Mozambique: Inauguration of community radio for education

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Mar 18, 2004

The Dondo Community Radio was launched in the central Province of Sofala in Mozambique in late February. Inaugurated by UNESCO Maputo, the Dondo radio will bring education and information to over 100,000 rural people, covering a radius of 100 km. As other community radios, the Dondo radio will work for the development of communities covering such issues as education, health, agriculture, economy, children, youth, woman, sports, culture, democracy, and good governance.

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Africa: New website on literacy in Africa launched

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Mar 18, 2004

Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012), the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (Dakar, Senegal) is launching a new website dedicated to literacy in Africa. The website currently presents basic information but the aim is to develop an observatory and a platform for information exchange for all those working to promote literacy in Africa. This will require the active participation of all partners. Comments, suggestions and contributions are therefore most welcome.

Cities in Gloabalisation seminar

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Mar 18, 2004

The seminar will interrogate and critically analyse the approach employed in developing South African cities, and explore challenges faced by the cities in light of increasing globalisation and decentralization. Issues such as integration of various communities through planning that were previously separated by apartheid legislation and how this process is developing will be looked at. A critical analysis and discussion will ensue around integration strategies adopted by various cities.

Burundi: Gendarmes arrest teachers' union leaders

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Mar 11, 2004

Burundian gendarmes arrested on Tuesday the leaders of the two main teachers' unions in the country after they held a meeting with striking teachers in the capital, Bujumbura, to evaluate the stoppage that began countrywide on 5 January. Upon their arrest, the representative of the Union of Burundi Educational Workers, Eulalie Nibizi; and the leader of the Free Union of Burundi Education, Adolphe Wakana, were taken to a jail of the government's intelligence services, known as the Documentatio...read more

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Namibia: Usakos kindergarten stand-off haunts children

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Mar 11, 2004

The seizure of the Hakhaseb multi-purpose community centre-kindergarten at Usakos on Monday has left many children and their family members traumatised. Usakos Municipal personnel, accompanied by armed Police officers, stormed the centre on Monday and locked the complex. Angry mothers told The Namibian that their children were having nightmares and anxiety attacks during the night. "The children are scared that the Police will come and lock them up," said Fielie Walda, whose one-year-old daug...read more

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Pan Africa: UNAids endorses more funding through governments

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Mar 11, 2004

IOL reports that UNAids, a United Nations agency that funds Aids programmes, will no longer fund NPOs directly due to a lack of accountability. The move that NPOs have termed "retrogressive" was proposed by Zambia and Zimbabwe and was supported by Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia. UNAids will instead channel funding for Aids programmes via government authorities dealing with Aids. Some donors criticised NPOs for spending too much money on salaries, with little money going to medicine ...read more

South Africa: National Lottery has allocated R2bn in grants so far

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Mar 11, 2004

According to the Natal Witness, the National Lotteries Board has distributed R2bn in grants to 4 700 beneficiaries nationally since its inception in 2000. The National Lotteries Board spokesperson, Sershan Naidoo, indicated that the board has also allocated R1bn to 1 300 beneficiaries between April 2003 and March 2004.The biggest grant ever allocated thus far has been to the Children's Hospital Trust and other major beneficiaries include the South African National Council for Child and Family...read more

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Gambia: Senior Program Officer

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Mar 11, 2004

The Institute for Human Rights & Development in Africa is a pan-African human rights organisation with its headquarters in Banjul, the Gambia. The Institute specialises in the African regional human rights system, including impact litigation in national and international fora based on African human rights treaties, training and research and publication in the procedures of African treaty mechanisms. The Institute is recruiting a Senior Program Officer to coordinate its program activities.

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Malawi: Legal Specialist

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Mar 11, 2004

In its role as a dual membership organisation, comprising 16,000 individual lawyers and 194 Bar Associations and Law Societies, the International Bar Association (IBA) influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession. The International Bar Association (IBA) is seeking a Legal Specialist to work for a period of six months to undertake capacity building work with the Malawi Law Society.

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Burundi: Program Coordinator

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Mar 11, 2004

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been working in Burundi since 1996, implementing humanitarian relief activities in water and sanitation, infrastructure rehabilitation, distribution of non-food items, education support, and assistance to vulnerable youth. In 2004, IRC Burundi is consolidating programming in two sectors - Environmental Health and Youth - making an effort to create programmatic and geographic synergies to the maximum extent possible.

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