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Monday 13th February 2012
A good thing:
Via UN Wire: Women engineers in Mali, who have been making solar cookstoves since 2001, are extending their successful project to promote greener cooking in the capital, Bamako, to the entirety of the West African country.
Read more: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/women-engineers-promote-low-carbon-cooking-across-mali/
A bad thing:
While it is clear that Senegal was one of the eight Sahelian countries to be hit by poor rains in 2011, unlike most of its neighbours, the government has not yet declared that parts of certain regions are suffering drought conditions. This low-profile approach is slowing down donor and aid agencies’ preparations and responses to help pastoralists and farmers get through the lean season.
Read more: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94826
A thing to change:
Last week Russia vetoed a Security Council vote to intervene in Syria. Join with Amnesty to demand that Russia take steps to bring an end to the grave human rights violations that are being committed in Syria.
