World Civil Society Forum

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Nov 01, 2001

Mandat International is a non-profit-making non-governmental organization which has as its principal missions to welcome and help non-governmental delegates (in particular those from developing countries) coming to Geneva to participate in international conferences. The themes of this conference will be: The themes to be covered will be: Information society, Civil society, International Organization cooperation, Health promotion, Environment, commerce and sustainable development, Indigenous...read more

First annual Queer Disability Conference 2002

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Nov 01, 2001

Rockforum.org: A new website for Research Grants

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Nov 01, 2001

Information on grant application procedures, present and past grants, grantees and students, and research accomplishments from past and present grants by the FORUM.

Gates Foundation Awards $10 Million to African AIDS Initiative

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Nov 01, 2001

Loan Management Software for Micro-Finance Institutions

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Nov 01, 2001

Deposit tracking, loan tracking, and general ledger. Handles individual loans as well as group loans, used as Grameen Banking as well as Village Banking organisations and Credit Unions.

African groups call for debt swaps

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Nov 01, 2001

African groups call for a new debt initiative to tackle the continent's crippling debt crisis. Structural Adjustment Programmes and the HIPC Initiative have failed sub-Saharan Africa, creditors must now donate debts to non-governmental organisations for developing local communities.

TANZANIA: Envoy explains push on primary schooling

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Nov 01, 2001

Tanzania is determined to see to it that no child is denied the right to education just because parents cannot afford to pay, and the government has committed itself since July to providing basic primary education free of charge to all, Tanzanian envoy Christine Kapalata told a UN General Assembly debate on child rights on 26 October.

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SOUTH AFRICA: PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

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Nov 01, 2001

The Youth Developments Network (YDN) is a national network of seven youth development NGO's and currently seeks a Project Co-ordinator: Research and Documentation.

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West Africa gets its first pontifical varsity

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Nov 01, 2001

West Africa's first pontifical university is to be inaugurated later this month. Located near Enugu, Nigeria, the varsity will offer courses in theology, philosophy, social science, human resources, entrepreneurship, agriculture among others.

Coping with traumatised children

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Nov 01, 2001

Children who have been through traumatic events need special care and attention. Here is a brief on a workshop where handy tips on dealing with such children were discussed in New York.

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