HAWA Project Manager calls for climate-responsive humanitarian systems as extreme weather intensifies

Addressing participants at the HAWA Core Course 2026 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra on Monday, July 6, she emphasised that the programme is designed not only as a training initiative but as a long-term platform for strengthening resilience, peacebuilding, and humanitarian preparedness across the region.

Project Manager of the “Preparedness for Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding in West Africa” (HAWA) programme, Sophia StangerThe Project Manager of the “Preparedness for Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding in West Africa” (HAWA) programme, Sophia Stanger, has called for stronger climate-responsive humanitarian systems and deeper regional collaboration, warning that extreme weather events are becoming the “new normal” across both Europe and West Africa.

She described the collaboration as one built on complementary strengths, with each institution contributing distinct expertise to a shared goal of strengthening the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus in West Africa.