Monday, January 18, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Safe Building Construction
Are high rise buildings in Male' constructed to safety standards? We realise that the designs have been subjected to much scrutiny by the government since Mr. Riffaths time at OPPD. Unfortunately we still get approved drawings which are full of contradictions! worst of all; adherance to design is left to developer who will disappear after the 10 year lease period expires!; so be careful when you by cheap steel! it may not support the weight!!!
"All reinforcing bars(concrete strengthening steel) must be purchased based on the properties of yield strength, tensile strength and elongation values. To ignore these will only be putting your construction at peril. Many civil engineers, even today, assume that ‘TMT’ bars have yield strength of 415 N/mm2 but better elongation than CTD bars. He should know that nothing in the current Indian laws ( i'm using indian steel!!) or regulations prevents the rolling mill to just sell untreated and untwisted deformed bars as TMT bars - even though the strength can be as low as only 300 N/mm2.
"Dr. C. S. Vishwanath of
Saturday, March 14, 2009
WORLD WATER DAY 09
WORLD WATER DAY 2009
We Water Care, a non governmental Organisation registered in Maldives (for brief on this org see comments) are holding series of meetings to assist stakeholder groups mark water day this year.
Majeediyya School Nature Club is planning to start the next Thursday, 19th March 2009 with a Talk by a student at the School Assembly on Water Themes relevant for this years World Water Day. Water Care professionals have agreed today with the nature Club to assist the students research and prepare for the days events.
We are planning other activities to mark WWD based on the extent of support available; those members who are inerested to assist please drop us a line- an idea, assist with function arrangement such as meetings, ads to spread the relevant messages of the water day theme for this year will take us a long way in this initiative.
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2009, the focus of World Water Day on March 22 will be on transboundary waters: sharing water, sharing opportunities. UNECE and UNESCO are the lead UN agencies this year.
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flash/video/gallery1.html
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/campaign.html
The event is a series of meetings and discussions on face book http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81128429256)
and this blog collecting information, ideas etc..it can lead to a ohysical even if we decide to do so...the only physical events are
1. meetings..in majeedhiyya,
2. majeediyya this thursday School Assembly where a rep from nature club will give a speech on water and
3. perhaps another in CHSC
We Water Care, a non governmental Organisation registered in Maldives (for brief on this org see comments) are holding series of meetings to assist stakeholder groups mark water day this year.
Majeediyya School Nature Club is planning to start the next Thursday, 19th March 2009 with a Talk by a student at the School Assembly on Water Themes relevant for this years World Water Day. Water Care professionals have agreed today with the nature Club to assist the students research and prepare for the days events.
We are planning other activities to mark WWD based on the extent of support available; those members who are inerested to assist please drop us a line- an idea, assist with function arrangement such as meetings, ads to spread the relevant messages of the water day theme for this year will take us a long way in this initiative.
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2009, the focus of World Water Day on March 22 will be on transboundary waters: sharing water, sharing opportunities. UNECE and UNESCO are the lead UN agencies this year.
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flash/video/gallery1.html
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/campaign.html
The event is a series of meetings and discussions on face book http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81128429256)
and this blog collecting information, ideas etc..it can lead to a ohysical even if we decide to do so...the only physical events are
1. meetings..in majeedhiyya,
2. majeediyya this thursday School Assembly where a rep from nature club will give a speech on water and
3. perhaps another in CHSC
Thursday, March 5, 2009
standardisation of labour quarter hygiene
Low-skilled employees in construction sites of Male’ and several islands such as L. Gan as well as resort construction sites are commonly provided with substandard living conditions, including overcrowded apartments or lodging in unsafe and unhygienic ‘labour quarters’ often lacking adequate light, potable water, and adequate cooking and bathing facilities.
Labour quarters need to be cleaned up with the introduction of national standards, spot checks and possibly fines, and force employers into improving their labour record.
Worldwide, rats and mice spread over 35 diseases. Rodent-borne diseases are spread directly to humans through bite wounds, consuming food or water that is contaminated with rodent feces, coming in contact with surface water contaminated with rodent urine, or through breathing in germs that may be present in rodent urine or droppings that have been stirred into the air (a process known as “aerosolization”). Diseases from rodents are also spread indirectly to humans by way of ticks, mites, and fleas that transmit the infection to humans after feeding on infected rodents. In some cases, the rodents are the reservoirs (carriers) of the diseases, while in other cases the ticks, mites, or fleas act as the disease reservoirs.
Labour quarters need to be cleaned up with the introduction of national standards, spot checks and possibly fines, and force employers into improving their labour record.
Worldwide, rats and mice spread over 35 diseases. Rodent-borne diseases are spread directly to humans through bite wounds, consuming food or water that is contaminated with rodent feces, coming in contact with surface water contaminated with rodent urine, or through breathing in germs that may be present in rodent urine or droppings that have been stirred into the air (a process known as “aerosolization”). Diseases from rodents are also spread indirectly to humans by way of ticks, mites, and fleas that transmit the infection to humans after feeding on infected rodents. In some cases, the rodents are the reservoirs (carriers) of the diseases, while in other cases the ticks, mites, or fleas act as the disease reservoirs.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Toxoplasmosis in Maldives
How do we get Toxoplasmosis?
It can cause severe illness and blindness .
The most common mode of infection is through consumption of food and drinks contaminated with the bug. In the Maldivian context, cats are probably the main animal host. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings. Common path ways of infection:
1. Rain water collected from roof tops contaminated with cat feces and bird dropping.
2. Household pets such as cats, poor personal hygiene after handling the pet and after cleaning its litter may contaminate food and ingestion of the disease causing bug.
3. Infected pregnant woman passes the infection through the placenta to the unborn child
4. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings.
It can cause severe illness and blindness .
The most common mode of infection is through consumption of food and drinks contaminated with the bug. In the Maldivian context, cats are probably the main animal host. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings. Common path ways of infection:
1. Rain water collected from roof tops contaminated with cat feces and bird dropping.
2. Household pets such as cats, poor personal hygiene after handling the pet and after cleaning its litter may contaminate food and ingestion of the disease causing bug.
3. Infected pregnant woman passes the infection through the placenta to the unborn child
4. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings.
Toxoplasmosis in Maldives
How do we get Toxoplasmosis?
It can cause severe illness and blindness .
The most common mode of infection is through consumption of food and drinks contaminated with the bug. In the Maldivian context, cats are probably the main animal host. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings. Common path ways of infection:
1. Rain water collected from roof tops contaminated with cat feces and bird dropping.
2. Household pets such as cats, poor personal hygiene after handling the pet and after cleaning its litter may contaminate food and ingestion of the disease causing bug.
3. Infected pregnant woman passes the infection through the placenta to the unborn child
4. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings.
It can cause severe illness and blindness .
The most common mode of infection is through consumption of food and drinks contaminated with the bug. In the Maldivian context, cats are probably the main animal host. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings. Common path ways of infection:
1. Rain water collected from roof tops contaminated with cat feces and bird dropping.
2. Household pets such as cats, poor personal hygiene after handling the pet and after cleaning its litter may contaminate food and ingestion of the disease causing bug.
3. Infected pregnant woman passes the infection through the placenta to the unborn child
4. Infected cats excrete Toxoplasma bug in their feces. Certain birds may also get infected and pass the bug in their fecal droppings.
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