Elinor Raikes, Vice President at the International Rescue Committee, warns that the devastation in Venezuela results from a major earthquake colliding with pre-existing crises: economic collapse, displacement, weakened public services and shrinking humanitarian funding. She cautions that the disaster is not a short-term emergency but the beginning of a prolonged humanitarian crisis. Recovery, she says, will take months, and effective aid will require strong coordination between international and local organisations.
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Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Elinor Raikes. Vice President and Head of Program Delivery at the International Rescue Committee. According to Raikes, earthquakes expose and amplify the vulnerabilities that already exist beneath the surface of a society. She suggests that the devastation unfolding in Venezuela is not solely the consequence of seismic forces, but the collision of a major natural disaster exacerbated by economic collapse, displacement, weakened public services, and shrinking humanitarian funding. Rakes warns the earthquake is not a short-term emergency but rather the beginning of a prolonged humanitarian crisis. She emphasises the logistical obstacles confronting aid agencies, the importance of coordination between international and local organisations, and the reality that recovery will be measured in months rather than weeks.
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These days, practically every operating system and app gives users the choice to apply a dark mode theme, rendering light-colored text on a dark background. It’s easier on the eyes than the standard black-on-white look, especially if you’re using your device in the dark. We’ve known enthusiasts are big on dark mode for a long time now, but a recent Android Authority survey shows the option is actually overwhelmingly popular, at least among our readers.
In a survey we’ve been running since March , we asked readers how they use dark mode on their devices, if at all. There were choices for people who use dark mode at all times, users who switch back and forth between themes manually, those who have dark mode on a schedule, and people who don’t ever use dark mode. More than 3,000 people responded — and more than 70% of them are all dark mode, all the time.
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