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Pakistan (AKAH) project wins award for shielding villages from natural disasters 2020-12-06
Posted December 8th, 2020 by librarian-hd
A project that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan won an international award last week.
More than one million people have benefited from the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Pakistan project, which was a gold prize winner at the World Habitat Awards that are organised with the United Nations housing agency, UN-Habitat.
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Speech by Princess Zahra at the Presentation of the World Habitat Award (Kazan, Russian Federation) 2006-10-04
Posted December 26th, 2013 by librarian-hd
Your Worship the Mayor,
Mrs Tibaijuka,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
First of all, thank you, Your Worship the Mayor, and the administration and people of Kazan, for hosting us in this beautiful city. [ spaciba balshoya ! ]
I would like, also, to thank everyone who has contributed towards the celebration of World Habitat Day here in Kazan -- in particular:
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October 4, 2006 Tatarsan, Kazan: Princess Zahra Aga Khan speaking at the World Habitat Day celebrations in Kazan.
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