Call for International Day of Action

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Apr 10, 2003

Over 600 South Africans die of HIV/AIDS every day. Many more die throughout the developing world. This does not have to be. In wealthy countries and Brazil, people with HIV/AIDS are living longer, healthier lives because they have access to life-saving medicines. The Treatment Action Campaign has been waging a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience in protest of the South African government's negligence in the matter of providing treatment to South Africans living with HIV/AIDS. As part ...read more

uganda: Institutional Advisor to the Uganda Human Rights Commission

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Apr 10, 2003

The UHRC seeks assistance from an international advisor with the purpose to enhance its organisational capacity to fulfilling it's mandate and carrying out it's activities. The advisor will report directly to the chairperson of UHRC (who is based in the Central office in Kampala) and will assist in designing and implementing organisational developments initiatives within UHRC. Such activities will address a wide range of strategic, managerial and administrative issues including financial ma...read more

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south africa: Senior Researcher - CADRE

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Apr 10, 2003

The Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) is a non-profit organisation working in the area of HIV/AIDS social research, programme development and communications. An experienced researcher is required to implement and manage a range of research projects.

South Africa

africa: Regional Manager for West Africa/Regional Manager for East Africa and Horn - Christian Aid

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Apr 10, 2003

This is a new and exciting opportunity to lead, develop, manage and have responsibility for development, emergency, advocacy, policy and campaign work for two specific regions in the Africa Division. You would be responsible for the processes of developing, implementing and monitoring CA policy and strategy for the West Africa region or the East Africa and Horn region. Click on the link for details and a list of other Christian Aid links.

DRC: 700,000 infants to be vaccinated against yellow fever

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Apr 10, 2003

The yellow fever vaccine will be used for the first time by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to inoculate some 700,000 children in 2003, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Monday.

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FIVE COLLEGE AFRICAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM

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Apr 10, 2003

The Five College African Scholars Program announces four and one-half month residency fellowships from January to May 2004 and August to December 2004. Junior and mid-level scholars, who are citizens of an African nation and who teach in African universities, are eligible to apply.

South Africa: Can-Do Attitude Galvanises Premier Into Action

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Apr 10, 2003

The can-do attitude of villagers in Magona near Thohoyandou in Limpopo has galvanised the Limpopo provincial government into investing more than R150 000 in the community. Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi's office heard how villagers had raised funds to build a second high school so that children no longer had to walk 10km a day for their education. The funding was only enough to get the new school to foundation level.

South Africa

South Africa: Succulent Karoo to Flourish With Grant

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Apr 10, 2003

The succulent Karoo, the fragile source of many of the trendiest plants found in fashionable shops and restaurants, is set to benefit from a massive $8m in conservation grants from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. The fund is a joint initiative of Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the World Bank and the Japanese government.

South Africa

South Africa: Care centre gets R400000 donation

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Apr 10, 2003

The OR Tambo Municipality has given the Laveli Langa Children's Care Centre a shot in the arm by committing R400000 towards building them a permanent home. The mayor's office manager, Khaya Gashi, said the building was expected to start immediately as a tender was awarded for the project last week.

South Africa

zambia: Number of Orphans Will Rise, Says King-Akerele

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Apr 10, 2003

The number of orphans in Zambia will rise to nearly one million by the year 2014, UN resident co-ordinator Olubanke King-Akerele has said. And United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) executive director Carol Bellamy has said that the leadership of countries in Southern Africa is "very thin" when it comes to fighting HIV/AIDS.

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