If the poverty of so many children is to be alleviated, it demands that the Departments of Social Development and Home Affairs produce an emergency plan. At present, less than 30% of eligible children (under six years) are registered. This is a massive failure of a very limited but crucial public policy. It is also beset by the problem that the child grant managed within a poor family will not be available just for the child and so its vital public policy ends may not be met.

Galillee College, the leading management institute in Israel training senior managers from developing countries, is offering tuition scholarships to attend the Environmental Management Program, scheduled for October 9 - 28, 2002.

Do African adolescents know enough about AIDS to protect themselves against infection? What is the best way to educate them about the risks of HIV? A report from Population Services International evaluates a peer-led HIV prevention programme in a secondary school in Zambia.

An estimated 24 million African children are out of school, while of those enrolled, only 61 per cent reach fifth grade, a report by the Forum for African Women Educationists (FAWE) has disclosed.