The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the largest association of fundraisers in the world, has announced the development of principles for the E-Donor Bill of Rights, a document which lists the rights that donors should expect and demand when making an online charitable gift.

An embarrassing report from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund released over the weekend casts a dark shadow over their Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, showing little confidence that the controversial debt package will provide an end to the debt crisis for the countries involved.

COSATU has organized the 2001 May Day celebrations that will take place in its various regions countrywide. The theme of this year’s May Day is “Stop the job loss bloodbath! Create quality jobs; Fight poverty!” We are calling on all workers to attend these events to celebrate the victories that workers have achieved throughout the world.

A Conference organised by the SAEG (South Africa Education Group) c/o Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa. Venue: Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way London. WC1. Date: Saturday 19th May 2001. 9.30-5.15pm. SPEAKERS/ WORKSHOP LEADERS to include:
Mr Thami Mseleku, Director General, South African Department of Education. Professor Colin Bundy, Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and former Vice Chancellor of the University...read more

The African delegation to the International Conference on Racism in August will highlight issues of poverty, racism and gender, the SA National Non-Governmental Coalition said on Monday. After a meeting to start a joint civil society preparatory initiative, Sangoco president Mercia Andrews said: "It will be a very difficult conference because it is about the underbelly of our society at the moment. "Poverty in South Africa has a certain face... very much a rural women's face. Racism is very m...read more

April 24, 2001 Volume 7, Issue 17.

Multimedia newsrooms are no longer a vision or a controversial challenge. They have become an existing model, to be researched and pursued. More than ever, editors need to get connected to this new reality without losing their core values on the way. The WEF Hong Kong Conference will focus on the fascinating opportunities that the new century is opening up to newspapers and at the same time insist on the discussion on how quality content can be maintained and developed while seizing the new t...read more

Venture Philanthropy 2001: The Changing Landscape highlights a number of issues that characterize the emerging field of venture philanthropy. One of the most compelling is that there is no commonly shared definition for what venture philanthropy is and how it is put into practice.

Course number: X12.9226 Tuition: $340 Sec. 1: Thurs. 6.20-8.25 p.m. May 24-July 12 (8 sessions)
Taught by Maria Green, lawyer and director of the International Anti-Poverty Law Center. Held in New York, USA.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced that it will post most of the ingredients of its courses on the World Wide Web. Lecture notes, assignments, video lectures, course outlines, test questions and reading lists will all be there for anyone to use free of charge. It will apparently cost them 100 million dollars over the next 10 years.

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