Education in Africa Threatened By AIDS

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Sep 03, 2001

According to a recent global conference on education, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has had a bigger effect on teaching than any other profession, and could wipe out the profession in Africa within 10 years. "The percentage of teachers who have died or carry the HIV virus is higher than for most professional groups," said Fred van Leeuwen, secretary general of Education International (EI).

New Survival report names world's most vulnerable tribes

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Sep 03, 2001

Survival's annual report identifies the most vulnerable tribe in each of three continents; Asia, Africa & South America. In each case, the government involved is breaking international law by not recognising the tribe's right to own their land.

Are children better off?

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Sep 03, 2001

World leaders promised to give every child a better life and a more hopeful future at a meeting in 1990. So what's the picture like 11 years later? This month the United Nations children's summit will try to answer these and other related questions.

Bringing the digital age to Ghana's grassroots

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Sep 03, 2001

A new public-private partnership in Ghana is launching the Mobile Telecentre To-Go (MTTG) to introduce information technology (IT) and the Internet to schools, health clinics, farms and local businesses.

Ghana

Involving parents in education systems

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Sep 03, 2001

Education is not a process that takes place in the confines of a school or college alone. It is a social process that involves home, school and the society as well. This paper argues for the need for partnership between the teachers, the administrators, the family and the community.

SUDAN: Weekend march to highlight children's needs

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Jul 30, 2001

The Sudanese Movement for Children, which comprises governmental and nongovernmental agencies and civil society organisations, will next Friday organise a march to start from Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazirah State, and end at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, as part of the global campaign "Say Yes for Children".

GUINEA-BISSAU: Tension in the military reported

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Jul 30, 2001

There has been rising tension within Guinea-Bissau's army, the Senegalese news agency, APS, and other sources reported. The tension appears to centre on the future of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Verissimo Correia Seabra.

Guinea Bissau

SOUTH AFRICA: US may boycott racism conference

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Jul 30, 2001

The Washington Post newspaper reported on Thursday that the United States had again threatened to boycott next month's United Nations conference on racism in Durban, South Africa.

South Africa

Funding southern ngos

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Jul 30, 2001

The following was published in "HIF-net at WHO" in response to a request on where to look for funding "for developing country NGOs undertaking not-for-profit nutrition, micronutrient and/or blindness prevention projects for the benefit of poor urban and rural dwellers/communities."

DebtChannel.org Editor, OneWorld.net

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Jul 30, 2001

OneWorld is an international non-profit Network whose mission is to harness the democratic potential of the Internet. Its website www.oneworld.net is the world's leading portal on development and human rights. We are looking for an Editor to edit OneWorld's DebtChannel.org. The DebtChannel.org Editor will be responsible for editing and updating the channel to enable it to fulfill its mission as a leading Web resource on international debt. She/he will rep...read more

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