The US Space Agency (NASA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will help the Angolan Government in combating the drought in the south of the country with US$550 over a period of three years, revealed the National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN).
According to that public institution, this donation came through a partner project between GGPEN and MIT, and where this financial support results from a request made by the director of the Space Enabled Research Group, MIT Media Lab, Danielle Wood.
The Project, called “Supporting Drought Management in Angola using Integrated Modeling of the Environment, Vulnerability, Decision Making and Technology (EVDT) ”, is a partnership between MIT and GGPEN, which aims to create a Drought Decision Support System for Angola.
The latest statistical data from the Emergency Program to Combat Drought in Southern Angola show that 1,3 million people are affected by the drought phenomenon in the provinces of Cunene, Namibe, Huíla and Cuando Cubango, and to contribute to mitigating the effects of drought and support the Executive in resolving this problem, the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication (MINTTICS), through GGPEN, has an ongoing Cataloging and Quantification Project of the effects of the Drought in Southern Angola, through the generation and use of satellite data, capable of improving water management and drought monitoring in the region.
