Dr. Caroline Haynes and Health Promotion Nurse Esther Sargeant from the Caribbean Colon Cancer Initiative explain the importance of screening for colorectal cancer. 

Their work focuses on collaborative research at both regional and international levels, aiming to raise awareness and drive prevention efforts.

INSIDER'S REPORT - SCREEN AND SURVIVE: UNDERSTANDING COLORECTAL CANCER

• Viet Nam: Typhoon’s deadly destruction is not over, warns IOM
• Gazans face even more hunger and disease unless aid is allowed in at scale: UN agencies
• Peacekeepers in Lebanon still needed to push for regional stability: UNIFIL

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 27 August 2025 - Typhoon Kajiki, hunger in Gaza, Peacekeeping in Lebanon

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, has operated since the late 1970s, tasked with monitoring the demilitarisation of the south of the country, supporting the Lebanese army, and ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches civilians in need.
Every year, the mandate has to be renewed by the Security Council, but powerful voices have been raised against extending it, which could spell either its closure, or lead to budget cuts that reduce its ability to operate effectively.
With the Security Council deadline just a few days away, Nancy Sarkis from UN News spoke to Andrea Tenenti, UNIFIL’s long-time spokesperson, and began by asking him to explain why it’s still needed.
Audio: Nancy Sarkis
Photo: UNIFIL

Closing down UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon ‘would create a vacuum for stability in the region’

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, speaks from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the fate of refugees there.

For decades, violence and instability in the DR Congo have forced millions of families to flee their homes, often multiple times, stripping them of safety and any hopes for the future. 

Ms. Grandi was in the country in search of fair and lasting solutions for the refugees hosted in Rwanda and DR Congo. 

Audio credit: UN News/Radio Okapi, MONUSCO

CLIP - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on refugees in DR Congo

Nurse Charmaine Sealy shares practical and empowering tips on protecting and preserving your mental health. 

Whether you’re managing daily stress or navigating life’s bigger challenges, her guidance offers simple strategies to help you stay balanced, resilient, and well.

SOUND MIND SAFE SPACE

Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.

This week's programme features:
1.	Barbados Job Register
2.	Back-to-school

This Week’s In Case You Missed It Opportunities – August 27 - September 2:
-	Teaching/school vacancies (download)
-	National Development Scholarship (download)
-	Tenders (download)
-	Comment on the CARICOM Regional Standard on Compost – request a copy from BNSI at 426-3870 or email cheryl.m.lewis@barbados.gov.bb.
-	Barbados Community College’s Real Estate Sales course - visit bcc.edu.bb or call 426-2858 Ext. 5296 to register.
-	FundAccess - attend in person or online. Register now at info.fundaccess.org, call 228-1366, or email training@fundaccess.org.

To download a copy of these opportunities, go to https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/download/in-case-you-missed-it-august-27-september-2-2025/ 


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT AUGUST 27 – SEPTEMBER 2 (2025)

CARICOM SG, Dr Carla Barnett, remarks at Opening of CARIFESTA

Mental health toll on kids in Ukraine will last generations, warns UNICEF
As children get ready to go back to school in Ukraine, more than three years since Russia's full-scale invasion, post-traumatic stress is common and many are afraid of dying.
That's the message from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)'s Representative in Ukraine, Munir Mammadzade, who's been speaking to UN News's Daniel Johnson.
"Quite often, what they basically fear the most is about their lives, and quite often, they mention to us that they don't have dreams or, or…any hopes," he says. "What they only need is peace, and this peace to happen as soon as possible, so that they can go back to normalcy." 

Ukraine toddler killed in latest Russian strikes on Kyiv: UNICEF reaction

• Gaza death and destruction is without parallel, says UN chief 
• Ukraine: Condemnation for unrelenting Russian attacks; OCHA, UNICEF
• In Yemen, IOM appeals for support amid deadly flooding

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 28 August 2025 - Gaza, Ukraine, floods in Yemen

• Descent into ‘massive famine’ in Gaza has begun: OCHA, WHO
• Iran surge in executions signals further crackdown on protesters, minorities: OHCHR
• Afghanistan schools ban rejected by almost all men and women: UN Women

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News 

UN News Today 29 August 2025 - Gaza famine, Iran, Afghanistan school ban

The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has renewed his urgent call for a ceasefire in Gaza, warning that civilians face death not only from bombardment but also from mass starvation and lack of aid. 

Despite severe restrictions on humanitarian access, UNRWA continues to provide medical care, clean water, and shelter to hundreds of thousands. But Israel continues to severely impede food distribution – despite international food experts’ assessment that famine will spread. 

“Every hour today counts, the more we wait, the more people will die,” the UNRWA Commissioner-General said in an interview with UN News’s Daniel Johnson.

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

‘Every hour counts’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief renews call for ceasefire

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