south africa: developing child welfare indicators

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Sep 11, 2003

Poverty, unemployment and inequality appear to be increasing in South Africa. At least 45% of the South African population live in absolute poverty, and many households still have unsatisfactory access to clean water, energy, health care and education. This was part of the rationale for a workshop organised as part of an ongoing effort to consolidate data and advance a co-ordinated approach for the further collection of child well-being indicators.

South Africa

ETHIOPIA: FUNDS arrive TO HELP CUT MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION

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Sep 11, 2003

Ethiopia has been awarded US$5 million to help prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies, officials announced on Monday. Health Minister Dr Kebede Tadesse warned that HIV/AIDS could soon become the biggest killer in children under five years old in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

South Africa: Red Cross Appeal Has R12m Mark in Sight

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Sep 11, 2003

The Red Cross Children's Hospital Trauma Unit Appeal total is nudging towards the R12 million mark, but time is slowly running out and another R4m must be raised by the end of December.

South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: WELFARE ORGANISATIONS RECEIVE support

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Sep 11, 2003

Some welfare organisations in the Northern Cape have received an injection of funds and vehicles from the provincial government. The Truly Blessed Day Care Centre, the only facility for children with multiple disabilities in the Frances Baard Region and Gopalanang Service Centre for the elderly in Warrenton each received a 23-seater minibus.

South Africa

southern africa: PROGRAM MANAGER

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Sep 11, 2003

LWR is now recruiting for a Program Manager for HIV/AIDS Projects - based in South Africa - to support churches and related ecumenical or faith-based organisations in Southern Africa to develop programs to address the AIDS crisis in impoverished communities - based on need rather than on race, ethnicity, religion, or creed. This is a temporary position with a two-year contract with no possibility of renewal.

africa: Technical Advisor

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Sep 11, 2003

We are keen to recruit a number of Technical Advisors for mine clearance operations in Africa. Applicants must have: A comprehensive understanding and experience of mine clearance and survey procedures; Practical experience of training and preferably some formal training qualifications; A track record of hands-on practical work, self-sufficiency and an ability to adapt to difficult or adverse circumstances.

5th International Resource Mobilisation Workshop

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Sep 04, 2003

The Resource Alliance is pleased to announce that the 5th International Resource Mobilisation Workshop will be hosted in Johannesburg from 26-28 March 2004. Some of the world's leading experts in the field of resource development and fundraising will be guest speakers.

shoes for orphans in south africa

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Sep 04, 2003

The Nigel Caring Community Child Care Committee, shoes for orphans project leader, Juksy Kganyago, was delighted to be one of only two projects in South Africa approved for funding in 2003 by Alliance for Youth Achievement, an American based donor organisation making a difference in the lives of orphans or children living on the streets around the world. The Dollars arrived and Mr Rob Cattell, the owner of Cattell’s Shoe Centre in Springs, supplied the shoes. It was therefore with great exc...read more

South Africa

GHANA: IOM returns over 1,200 children sold by their parents

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Sep 11, 2003

More than 1,200 children who were sold by poor families on the coast of Ghana to fishermen on Lake Volta will be returned to their parents next week in an operation organised by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM). The programme is voluntary and involves measures to boost the incomes of parents who sold children into virtual slave labour for as little as US $180 to dissuade them from continuing the practise.

Ghana

sudan Newspaper suspended for 'inciting sedition'

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Sep 11, 2003

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has called on the Sudanese government to allow the daily newspaper Alwan to resume publishing immediately. The paper was suspended on 2 September 2003 after state security officials accused it of "inciting sedition." "This is the third time this year the newspaper has been censored," said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard in a letter to Justice Minister Ali Mohammed Osman Yassin calling for the ban to be lifted.

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