Climate adaptation in Togo: Red Cross trains volunteers in crisis prevention - German Red Cross

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Climate adaptation in Togo: Red Cross trains volunteers in crisis prevention On January 28th, 2020 by AurĂŠlie Blanc & Vincenza Lofino

From October 29 to 31, 2019, the Red Cross trained six new crisis prevention teams in the Togolese Maritime region. Many villages on the Mono River are flooded every year. Climate change with increasing extreme weather events leads to an increase in floods. The population suffers from the fact that their harvests, houses and personal belongings are being increasingly destroyed. In addition, they are associated with the increase in diseases such. B. faced malaria.

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In order to meet these special climate-related challenges, we train crisis prevention teams in the communities. The task of these Red Cross volunteers is to carry out information and awareness campaigns in their villages, to

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measures, such as evacuations.

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