Youth in Africa should actively participate in Disaster Risk Reduction: Kishore

NAMPA

2024-10-23

WINDHOEK, 23 October 2024 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Kamal Kishore speaking at the Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP-9) in Windhoek. (Photo by: Sheila Perestrelo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 23 OCT (NAMPA) – The youth in Africa should actively take the initiative and increase their understanding of disaster risk reduction by educating themselves on how to strengthen community-level preparedness.
This was said by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Kamal Kishore, here Tuesday.
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