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CLIMATE IMPACTS DAY 05/05/2012

The Dots are connected... great success in observing CLIMATE IMPACTS DAY on 5th May '12. For details pls click on http://www.climatedots.org/

4th May: The Invitation (courtesy :-  Climate Dots)

Dear Friends,

Across the planet now we see ever more flood, ever more drought, ever more storms. People are dying, communities are being wrecked — the impacts we’re already witnessing from climate change are unlike anything we have seen before.

But because the globe is so big, it’s hard for most people to see that it’s all connected. That’s why, on May 5, 2012 the Dots will be Connected.

In places from drought-stricken Mongolia to flood-stricken Thailand, from fire-ravaged Australia to Himalayan communities threatened by glacial melt,  people will hold rallies reminding everyone what has happened in our neighborhoods. And at each of those rallies, from Kenya to Canada, from Vietnam to Vermont, someone will be holding a…dot. A huge black dot on a white banner, a “dot” of people holding hands, encircling a field where crops have dried up, a dot made of fabric and the picture taken from above.....

The organisers of the event (Connect Dots/ Climate Dots, a project of 350.org will  share those images the world around, to put a human face on climate change– they will hold up a mirror to the planet and force people to come face to face with the ravages of climate change.  CASA is doing its bit by spreading it to its own networks through this website.

for details please log onto http://www.climatedots.org/
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Why food as a resource is still relevant in CASA’s programme?  This question was the basis for a national level consultation of some key staff of CASA  under the leadership of the Director and Head of Emergency of CASA on 19th October, 2011 in Delhi.  It was realised that, since a   significant percentage of resources comes to CASA for the FFCD (Food For Community Development) work in the form of food,   we have to give more  importance to the use of food as a resource in our development interventions.

The meeting discussed various aspects in the above mentioned direction.  Finally some of the key decisions that emerged were as follows:

(Participants in a brainstorming session in the FFCD meeting, CASA, New Delhi)

  1. We recognize that food is an important resource for RBA (Rights Based Approach)  interventions
  2. We do not have a organization wide common understanding on food vis-à-vis RBA
  3. We do not have a policy paper on using food as a resource in RBA
  4. To have a national consultation to strengthen our understanding on using food in RBA. Head of Emergency  (HoE) to organize this consultation by march 2012.
  5. Based on the outcome of the brainstorming / consultation, Policy officer of CASA to prepare a  draft  policy document on Food vis-à-vis RBA .

 

The meeting also addressed various issues related to FFCD work  including logistics, procurement, transportation & storage of food materials and discussed ways and means to increase our efficiency in these areas.

 

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