Philanthropy News Digest

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Jul 02, 2001

Philanthropy News Digest (PND), a weekly news service of the Foundation Center, is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide. The Digest is posted to the Foundation Center's Web site every Tuesday afternoon.

GHANA : At least seven reported dead in Accra floods

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Jul 02, 2001

Seven people have been reported dead and about 25 were seriously injured following severe flooding in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, Accra Regional Police Commander Kwame Marfo said on Thursday. Damage to property and infrastructure has been estimated at about seven billion cedi (US $ 1million). Over 5,000 people are reportedly homeless.

Ghana

NIGERIA: Several deaths reported in fresh ethnic fighting

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Jun 25, 2001

Several people have been killed and hundreds displaced in a fresh outbreak of fighting in central Nigeria between members of the Tiv ethnic group and neighbouring Hausa speakers, AFP reported on Thursday.

Nigeria

INTERNET NONPROFIT CENTER

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Jun 25, 2001

A well resourced website, with information and advice to non profits on a wide range of fundraising and organisational issues, from a wide range of sources.

Open Society Initiative for South Africa

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Jun 25, 2001

OSISA is a non-profit foundation established in 1997 by investor and philanthropist George Soros. OSISA oversees US$5 million in grants annually in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. OSISA is to be a leading regional foundation dedicated to the creation of the ideal of an open society. Our programmes broadly focus on Education, Human rights and democracy building as well as Media.

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W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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Jul 02, 2001

The purpose of Kellogg Foundation programming in southern Africa is to assist in the social and economic transformation of the region, and to nurture the area's emerging democracies. Within these countries, W.K. Kellogg Foundation programming will strive to strengthen the capacity of Africans, their families, organisations, and institutions as they work to develop and sustain healthy communities.

Grantmakers Without Borders

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Jul 02, 2001

Grantmakers Without Borders, a collaborative project of the International Donors' Dialogue and the International Working Group of the National Network of Grantmakers promotes and enhances international grantmaking within the philanthropic community. We provide free advice, alternative sources of information, and links to community-based projects and organizations around the world.

LL.M IN HUMAN RIGHTS

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Jul 02, 2001

The focus of this premier course is human rights as seen from the African perspective. This Master's Degreee is a regional cooperation initiative under the auspices of the Association of African Universities (AAU) presented in partnership by:

- The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
- The Faculty of Law, University of Ghana
- The Faculty of Law, Makerere University (Uganda)
- The Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape (South Africa).

Human Rights in Africa in the New Millennium

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Jul 02, 2001

This is the first African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASA-UK) conference on Human Rights.

Migrants contre le sida

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Jul 02, 2001

Migrants contre le sida, c'est l'émission de radio qui s'adresse directement aux séropositifs d'origine arabe et africaine. Chaque mardi de 17 à 18 heures sur la radio Fréquence Paris Plurielle (FPP) 106,3 MHz FM (région parisienne). L'émission de la semaine est re-diffusée sur FPP le mercredi matin de 11 heures à midi. Enfin, vous pouvez aussi écouter l'émission sur Internet (à la demande) avec votre lecteur MP3. Pour recevoir le sommaire complet de chaque émission avant sa diffusion, abonne...read more

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