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IITA to backstop Nigeria¹s national cocoa transformation initiative

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:05:00 PST

IITA will be providing vital support to Nigeria’s cocoa transformation efforts, as the country embarks on doubling production of the crop in the next few years. Specifically, the institute plans to help the country in the development of high quality and clean planting materials using improved breeding techniques. In the action plan presented to the members of the Cocoa Transformation Agenda in IITA-Ibadan, IITA intends to deploy advanced micropropagation techniques for rapid and high ratio propagation of improved cocoa. The objective is to produce clean and disease-free cocoa trees with...

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UNICEF Launches Humanitarian Action for Children 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:59:00 PST

A children’s famine in the Horn of Africa; massive flooding and internal displacement of millions in Pakistan … These were the 2011 humanitarian crises that attracted the attention of the global audience. There were other, long-standing and “silent” emergencies that escaped public notice but nevertheless resulted in tremendous humanitarian need – and UNICEF was on the spot to meet the urgent needs of children and their families. As stated in the Humanitarian Action for Children 2012 report, US $1.28 billion is needed this year to fund humanitarian operations to assist children in more than...

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WHERE IS THE MONEY? Thomson Reuters Foundation explores the future of humanitarian aid

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:57:00 PST

Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meagre plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods, exacerbated by shambolic urban planning. It's a scenario that's going to become more and more familiar in coming years as climate change and rapid urbanisation play an ever greater role inshaping humanitarian crises, according to a recent AlertNet poll. The survey by AlertNet, a global humanitarian news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, targeted 41 of the world's biggest aid groups* by spending...

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Two years after death of the Bo yet another Andaman tribe faces extinction

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:49:00 PST

Boa Sr died exactly two years ago. She was the last member of the Bo tribe. © Anvita Abbi/ Survival Two years after India’s Andaman Islands lost the last speaker of ‘Bo’, a leading linguist has warned the Jarawa could face a similar fate unless the road running through their reserve is closed. Professor Anvita Abbi specializes in endangered languages, and has recently published a dictionary documenting four of the oldest ones in the world. She said, ‘unless we develop alternative sea routes, we cannot safeguard the life, culture, language and identity of one of the oldest...

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Feb. 11: Palm Beach County students organize a benefit concert for Nicaragua

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:43:00 PST

WHAT: Students For The Poor Benefit ConcertPROCEEDS: To build a Food For The Poor school in Chinandega, Nicaragua. WHERE: Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 11, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2012) — Embarking on a new way to involve South Florida’s youth in philanthropy, Atlantic Community High School junior Samantha Kerker collaborated with students and faculty members at six Palm Beach County high schools to present a benefit concert Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Mizner Park Amphitheater, in Boca Raton. Proceeds...

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AlertNet Climate - This week's top stories (Jan 23 2012)

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST

GUYANA: Rethinking rice growing in the face of more extreme weather is helping Guyana keepincomes up in the face of climate pressures.KENYA: A solar-driven well project in Kenya could help ease water shortages, cut fuel costs and carbon emissions and improve health in arid areas of the country.TANZANIA: In an effort to keep up yields in the face of climate change, Tanzanian farmers are looking to both science and tradition. BLOGSShelter from the storm? The world needs a treaty on climate displacement – David HodgkinsonDeveloping water-efficient maize for Africa – Jacob D.H....

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Massachusetts Transgender Mental Health Access Study Launched

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:51:00 PST

Boston, MA [1/24/2012] The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is collaborating with a team of Master of Social Work students from Salem State University to conduct a research study to determine if transgender adults have access to culturallycompetent mental health clinicians and services in Massachusetts. Led by Laurie Auffant, a long time transgender activist and now social work student, the research team includes Sarah Grandmaison, Kristine Lassiter, and Rachel Sherwin.The survey is open to any adult eighteen years old and above, residing in Massachusetts, who...

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Humanitarian Alert: Looming Food Crisis in Sahel region of Africa

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:31:00 PST

Concern Worldwide Warns that Slow Response Will Cost Lives New York, January 24, 2012 – After an international symposium on nutrition and food security in Rome last week, Concern Worldwide warned that large areas of Africa’s Sahel region could slide into a full-scale emergency if the global community does not act now to prevent food shortages and malnutrition. Nearly 12 million people are at risk of hunger across Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso. This means that without assistance, they will soon not have access to enough food to meet their daily nutritional needs. The...

