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“In Preparedness and Response, Reaching Communities Should Be ‘First Mile’, Not the Last”

Tessa Kelly | IFRC News | June 23, 2017

IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy has issued an impassioned plea for smarter humanitarian response to climate-related disasters and greater investment ahead of crises. Speaking on a high-level panel at the end of the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s annual ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, Mr Sy presented ideas for how communities can be helped to withstand predictable shocks, recover faster, and operate from a “very different baseline”...

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