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NMF Founder and CEO, University Teaching, Int'l Development, SDGs; Focusing: Climate Action, Gender Equality, Environment, Good Health, Quality Education, and Well-being for PWD & MH; ex UN (FAO and WFP), and ex CARE USA
7 个月United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), all the best from Naifa Maruf Foundation
Student at LUANAR
7 个月Great post... Great impact
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7 个月Amazing!
Attended University of Juba
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Digital Business Analyst. Human Rights activist. I bridge the gap between the technology and human rights. Experienced in the Public, Private sectors, NGOs. Worked on various Agile &Waterfall. Member of CODES, & INSSA
7 个月The challenges of the?world's?natural disaster, including the impacts of melting polar ice, extreme weather, intense drought, devastating floods, more wildfire and more storms are caused by human activities. For example, the conflict in DRC is caused by mining for the minerals, such as Gold, Cobalt Coltan, and other minerals that are desired by the global north, south, eastern for electric batteries, to reduce their?reliance on fossil fuels but, ignoring that the massive pillaging, exploitation of DRC natural resources carries a risk of catastrophic lose of life?and?the world's environmental destruction.?About 67% of the Democratic Republic of Congo is covered by forests, including 145milion of rain forest,?in storing the equivalent of 85 billion tons of CO2.?? We must respond immediately to avert climate crisis's worst consequences. Our partners and I have designed a model system of sustainable development programme?that could fight against climate devastation?for the autonomy of DRC and the rest of the world.??Our fundamental pillar relies on?energy, economics, ecology, society, solidarity, ethic,?sustainability. For more information please visit our site; https://www.justicecongogroup.org/gallery