The coordinator of the UN World Water Assessment Programme will be in charge of the management of the activities of the United Nations system-wide Programme, particularly the production of the WWDR. The Coordinator will manage the development of overall strategies and work plans for WWAP, including the coordination of all activities of UN partner organizations and external partners, through appropriate and effective channels, leading to the timely production of the periodic WWDRs.

TrustAfrica is looking for an exceptional individual to serve as its Program Coordinator. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in philanthropy in Africa and a deep understanding of the challenges TrustAfrica seeks to address.

The World Social Forum is coming to Kenya! Activists are busy laying plans and organising the 2007 event, and this article spells out the principles of the Forum and lists the Council that has been chosen to organise the event.

Look at a map of school attendance in Uganda and you notice something different about Karamoja. Most children do not go to school; instead, Karamojong children live the pastoralist life. But traditions are changing across the plains and escarpments, long seen as Uganda's wildlands. And with that change comes a cultural struggle over the role of education.