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i am on a lonely road and i am traveling ... 1 comment

littlesthobo wrote 2 days ago: Looking for the key to set me free Oh the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling And it undoes all th … more »

Tags: Uganda, Canada, joni mitchell, Lira, Masindi, matatu, Murchison Falls, vct

SOMALIA:UN Voices Grave Concern After More Aid Workers Are Killed

warvictims wrote 3 days ago: By UN News Service The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia today expressed grave co … more »

Tags: Insurgents, Somalia, United Nations, Targeted Death, Government, NATO/Allies, Foreign Aid, gunfire, journalists

Tale of Two Polygamists in Kenya

afrowrite wrote 3 days ago: By Muli wa Kyendo A Kenyan TV this week carried stories of two polygamous homes. One was a Maasai wi … more »

Tags: Polygamy, Polygamy in Kenya, family planning, Female Circumcision, marriage in Kenya

G8 Summit in Hokkaido: Photo opportunities

ƒ wrote 1 week ago:   AS DILIGENT hosts, the Japanese made sure this year’s G8 summit, grouping the leaders of the b … more »

Tags: category_null, G8, World Leaders, activists, Hokkaido, Gathering, BRIC, G8 summit in Hokkaido

Israeli doctors lend expertise to prevention efforts2 comments

h.e.g. wrote 1 week ago: The Chicago Tribune recently released this interesting article about Israeli doctors helping Africa … more »

Tags: Prevention, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Circumcision, Swaziland, Israel

Back in the USSR (Day 12)

onegreatcity wrote 1 week ago: Monday, July 7, 2008. Sarajevo is like no other European city. There is no geometrical logic to its … more »

Tags: Bosnia, Travel, Sarajevo, Europe

HCM City honours nine foreign NGOs

Bao Viet Nam wrote 1 week ago: Ho Chi Minh City on July 9 awarded certificates of merit to nine foreign non-government organisatio … more »

Tags: Add new tag, city, hcm, Honours, nineeign

Aiding and Abetting Genocide: Distorting History of IDPs

acoliaxis wrote 1 week ago: The Camps Have Caused More Deaths Than the LRA In a stunning pronouncement this week, a visiting di … more »

Tags: Acholi-Genocide

Utah NGO Round-Up

ryanlindsay wrote 1 week ago: Healing Hands for Haiti The Healing Hands for Haiti International Foundation is based in Salt Lake C … more »

Tags: Opportunities, Volunteer, Humanitarian Aid, Healing Hands for Haiti, Haiti, Afriksoul, Africa, Refugees, Utah

Speaking on behalf of the poor?

internationalbudget wrote 1 week ago: Budget NGOs have often struggled to involve the wider public directly in government budgeting proces … more »

Tags: participation, Budget Hearings, IBP Briefs, Budget Process, representation

Zimbabwe: AIDS in the midst of crisis

h.e.g. wrote 2 weeks ago: As Zimbabwe has been rocked by political violence and upheaval over the past few weeks, HIV/AIDS con … more »

Tags: Gender, News, Politics, election, HIV/AIDS, Political violence, rape, Robert Mugabe, Sexual abuse

NGOs, governments, and HIV/AIDS in Africa1 comment

h.e.g. wrote 2 weeks ago: A June 29 article in the Miami Herald discusses the involvement of non-governmental organizations an … more »

Tags: News, Other issues, Politics, Africa, HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, Togo, Robert Mugabe

Red Cross Inspector Shibai, Nagasaki, 1944

Joel wrote 2 weeks ago: From First into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners … more »

Tags: Japan, US, War

When do i study?4 comments

RamN wrote 2 weeks ago: An young boy pushing the cart to sell the traditional north indian snack called “paani puri … more »

Tags: People, India, Chennai, nikon D40x, RamaswamyN, languages, poverty, Education, Child Labour

Call for applicants for the Japan Water Forum Fund 2008

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: The Japan Water Forum invites grass-roots organizations in developing countries to apply for the Jap … more »

Tags: grants, Water supply

EnterpriseWorks/VITA Receives Gates Foundation Grant to Develop Low-Cost Domestic Rainwater Harvesting System

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: EnterpriseWorks/Vita (EWV) has received a five-year grant from the Global Development Program of the … more »

Tags: Costs, grants, Marketing, rainwater harvesting, Research

Calling for Backup

nicolekennell wrote 3 weeks ago: About two years ago, we were making plans to return to Togo. I had come across some material on AID … more »

Tags: Encouragement, Friends, husband, Kabiye team, Support

Tender for knowledge-sharing on sustainable sanitation and waste management

dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: On behalf of the Programme Board of the Integrated Support for a Sustainable Urban Environment (ISSU … more »

Tags: Africa, East-Asia Pacific, sanitation, South Asia, Tenders, Knowledge Management

The NGOs of Juba2 comments

blakerig wrote 3 weeks ago: I have become a big cynic when it comes to the activities of NGOs in Africa. I know that some of the … more »

Tags: Sudan, United Nations, UNMIS, Africa, Juba, Aid Workers