Tanzania: Empowerment through education

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Jan 15, 2004

Aang Serian, which means "House of Peace" in the Kiarusha language, is a non-profit cultural organisation founded by a group of Tanzanian youth in Arusha town. Their purpose is to promote and protect indigenous knowledge. Aang Serian focuses on education in an effort to raise the self-esteem of young people, to empower them to work together for a peaceful future, and to promote environmentally and socially sustainable development. A key undertaking has been the establishment of a community...read more

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Civil Society Budget Initiative

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Jan 15, 2004

The Civil Society Budget Initiative (CSBI) is a small grant making project that aims to promote civil society budget work in low-income countries. To this end, CSBI will provide financial and technical support to 10 organisations for a two-year period. The Initiative is led by a steering committee of civil society groups working on public budgets and is coordinated by the IBP.

Firelight Foundation funding for grassroots NGO's

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Jan 15, 2004

The donor’s focus is children affected by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The donor believes that grassroots programs arising in direct response to real needs within the local community are often the most effective. Firelight supports this vital work with initial one-year grants and re-grants based on funding needs and opportunities for shared learning. Because the donor has limited funds, they support organisations that raise resources from within their local community.

'Combating torture: a manual for action', Amnesty International, London: 2003

Christina Clark
Jan 15, 2004

Amnesty International’s (AI) Combating torture: a manual for action is a comprehensive reference guide for advocates working to prevent and end torture. It begins with an overview of the principal achievements and emerging framework for action against torture since World War II. In-depth case studies of efforts against torture and ill treatment in the Israeli Occupied Territories, Peru, United States, Austria and South Africa provide concrete examples of the challenges and opportunities human...read more

EIDHR funding for micro-projects in Ivory Coast

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Jan 15, 2004

The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for micro-projects in Ivory Coast under the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). Grants will support micro-projects with activities lasting up to 12 months, carried out by grassroots NGOs. The funding is allocated through local calls for proposals. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 10 February 2004.

Mozambique: A Million Children Still Unable to Study

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Jan 15, 2004

Over a million Mozambican children of school age will be unable to attend primary school in 2004 for sheer lack of space in the classrooms. According to Virgilio Juvane, the National Director of Planning in the Education Ministry, it is mainly the shortage of schools and of teachers that leads to this situation. The million children in question are aged between six and 13 and should, in principle, be studying in first and second level primary education (grades one to seven).

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Sierra Leone: Project Officer

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Jan 15, 2004

Merlin has been in Sierra Leone since 1996. Throughout the most severe parts of the civil conflict, Merlin continued to deliver uninterrupted emergency health and nutrition services to the most vulnerable populations in Kenema and in Freetown. At the height of the emergency phase Merlin was employing in excess of 400 health staff and dealing with a beneficiary population of 1.5 million people. The conflict in Sierra Leone is now officially over, with the country disarmed and under the cont...read more

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Commonwealth Association of NGOs Conference

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Jan 15, 2004

The Commonwealth Association of NGOs (CANGO) has announced their forth coming conference billed for Johannesburg 2004. CANGO is a civil society initiative geared towards uniting NGOs in the 54 Commonwealth Countries for peace, development and human progress. Details about CANGO and the CANGO Social Platform 2004 billed for Johannesburg South Africa are available online at the website provided.

Africa: Rich and unhappy fat cats blow it for everyone, says report

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Jan 15, 2004

More than 25 percent of individuals worldwide now live a lifestyle once limited to rich nations, according to Worldwatch Institute. Rising consumption has helped more of the world meet basic needs, the U.S. research group says, but this growing consumer class is gobbling the world's resources at an unsustainable rate and is putting added pressure on humanity's poorest individuals.

Southern Africa: Conference on democratisation in Africa

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Jan 15, 2004

In November 2003, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (IMD), in partnership with the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) and the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), held a conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss the democratic movements of the past ten years as well as the future of democracy in the Southern Africa region. Discussion topics range from the fragility of democracies in places like Lesotho and Zambia to the challenges of dominant party rule in t...read more

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