HAITIAN ARTISTS RELEASE HYMN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS
- By PANOS NETWORK
- NETWORK NEWS
Haitian artists unite, singing to raise awareness against climate change. Listen to their new song and watch the video, NOU AN DANJE ("WE ARE IN DANGER"), released yesterday. ATIS POU ANVIWÒNMAN is a project by PANOS CARIBBEAN, in collaboration with Haiti's ministry of environment, UNDP, the Audubon Society in Haiti (ASH) and Haiti's civil society platform on climate change (PSC-CC - Plateforme de la société civile sur le changement climatique).
MONDAY NEWS ROUNDUP
- By PANOS NETWORK
- NETWORK NEWS
- PANOS SOUTHERN AFRICA and PANOS EASTERN AFRICA participate in THE STIGMA INDEX, a project led by PLANNED PARENTHOOD, for developing a tool to measure stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV. the results of the stigma index provide quantitative evidence of stigma and discrimination, and it is designed to allow stigma and discrimination to be compared over time. In each country, a team of people living with HIV (PLHIV) is trained to use the stigma index questionnaire to interview large numbers of PLHIV, about their experiences of HIV stigma.
- PANOS CARIBBEAN continues to promote debate around the proposed Goat Island transhipment port, located in a protected area of Jamaica, that underlies tensions between development and environment. This week, PANOS CARIBBEAN gives exposure to local blogger Petchary, that writes on a recent report presented the CONSERVATION STRATEGY FUND on possible alternatives to the project.
"NOU AN DANJE": 10 ARTISTES HAÏTIENS CONTRE LES CHANGEMENTS CLIMATIQUES (FR)
- By PANOS CARAÏBES
- NETWORK NEWS
Port-au-Prince, HAITI - Sous le haut patronage du Ministère de l’Environnement, Panos Caraïbes a bénéficié des précieux services de 10 jeunes artistes haïtiens parmi les plus talentueux et les plus en verve sur la scène musicale locale et internationale. Ceux-ci ont écrit, composé et enregistré la chanson "NOU AN DANJE", dans le cadre d’une vaste campagne de sensibilisation sur les changements climatiques et la perte de la biodiversité, qui affectent Haïti à un rythme inquiétant.
ZAMBIA: PRODUCTIVITY BOOST WITH RADIO CLUBS
- By DOREEN NAWA / PSAf
- NETWORK NEWS
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - Florence Mzyeche is an inspiration to many women in her home village of Mphande, in Petauke because of her involvement in the radio listening clubs. “It is difficult to make a living through farming in Petauke just like in many rural areas in the country,” she says.
But with Ms Mzyeche’s guidance, many women’s groups have found a way to cope with drought and high food prices by using new methods of farming.
EMPOWERING THE MEDIA TO MEDIATE
- By PSAf
- NETWORK NEWS
Media practitioners need to take up their position as mediators of science communication in order to link communities with researchers and other stakeholders, says Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) Regional programme manager for Media Development and ICTs, Mr Elias Banda.
