Sierra Leone: Deputy Director

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Aug 15, 2002

The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking a Deputy Director for hire to coordinate the implementation of a psycho-social mental health project in Sierra Leone for repatriated refugees or internally displaced persons from Sierra Leone who have suffered torture and war trauma.

Sierra Leone

Africa: The Five College African Scholars Program

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Aug 15, 2002

The Five College African Scholars Residency Program works to strengthen intellectual capacity in African universities and to enrich Africa-focused scholarship at the Five Colleges and internationally.

South Africa: Cash flows in for earth summit

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Aug 15, 2002

Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya on Monday announced the government had given the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) civil society forum R15,8m.

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South Africa: Why donor funds don't reach NGO coffers

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Aug 15, 2002

South African donors have funds, but fund-raisers are struggling to raise money for NGOs facing financial crises. Studies have shown that grant funding has not decreased over recent years, yet NGOs are finding it increasingly difficult to raise money. It appears that donors choose to spend their money in different areas from those in which most NGOs function.

South Africa

South Africa: Afrox gets involved in child care

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Aug 15, 2002

Afrox is to donate an extra R1 million to 115 child care organisations as part of the group's 75th anniversary. Afrox Community Involvement Process (CIP) co-ordinator Renee Selfe announced at the same time that disadvantaged children in South Africa and especially in the Eastern Cape can look forward to a treat next month.

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Kenya: British Commonwealth Donates US $920,000 for Education

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Aug 15, 2002

The British Commonwealth Education Fund (BCEF) is to donate US $920,000 to promote early education initiatives in Kenya.

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Guinea: EC to Support Five-Year Program

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Aug 15, 2002

The European Commission announced that it would give 221 million euros (over US $217 million) in support of Guinea's five-year strategy paper covering 2002-2007. The money will come from the 9th European Development Fund.

South Africa: Non-Profit group wants lotteries probe

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Aug 15, 2002

The National Lotteries Board may be taken to court over its dual role as regulator and distributor of funds totaling about R430-million a year, earmarked for non-profit groups.

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africa: African Ambassadors to the United Nations Call on Bush Administration to Restore UNFPA Funding

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Aug 15, 2002

U.N. ambassadors from more than 50 African nations recently wrote to Secretary of State Colin Powell asking him to restore the $34 million in funding for the United Nations Population Fund that the Bush administration recently decided to permanently withhold.

Open Source for NGOs Survey - call for participation

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Aug 15, 2002

Those with an interest in web-communication are invited to complete a survey, organised by a group of Open Source developers of Free Software License Website Content Management Systems (CMS). Its purpose is to investigate the demand for Free Software License CMS within the NGO and Non-profit community, and to strengthen funding proposals for the development of appropriate software for NGOs.

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