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World Vision Selects Blackbaud CRM to Expand Fundraising and Serve More Children in Need

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:11:00 PST

New technology solution will help organization focus on increasing retention and improving stewardship Charleston, S.C. (January 24, 2012) — Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced that the United States office of World Vision—the Christian humanitarian organization—recently selected Blackbaud CRM to equip World Vision fundraising teams with technology to enhance relationships with donors and increase the number of major donors, churches, and corporate partners supporting its mission. “We selected Blackbaud not only because of their exceptional product...

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Ethiopia: Copyrights and CopyCrimes

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:10:00 PST

Crimes Against the MindIf a person were to maliciously burn or vandalize another’s house, it would be regarded as a serious property crime under the laws of any nation. If one were to walk into a bookstore and steal thousands of books and give them away to any passerby, that would also be a major property crime. How about taking a copyrighted book, scanning it and making it available to anyone in digital form online? Is that a serious criminal act? Is it also an immoral and depraved act? Is it fair? When a publisher, author or artist produces a book, a piece of music, a painting or...

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ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowd Map

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:25:00 PST

ICT is being used in many ways to help with disaster & conflict early-warning, management & resolution and for peacebuilding; this map offers a resource of who is doing what worldwide. It captures in a cross-disciplinary approach the large variety of activities carried out in projects, programmes and initiatives at various levels of society and decision-making; their content ranges from policy frameworks to actual technological solutions. The map illustrates the role of civil society organisations, states, multilateral organisations, academia and companies in the field, the...

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Evidence of attack discovered where Indian child was reportedly burned alive

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:03:00 PST

An Awá man whose uncontacted relatives were victims of an alleged attack by loggers. © Survival An investigation into the reported killing of an uncontacted Indian child by loggers, has uncovered disturbing ‘evidence of an attack’ deep in the Amazon forest. The findings suggest loggers were operating 400 meters away from an uncontacted Awá camp where the burned remains of a child were allegedly found. Brazilian NGO CIMI, The Order of Attorneys of Brazil and the Maranhão Human Rights Society, who jointly carried out the investigation, also found, ‘many...

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Grammy Award-Winning Reggae Star, Shaggy, Shines Light on Haiti's Housing Needs

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:02:00 PST

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 20, 2012) – The 2012 Grammy nominee and award-winning reggae artist, Shaggy, has partnered with the South Florida based-nonprofit Food For The Poor to help build homes in Haiti. Shaggy is scheduled to perform at Food For The Poor’s annual Building Hope Gala on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at The Polo Club of Boca Raton.Attendees will be invited to create a legacy by pledging to build critically needed houses during the charity’s live house-rally. For additional information regarding the Building Hope Gala, sponsorship levels, and tickets, available at...

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UNIDO Summer Course on "Green Industry: Moving towards the industry of the future"

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:57:00 PST

To help strengthen further UNIDO’s capacity to respond effectively to the industrial development challenges being faced by Member States, the UNIDO Institute for Capacity Development and Regional Analysis Unit was established to conduct economic analysis with a regional focus and disseminate the findings both within UNIDO and the development practitioners’ community. The overall aim of the Institute is to strengthen UNIDO’s academic partnerships, networking efforts, capacity-building and training activities. It provides a platform for discussions on new approaches towards...

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Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity, Trinidad and Tobago (05 to 9 March)

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:55:00 PST

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Healthy seed yam technique brings benefits to farmers

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:51:00 PST

Nigerian farmers are getting cleaner seed yams that promise better harvests in the seasons ahead, thanks to the healthy seed yam producing technique by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. The healthy seed yam producing technique involves cutting tubers of yam into small sizes of between 50 and 100 grams, treating them with appropriate pesticides and insecticides before planting. In Ekiti state, a yam producing region in Nigeria, farmers who participated in the healthy yam project in 2011 now have enough seed yams to plant this season. Mr. Moses Oguniyi, a state extensionist...

