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China pledge $10 bn in aid to Africa
Thaindian News —
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Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), Nov 8 (IANS) China Sunday announced $10 billion in concessional loans to African nations.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced the loans while addressing the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Egyptian resort of Sharm ...2 days ago -
Nevis Deputy Premier Calls For Greater Social Development
Nevis Island Tourism Information Blog. —
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Social Development Minister - Hensley Daniel Charlestown, Nevis November 05, 2009 Deputy Premier and Minister of Social development on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel is of the view that the region’s government’s had given too much attention to economic development and too little to social development. The Minister ...5 days ago -
Bang The Drum Slowly [Snap Judgment]
Jezebel —
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[ Buenos Aires , November 3. Image via Getty ] Little girls play their drums during a picket by members of social organizations of the poor and unemployed who demand to be included in the Governments social plans, along 9 de Julio avenue in front of the Social Development Ministry in Buenos Aires, on November 3, ...6 days ago -
Nepal: menstruation a bugbear for schoolgirls
Sanitation Updates —
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Rural women in Nepal, especially schoolgirls, are still treated as untouchables during menstruation, resulting in health problems and growing absenteeism. Social Development Advisor of WaterAid Nepal Om Prasad Gautam says, “Menstrual hygiene is neglected and people do not wish to explore this subject as it is still ...6 days ago -
Doctor couple does wonders for tribals at Sittilingi
The Better India —
Authority: 395
Sittilingi is a remote village in Dharmapuri district, 125 km away from Salem town in Tamil Nadu, which used to be a god forsaken land caught under the spell of quacks and black magic. Noisy drums and fake injections were all that they had to resort to curing illnesses. This is when Regi and Lalitha took the plunge. ...1 week ago -
Seychelles’ Government Sets Up Task Force to Tackle Social Ills
Net News Publisher —
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The Seychelles government has set up a new task force to fight the rise of social ills especially abuse of alcohol and hard drugs. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, Health and Social Development Minister Marie-Pierre Lloyd said the creation of the task force is the result of concerns raised during the recent ...1 week ago -
MSD social report 2009: Inequality increased in Labours last year in office
liberation —
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The Ministry of Social Development has silently released its annual Social Report for 2009 – no doubt attempting to keep the findings under the radar. Likewise, the National Government has refrained from releasing a single press release on it (as yet). As always with the wealth of statistics in such reports, there ...2 weeks ago -
Congolese NGOs Receive Over 138 Million Francs in Funding From France
Net News Publisher —
Authority: 155
French cooperation has given financial support of over CFA 138 million (210,880 euros) to Congolese NGOs in a bid to help improve the living conditions of the rural and urban population in the country. The French ambassador to Congo, Nicolas Normand, and leaders of receiving NGOs signed the financing agreement on ...2 weeks ago -
Making Sanitation Everybody’s Business: Highlights of the ADB-DMC Sanitation Dialogue
Sanitation Updates —
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The ADB-DMC Sanitation Dialogue brought together more than 100 national and local government officials from 17 countries across the Asia-Pacific region on 3-5 March 2009. Discussions focused on environmental and socioeconomic issues, especially public health risks associated with poor sanitation, on technological and ...2 weeks ago -
UN investigator tells of horrors and insanitary conditions of world prisons
Sanitation Updates —
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Inmates at a prison in Uruguay can spend years in “las latas” (tin cans) — small metal boxes where temperatures rise to 60 degrees Celcius. They had to use the water in the toilets for drinking and defecate in plastic bags which they later threw outside their cells. Those were among the abuses chronicled in a ...2 weeks ago -
China reports 8.9 percent economic growth in third quarter
Thaindian News —
Authority: 715
Beijing, Oct 22 (IANS) The Chinese economy expanded 8.9 percent year on year in the third quarter of this year, and 7.7 percent year on year in the first nine months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said here Thursday.The growth rates for the first quarter and second quarter were 6.1 percent and 7.9 percent ...2 weeks ago -
Welcome to My Life – An Entrepreneurs Journey in Barbados
The Women Entrepreneurs Blog @ Simon —
Authority: 110
By Marita Greenidge When I first came to Simon , I had a plan, a plan to start a business magazine in Barbados . I was so dedicated to this plan that I wrote an entire blue print for the business and entered it into the Mark Ain Business Model Competition . Thereafter I suffered a horrible defeat as my plan was ...3 weeks ago -
Survey Results: Brazil Stays Strong in the face of the Crisis
Growth and Crisis - Building Capacity through Rethinking Development —
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(Thanks and Credits for this information go to the Brazilian Secretariat of Social Communication - SECOM) Brazil is one of the worlds fastest growing economies. An annual socioeconomic survey of over 150,000 households conducted by the Brazilian Government showed notable advances in housing, employment, education, ...3 weeks ago -
In India, New Seat of Power for Women – the success of the “No Toilet, No Bride” program
Sanitation Updates —
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Prospective Brides Demand Sought-After Commodity: A Toilet. But by linking toilets to courtship, the “No Toilet, No Bride” program in Haryana has been the most successful sanitation promotion effort so far. NILOKHERI, India — An ideal groom in this dusty farming village is a vegetarian, does not drink, has good ...3 weeks ago -
Ghana: journalist wins international award for water and sanitation campaign
Sanitation Updates —
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Raphael Ahenu receiving his award from Terry Waite A Ghanaian journalist and human rights campaigner has won a British award for his water and sanitation campaign. Raphael Ahenu received a 2009 SMK Campaigner Award in the international category on 17 September 2009. Mr. Ahenu is campaigning for clean water and ...4 weeks ago -
Seychelles Government to Integrate Mental Health Into Primary Health Care
Net News Publisher —
Authority: 155
Mental health should be seen as a vital part of everyone’s overall health and well being in Seychelles, the Seychelles Ministry of Health and Social Development has declared in the Seychellois capital Victoria on Saturday. In a message in its campaign to mark ’World Mental Health Day’ this Saturday under the ...4 weeks ago
