emergency services to support those injured in the Kampala bomb #explosions
@IFRCAfrica @ifrc
In set is @OsbertSserugo, Red Cross Kampala Central branch Manager,folding his sleeves to offer a life saving hand.
📸 @DailyMonitor
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
“INSPIRE OR EXPIRE: 18 Art+Climate Co-Creations for #COP26”: Our compilation of new works by artists from Argentina & UK to Togo & Vanuatu, on artforms from Batik to J.S. Bach and from Ephemeral Beach Art to Videogames @LR_Foundation @RCClimate @copreshub vimeo.com/644585920?ref=tw-s…
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
265 MPs voted down an amendment to stop private water companies from dumping raw sewage into the UK’s rivers and coastlines.
#SewageScandal #environment
#rivercide
Here they are:
carvemag.com/2021/10/every-u…
“The United Nations is rarely ahead of the crisis curve,” Volkan Bozkir, president of the UN General Assembly, told the conference. “In fact, we are often far behind. Our anticipatory measures are simply archaic.”
If you can plan for the disaster before it hits, you can save more lives and save money. Here’s why that’s so hard to do: thenewhumanitarian.org/the-w…
Andrew Oliver-Smith retweeted
It’s #ShowYourStripes Day
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Our world is warming
Our climate is changing
Extreme weather 🌧 floods 🌊 heatwaves 🥵 are getting worse
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Download the stripes for where you are ➡️ ShowYourStripes.info
(Little bit rainy on the #ThamesPath this morning) – at Reading, England
