Online Fund Raising 101

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Dec 04, 2003

Online fund raising is a relatively recent trend that involves bringing a nonprofit organisation's solicitation efforts to the Internet. At its most basic level, it simply means developing the capacity to accept contributions online. Since the easiest way for most people to give money over the Internet is to use a credit card, online fund raising is more or less synonymous to developing the ability to process credit card transactions online.

Mozambique: Promoting Literacy

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Dec 04, 2003

In 1994, Elias Timoso left his home in the Manica province of central Mozambique to study Portuguese and English in Zimbabwe. Two years later, he returned to his home, Manhemé, with a mission to teach basic literacy classes to willing students - a critical step in addressing the poverty of his village.

Mozambique

SWAZILAND: Plight of orphans and vulnerable children highlighted

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Dec 04, 2003

There's growing awareness among policymakers in Swaziland that a burgeoning orphan population created by AIDS is fundamentally changing the nature of their society. A National Draft Policy on Children, including orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), is in the works and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Swaziland met with government representatives on Wednesday to assess the country's OVC programmes.

Swaziland

SOMALIA: Retreat must not be parallel conference, says SRRC

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Dec 04, 2003

Members of the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) attending peace talks in Kenya have called on the conference organisers not to allow a proposed retreat for Somali leaders to become a parallel conference. Col Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, the current SRRC chairman, told IRIN that the Council welcomed any effort to move the peace process forward. "However we will not accept another conference," he said.

Somalia

SOUTH AFRICA: Towards a ten year review - synthesis report on implementation of South African government programmes

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Dec 04, 2003

This review sets out to assess the extent to which the new democratic dispensation since 1994 has redirected the purpose and content of government policy and seeks to describe the impact of these changes on South African society.

South Africa

Request for proposals - training providers for South African youth fund

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Dec 04, 2003

The Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) is currently engaging with the South African Council of Churches to implement a Skills Training Project, which will train approximately 450 unemployed youth throughout South Africa. UYF seeks to appoint accredited lead and training providers.

South Africa

Africa: Governments have failed children orphaned by AIDS

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Dec 04, 2003

Africa's governments are failing children affected by HIV/AIDS - up to 65 percent of countries in sub-Saharan Africa have no national policy in place to care for orphans and vulnerable children, a new UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) report has found.

Gambia: Mothers seize the right to education for their daughters and themselves

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Dec 04, 2003

Satou carefully takes a pen in her hand, concentrates hard and slowly writes her name on a piece of paper. The group of colourfully dressed women bursts into applause and cheers. Satou lowers her eyes and smiles shyly, but her pride, confidence and self-esteem shine through. Satou is one of many illiterate and formerly illiterate women in the Mamudfana village Mothers' Club in The Gambia. They are coming together, with the support of UNICEF, to break down the barriers to education, including ...read more

Gambia

Kenya: Striking Lecturers' Plea to President Kibaki

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Dec 04, 2003

Striking lecturers have urged President Kibaki to help initiate dialogue over pay increase. And in a move that signalled their preparedness to stay longer on the boycott, the lecturers' union launched a fundraising campaign to finance members' survival during the festive season.

Kenya

Angola: Massive push for education

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Dec 04, 2003

When Joana Napeio first took her seat in the new classroom built by her local community, she wanted to cry. So it goes with children all around the world on their first day at school, but unlike most children, her tears were of joy. If Joana Napeio, bright and now being educated, represents the future of Angola, the country is in good hands. She is one of a quarter-of-a-million Angolan children who, at the start of this year, returned to school as part of the ‘Back-to-School’ campaign, an ...read more

Angola

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