Let us avoid disasters by being more vigilant

A mobile text message has lately been doing the rounds, advising people to take precautions against cooking gas-induced disasters. It should not be ignored, like we do with regard to information cooked up for fun, political motives or settling scores relayed via that media.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Daily News

04 Jun

Coops members urged to be vigilant

Daily News
Coops members urged to be vigilant
Daily News
MEMBERS of cooperative societies have to vigilantly run their organisations and curb embezzlement of resources and not rely on the government to play a watchdog role. Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives Godfrey Zambi said hon ...

 

11 years ago

Separated Mother And Daughters In Tanzania

02 Oct

Vigilant UNHCR staff reunite long

Vigilant UNHCR staff reunite long-separated mother and daughters in Tanzania
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. NYARUGUSU, Tanzania, October 2 (UNHCR) - Eleven years ago, newly widowed Congolese refugee Sifa Risasi put her two young daughters in the care of a ...

 

10 years ago

Charitable ...

04 Mar

Charity Commission urges charities to be vigilant when funding non

Third Sector
Charity Commission urges charities to be vigilant when funding non-charitable ...
Third Sector
The Charity Commission has issued a statement calling on charities to exercise "greater vigilance" when they consider funding non-charitable bodies. A statement published on the regulator's website yesterday says that charity trustees must ensure that funds ...
Charities that funded Cage, one time supporter of IS's Emwazi, under pressureZawya (registration)

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10 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Nov

Guardians cautioned to be vigilant as hyena attack claims two children

Guardians cautioned to be vigilant as hyena attack claims two children
IPPmedia
In the wake of increasing attacks by wild animals especially hyenas in the Lake Zone, the Wildlife Department in Mwanza is calling on parents and guardians to be extra vigilant to the whereabouts of their children at all times. Mwanza Regional Wildlife Officer ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Apr

More must be done if we are to control disasters

Rain tends to do immense damage to Tanzania’s infrastructure. It causes death to people as well, while destroying property.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Oct

How prepared are we against disasters?

Today is the International Day for Disaster Reduction, a date set aside by the United Nations to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness on them.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Sep

‘Climate disasters worsening’

Climate-related disasters in the five years since global leaders last met to discuss climate change have cost almost $500 billion - three times more than for the whole of the 1970s, international agency Oxfam said Friday.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Feb

Africa is much more than poverty, crises and disasters

Africa is playing a key role in shaping the future. Fifty years ago, the world watched Africa with fascination as seventeen countries declared their independence in 1960.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

EDITORIAL: Let’s prepare well to deal with disasters

>A record downpour on Wednesday washed away crops in the field, pasture land, shelters and a key bridge. This virtually divided the country into two isolated parts, courtesy of the distant Ukaguru Mountains range that overflowed upstream and fed Mkundi River. This cut off communication between the coastal belt and the upcountry regions.

 

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