We are seeking a person to train a staff member on basic computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook). This would be a one-on-one training in our offices, most likely an hour every day or a few times a week over several weeks.
The International NGO Journal (INGOJ) is currently accepting manuscripts for publication. INGOJ was founded to publish proposals, appraisals and reports of NGO projects. The aim is to have centralized information for NGO activities where stakeholders including beneficiaries of NGO services can find useful information about ongoing projects and where to obtain particular assistance.
The last time the Zambian government built a secondary school was in 1979. So the community of Kachembe took charge. The women fetched sand from the river 2km away and carried it, bucket by bucket, on their heads to the site they had chosen for their school. The men dug the foundations and made the bricks.
African education policymakers have failed to meet growing demand for secondary schooling. Budgetary provision for secondary education has stalled or declined and fewer pupils are moving from primary to secondary level.
Physical mobility and transport barriers that prevent rural children from attending primary school can be substantial but are often complex and hidden. The situation is particularly severe in sub-Saharan Africa where, with few exceptions, more than half the children in any age group fail to attend school regularly.
Educationalists know that large classes have a negative impact. Yet they don’t know enough about how skilled teachers still manage to cope with huge student numbers. The high pupil-to-teacher ratios in developing countries will not disappear.
Working in Sudan since 1985 FAR has been involved in a number of programs including emergency relief to refugees and IDP populations, agro forestry schemes, health and nutrition programs, food security and income generating activities. FAR headquarters are in Khartoum with field offices in 5 other locations, staffed mainly by local personnel. FAR’s vision is to empower the people of Sudan.
Ethiopia has asked the Nigerian government to allow it engage the services of 600 Nigerian teachers, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Olusegun Akinsanya said here Tuesday (September 5). Akinsanya told journalists in Addis Ababa, the capital that the Ethiopian government wanted to recruit the teachers to teach in the 12 new universities being constructed throughout the country.
The Spanish government has said it will not tolerate the continued arrival of African migrants on its shores. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega called on African countries to help cut off the flow of migrants, and to take them back again. She was speaking after a weekend in which more than 1,400 Africans landed on the Canary Islands alone.
Ghana's government has banned a conference for gay men and lesbians due to take place there later this month (September). Information Minister Kwamena Bartels said as homosexuality was illegal in Ghana the gathering was not permitted. "Government does not condone any such activity which violently offends the culture, morality and heritage of the entire people of Ghana," he said.
