Mois : décembre 2007

The Social and Development Canvas of India

Linked with the search page of 1000PeaceWomen, (click there on India and find the 91 Indian PeaceWomen, some of them already on this Blog – see there our country page and go down to India).

IndianNGOs.com‘s repositioning excercise is now complete. The new IndianNGOs.com, which will go online from Jan 2008, will have NGOs whose credibility is assured. What happens to the thousands of NGOs in our database? IndianNGOs.com will launch a new portal for all NGOs then, where each NGO can share their information free and most importantly it will be seen free. Click to check the list of NGOs that will go on the new portal. Register free … (full text).

Press Releases;
Campaigns;
Making of a Vision Statement;
How to write a Mission Statement;
Governance;
Training;

At the place of a contact-link:

• NGO Registration Form;
• Project Registration Form.

And at the place of a final ‘about’, find the list of NGOs that will go on the new portal.

Linked with Anjali Gopalan – India.

HIV/AIDS are complex issues that affect all our lives whatever the gender, class, caste, religion, sexuality and sexual orientation. We at Naz India are committed to raising awareness to prevent the spread of HIV and providing support to those living with the virus and those affected by it, with sensitivity and utmost confidentiality (homepage).
Home based care;
programs;
see a video;
news;
address: Naz Foundation (India) Trust, A – 86 East of Kailash, New Delhi 110 065, Telephone: +91 11 2691 0499, e-mail one, e-mail two;
contact.

About / Who we Are: The Naz Foundation (India) Trust (NI) is a New Delhi based NGO working on HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health since 1994. Through the years, Naz India has evolved and implemented a holistic approach to combat HIV, focusing on prevention as well as treatment. Our focus is on reaching out to marginalized populations infected and affected by HIV. We also aim to sensitize the community to the prevalence of HIV, as well as highlight issues related to Sexuality and Sexual Health:

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Linked with Fact-Based Intelligence Prevails on Nukes and Iran.

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity VIPS (for VIPs, Very Important Persons) is a group of current and former officials of the United States Intelligence Community, including some from the Central Intelligence Agency CIA, the U.S. State Department’s Intelligence Bureau, and the Defense Intelligence Agency DIA.

This group issued a letter before the 2003 invasion of Iraq warning that there would potentially be numerous U.S. casualties if Iraq used chemical weapons during any « offensive aimed at getting rid of Saddam Hussein. »

This letter (on counterpunch, February 8, 2003) noted the various Gulf War-related illnesses which many returning soldiers contracted due to the presence of chemical and biological agents in Desert Storm.

The group was formed in January 2003 as a « coast-to-coast enterprise » to protest the use of faulty intelligence « upon which the US/UK invasion of Iraq was based » … (full text).

Link: Raymond (Ray) McGovern (born 1939) is a retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a Federal employee under seven U.S. presidents over 27 years, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many of them.

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Home of WGBH-Forum Network;
comming soon;
partners;
FAQ;
contact.

About the WGBH Forum Network: There are various options for streaming these lectures on the site. People can listen to an « audio only » lecture with enhanced sound quality.

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… of the Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies CSDMS

i4d is intended to provide a much-needed platform for exchange of information, ideas, opinions and experiences, both inside and outside the Information and Communication Technology for Development ICT4D sector. While several electronic publications do currently exist, i4d is perhaps the first that addresses the need by utilizing the strength and potential of the print media.

Homepage;
sitemap;
forthcoming events, year 2008;
current news;
archive;
book reviews;
interviews;
address: Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies CSDMS, G-4, Sector 39, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh 201 301, India, Tel: +91 120 2502180 – 87, Fax: +91 120 2500060, E-mail.
contact.

Links:

• The Information and Communication Technologies for Development, the collective’s homepage;
• United Nations Development Programme UNDP;
• dg Communities, Information and Communication Technologies for Development;
• Information and Communication Technologies for Development on wikipedia.

About: EDITORIAL PROFILE: i4d encompasses the role and relevance of ICT in various development sectors such as Rural Development, Gender, Governance, Micro-finance, Education, Health, Wireless Communication, ICT For Poor, Local Content, Culture and Heritage, and more.

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