Mois : août 2008

Linked with Elizabeth Edattukaran – India.

Vision: “Envisage a just and peaceful society where people enjoy life in its fullness.”
Mission: Empower the poor, the marginalized and the vulnerable to take responsibility for themselves and the society through a process of community health.
Goal: NECHA strives to make community health a people’s initiative in the village of North East India. (see here).

Homepage;
Organizational Profile;
Programmes;
Members;
Publications;
Photogallery;
Contact.

Genesis (Profile, scroll down): Fr. K.C George, a diocesan priest from the Archdiocese of Imphal, who was convinced of the philosophy of community health and the practical approach of alternative systems of treatment in North East, was instrumental for conceiving the idea of NECHA in the North-East. In fact he is the founder father of NECHA. A team of nurse sisters was his support in the initial stages.

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About Janusz Korczak, from the whole world

Linked with Janusz Korczak alias Henryk Goldszmi – Poland (1877 – 1942), with the Center for the Protection of Children, Bishkek, and with JKB Korczak Prize in Burundi: Encouraging peace.

To take part: You can address all kinds of documents to us: text, photographs, pictures, pdf, video, etc. It is possible to submit them in all languages, but the preferential language of the site is English. To facilitate our collaboratif work, preferentially use either the form of contact of the site, or this e-mail.

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Korczak International News;
What are doing the korczakian people today?
International contact list;
Korczak in Kyrgyzstan;
Newsletters;
Contact online.

Editorial: Welcome on this new site, intended to inform you better about the activity of the Janusz Korczak associations world-wide and the realisation of the international Korczak movement.

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Linked with Janusz Korczak alias Henryk Goldszmi – Poland (1877 – 1942), and with Janusz Korczak International News.

No own website found, but they are named on many good sites.

1) On the Korczak friends in Kyrgystan. This is a non-government organisation working with street children in Bishkek. The main strategy is focussed on:

• Lobbying for the protection of the rights of street children;
• Working with the mass media to present fuller information and suggest solutions;
• Allowing the children and the parents to be heard-by giving them a voice in civil society;
• Providing basic services and developing alternatives;
• The Centre has created a network of programs aimed at supporting these children in the basic aspects of their lives.

… (full long report).

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An Islamic Monthly in english language, published in India, Bangalore

Linked with Nigar Ataulla – India, Bangalore.

Editorial of July, 2008: The relationship between ritualism and values is inversely proportional. The more one sees a society engrossed in rituals, putting on the garb of holiness and sanctity, the less respectful it becomes of the values. It grows more concerned with image than character. Rituals often have the tendency of raising a faade, putting on a mask, covering up the real face and robbing the individual or the society off the substance. People of faith, be they Muslims, Christians, Hindus or others, often camouflage their action under ritualism to put on a cloak of sacredness … (full text).

Homepage as sitemap;
The Muslim World;
Muslim Perspectives;
Community Initiative;
Muslims and Money;
Muslims and Economy;
The world of Internet;
Special Report;
Snapshot;
Links;
Address: ISLAMIC VOICE, English Monthly, Post Box # 4705, VivekNagar Postoffice, Bangalore-560 047, Karnataka. India;
Contact.

Women in Islam: Asmaa bint Yazeed Orator of all Women – Asmaa (May Allah be pleased with her), the Prophets companion, obtained from him the definitive statement that women are in no way less than men.

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Linked with Fund Helps Threatened Scholars Around the World.

The Scholar Rescue Fund formalizes an unwavering commitment to academic freedom that the Institute of International Education (IIE) has demonstrated for over 85 years. At the heart of the Fund is the idea that each scholar we help who continues his or her work in safety is a beacon of hope in our world. Together we can make a difference. One life, one voice, one idea at a time.

I am a scholar in need;
I am interested in hosting;
I want to donate;
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News;
Partner Organizations;
Addresses: Scholar Rescue Fund. Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017-3580;
and: SRF Iraq Scholar Rescue Project, Institute of International Education, 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005-2403;
Contact.

Specially connected Organizations:
Institute of international Education IIE;
Iraq Scholar Rescue Project;

About: Around the world, scholars have long suffered harassment, torture and persecution as a result of their work. In the worst cases, scholars pay with their lives for their dedication to scholarship and freedom of thought.

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