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Africa needs local content in diets

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:44:00 PST

Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider ‘local content’ options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat to reduce the rising import bills, says the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The IITA Ambassador views the ‘local content’ option as part of efforts to free up resources for infrastructural development and poverty alleviation in the continent.In 2011, estimates show that Africa spent more than $50 billion on food imports. The rising prices of food does not make the...

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New UNICEF case study: Youth participation: success for research and for our future

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:49:00 PST

A new case study on youth participatory research supported by UNICEF’s "Back on Track" Programme in the Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) Region, examines youth participatory designs in UNICEF’s education in emergencies and post-crisis transition programming and highlights best practices and recommendations for future scale up.To read the full case study, please visit: http://www.educationandtransition.org/resources/youth-participation-success-for-research-and-for-our-future/

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Ethiopia: Middle Passage to the Middle East

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:56:00 PST

BY alemayehu g mariam: From the International Slave Trade to the International Maid Trade In the days of the Atlantic slave trade, the Middle Passage was the journey of slave trading ships from the west coast of Africa to the New World. Portuguese, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and other slave traders maintained outposts along the African coast to transact their business with their local slave raiding partners. Millions of African slaves were sold or traded for manufactured goods or raw materials. In the grueling journey, the slaves were often shackled and chained to the floor to gain...

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Blooming great interest in African climate awards

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:53:00 PST

The not-for-profit Climate Change Leadership Awards (CCLA) has this year experienced significant interest from community groups and individuals taking a positive and pragmatic interest in the environment and the world around them.The CCLA are the first awards in Africa that recognise, reward, motivate and celebrate businesses, communities, youth, schools and individuals. The awards offer individuals and groups R35 000 in gift vouchers from Pick n Pay, R100 000 from SA Post Office, financial assistance for waste minimisation category winners from Associated Beverage Industries, and R70 000...

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AlertNet Climate - This week's top stories (Jan 16 2012)

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:47:00 PST

BANGLADESH: Cyclone-hit coastal communities are improving their disaster resilience with community-designed elevated homes.MALAWI: Smallholder farmers struggling with climate change in this southeast African nation are turning to trees to help their crops grow.PAKISTAN: Environmentalists are pressing Karachi authorities to draw up an effective strategy to protect its fast-growing population from climate-related disasters.TANZANIA: As drought-stricken Tanzania reels under extreme rainfall, an IPCC author of the latest “extreme weather” report is among those displaced by...

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Revealed: Survival International alerted Andaman authorities to human safaris two years ago

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:42:00 PST

Vehicles queue to enter the Jarawa reserve along the Andaman Trunk Road. © G Chamberlain/ Survival The Andaman authorities were alerted to the existence of human safaris two years ago by Survival International – but the problem has continued. On 11 January 2010 Survival wrote to the Lieutenant Governor of the Islands, warning him that ‘a number of tour operators are promoting tours which include sightings of, or encounters with, the Jarawa tribe.’ Survival received no response to the letter or subsequent appeals, even after launching a boycott of the Andaman Trunk...

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Brunel launches UK's first MA in Campaigning and Journalism

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:59:00 PST

Brunel University is launching the UK's first Master’s degree in Campaigning and Journalism. The new MA will was launched at the Frontline Club in London with a keynote address by Clive Stafford Smith of the prisoners’ human rights organisation Reprieve. The definition of a journalist and the face of graduate journalism training is changing radically. In recent years the line between being a campaigner or journalist has become increasingly blurred. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) like Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Global Witness are hiring investigative journalists...

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Undercover audio tape proves Andaman human safaris continue

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:20:00 PST

Vehicles queue to enter the Jarawa reserve along the Andaman Trunk Road. © G. Chamberlain/ Survival A secret recording of a tour operator in the Andaman Islands telling an undercover journalist to provide 10-15,000 rupees (£120-180/ $180-275) to pay off the police proves that the now notorious ‘human safaris’ are still happening, and provides fresh evidence of police involvement in the scandal. The tape was recorded last month by journalist Gethin Chamberlain. Asked how much a trip to see the Jarawa tribe would cost, the Port Blair-based tour operator says, ‘For the trip, uh, vehicle...

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Concern Worldwide: Haiti Two-Year Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:04:00 PST

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