Announcement: South Africa National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund - Charities 2004

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Jun 10, 2004

The Distributing Agency for Charities, established in terms of the Lotteries Act (No. 57 of 1997), is once again in the position to consider applications for funding from the proceeds of the National Lottery. In adjudicating applications received by the advertised deadline, the Distributing Agency will focus on the following areas:
* Capacity-building and development of under-developed organisations, communities and groups.
* Literacy and numeracy programmes (ABET).
* Organi...read more

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Africa: Africa Action Dismisses "Misdirected" G-8 Announcements on Africa

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Jun 10, 2004

As leaders of the "Group of Eight" met with leaders from six African countries on the final day of the G-8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia, Africa Action dismissed announcements of new initiatives on debt relief and HIV/AIDS as "wholly inadequate and off-target." It also condemned the failure of the G-8 to call for immediate intervention to stop the unfolding genocide in Darfur, western Sudan, and address the urgent humanitarian crisis, where more than one million people are now at risk as a re...read more

Libya: Training for officials and police

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Jun 10, 2004

A Training Session for 50 Libyan officials and police representatives, organized by the International Organisation for Migration and the Libyan People's Committee for Public Security will discuss issues such as border migration management and assisted voluntary return for stranded migrants. Libya is a country of transit and destination for migrants and is therefore engaged in addressing the phenomenon in a comprehensive manner both bilaterally and multilaterally.

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Togo: University reopens, but students boycott exams

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Jun 10, 2004

Togo's main university has reopened after being closed for most of May following student demonstrations to demand better grants and living conditions, but the students at the University of Lome have now decided to boycott their end of year exams. The protest action is being taken to demand the release of several student leaders jailed after the earlier disturbances.

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South Africa: Shuttleworth Foundation: Call for Proposals

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Jun 03, 2004

The Shuttleworth Foundation supports Maths, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship initiatives and invites proposals from innovative educational pilot projects.

The project focus areas are:
Maths, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship in General Education and Training (GET) phase; and
Numeracy in the Foundation Phase.

The project should demonstrate cost-effective management of resources and innovative teaching and learning methodologies on the specified subject...read more

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Southern Africa: Report: IWRM 26 - 28 March 2004

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Jun 03, 2004

In March 2004 the Resource Alliance held the 5th International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event was the most successful in the series, with 271 participants attending from 48 countries. The Resource Alliance wishes to thank those who supported the event including: the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Plan International, the Commonwealth Foundation, the South African Institute for Fundraising (SAIF) and Downes Murray Interna...read more

Malawi: Efforts to reduce school absenteeism pay off

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Jun 03, 2004

An anti-child labour body's efforts to renovate schools and increase access to water has helped reduce school absenteeism among communities in Malawi's Central region. "We have recorded a 22.1 percent increase in school enrollment in the 100 villages that we work in, and a 36 percent decline in absenteeism," Bobby Maynard, coordinator of the initiative for the NGO, Together Ensuring Children's Security (TECS), told IRIN. The organisation, based in the capital, Lilongwe, has been working in th...read more

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Africa: African Ministers call for dropping of Singapore issues

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Jun 03, 2004

African Trade Ministers meeting on 27-28 May in Kigali, Rwanda, have issued a "Kigali Consensus" on the World Trade Organisation welcoming the emerging consensus to drop from the work programme the three Singapore issues of investment, competition and transparency in government procurement. They stressed that they "have been consistently concerned with the potential serious implications of the Singapore issues on African economies," but that they had remained engaged in the discussions.

Zimbabwe: Once-proud schools face ruin

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Jun 03, 2004

There are no books, no chalk and little hope as children are forced out of class. Deep in the Zimbabwean bush, 65 miles west of Harare, four teachers start each day by washing goat droppings from their primary school’s concrete floor. They have no textbooks, no stationery and no chalk. Five years of economic collapse, political oppression and rampant lawlessness, compounded by the scourge of Aids, are threatening to deprive an entire generation of Zimbabwean children of any meaningful schooli...read more

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World Philanthropists Organisation

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Jun 03, 2004

Worldphilanthropists.org is a non-denominational, non-political organisation designed to bring together on one site as much relevant information as possible on the subject of philanthropy.

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