Development Alternatives Group

A non-profit organisation established in 1983 creating large scale sustainable livelihoods

Development Alternatives works with partners in all sectors: government, international agencies, public and private sector institutions and grass root voluntary organisations. The responsibility for providing support to such partnerships lies with the respective functional units of the Development Alternatives Group … (full text Services offered).

Homepage;
Projects; Partners; Publications; Newsletter; Links;
Address: Development Alternatives, 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070, India;
Feedback; Contact.

About /Mission: The mission of the Development Alternatives Group is to promote sustainable national development.   Continuer la lecture de « Development Alternatives Group »

Africa Virtual Job Fair 2009

reversing brain drain: mobilizing Africans in the diaspora for the development of Africa, a joint project of ZebraJobs and Corporate Council on Africa CCA

  • Zebrajobs.com is a joint venture initiative between a U.S.-based company—Danya International, Inc.—and InfoMind Solutions, the largest recruitment and human development agency in Ethiopia.
  • Zebrajobs.com is an online platform for skilled professionals from multiple disciplines to register, create, and post personal profiles and résumés, receive e-mail alerts on African employment opportunities, and obtain free career advice and skills improvement training … (full text about).

Zebrajob’s Homepage; CCA’s Homepage; Africa Virtual Job Fair 2009;
Employers; Job Seekers; Career Resources; Press;
Address: USA Office, Heather Hill, 8737 Colesville Rd Suite 1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA;
Contact.

About /Management Team:   Continuer la lecture de « Africa Virtual Job Fair 2009 »

Thirunangai.net

Linked with World’s first matrimonial site for transsexual women, and with Sahodari Foundation.

Thirunangai.net is a matrimonial website for Tamil transsexual women. Transsexual women by birth may not be physically women. But by soul and heart, we are real women. Later in our journey towards completeness, we go through innumerable struggles. And only those who are courageous, succeed … (english Homepage 1/2).

Pages only in an Indian language Homepage; Marriages; Profiles; support; Contact.

english Homepage 2/2: … Transsexual women found in this website have transitioned successfully. However, almost all of them are economically downtrodden. These women have been abandoned from their biological familes because of their gender identity. Family and relationships are just distant dreams for them.

Having abandoned from their biological familes because of their gender identity, having a family and relationships are just dreams for them. Love and marriage are distant dreams which never become realities. For many of us, these are realities of nightmare and exploitations from men.

The Tamil people are slowly starting to accept transsexual women, recognize our gender identity. We have worked hard for this change. Many thanks to the goverment of Tamilnadu, the media, NGOs and number of human rights activists who have understood our struggle and have been supportive in many ways.

Thirunangai.net is an effort from Sahodari Foundation in this direction. This project is a genuine attempt in two ways. One, to find the right men as lifepartners for these women and two, to start a dialogue on marital and adoption rights for transsexual women.

Thirunangai.net is an initiative of Kalki, a  successful transsexual woman from India. Click here to know how you can support our project.

Sahodari Foundation

Linked with Thirunangai.net.

Do you know that the Transgenders are the most neglected and stigmatized people in our society? They are completely marginalized and and pushed to the extremes. While some of them live a dignified life owing to education and family acceptance, many of them go for begging and sex work .
The Foundation is working towards providing a dignified life for Transgenders with programs which would initiate high self esteem, self acceptance and social acceptance among Transgenders … (about us 1/2).

Homepage;
About Kalki;
Contact online.

About Us 2/2: … The trustees of our foundation are Transgenders and gender non confirming people. The Foundation’s main objectives include the following:   Continuer la lecture de « Sahodari Foundation »

Center For Development Support Initiatives EDSI

Promoting Institutional Capacity & Sustainable Development in Rural Communities

CEDSI’s ultimate goal is to eradicate poverty and improve sustainable livelihood through the application of integrated and innovative approaches in training, service delivery and researches.
CEDSI’s vision is to become the foremost and vibrant development organization successful in building capacity and improving the quality of life of the rural dwellers so that they can become productive partners in development. (about 1/2 /mission, vision).

Homepage and where we work: click on the internal links in the left column;
What we do; Values, success factors; CEDSI; Strategies, resources;

Contacts.

About 2/2 /Objectives: … In order to actualise its vision and mission, CEDSI have some laid down objectives which are:    Continuer la lecture de « Center For Development Support Initiatives EDSI »