Mois : septembre 2009

building a world of justice – en français: Développement et Paix.

Linked with Caritas Internationalis.

• Development and Peace is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis.
• Inspired by Gospel values, particularly « the preferential option for the poor, » the goals of Development and Peace are to support initiatives by people in the Global South to take control of their lives and to educate Canadians about North-South issues. Our education, advocacy and fund-raising work here at home is carried out by Development and Peace members from coast to coast.
• Watch the introduction video, 14.18 min … (about 1/2).

english Homepage;
Members; Advocacy; Education campaign; Lent campaign; Policies;
Publications; Press; Newsletter; e-cards; Jobs; Donations;
Addresses (1 of 2): Development and Peace, Headquarter, 1425, René-Lévesque bld. West, 3rd Floor, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1T7;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … During the past 42 years, Development and Peace has provided $531 million to finance 15,200 projects in 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Middle East; $130 million of this amount has been allocated in emergency aid. Continuer la lecture de « Development and Peace »

Linked with Development and Peace.

• Caritas has many faces. Community centre and international relief agency. Home for the elderly and school for the former child soldier. HIV care provider and human rights campaigner.
• Caritas is all these things and much more. Caritas provides assistance to the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded on behalf of a billion of Catholics around the world. Caritas works on humanitarian emergencies, on human development, and on campaigning against poverty, exclusion, intolerance and discrimination.
• … (full text What is Caritas).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Our work; News; worldwide; Resources; Who’s who; Services; Jobs; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 3): Caritas Internationalis, Headquarter, Palazzo San Calisto, Vatican City State, V-00120;
Contacts.

About: Our members believe they can achieve more in emergencies, sustainable development and peace by working collectively as part of an international Caritas network.   Continuer la lecture de « Caritas Internationalis »

leading sustainability awards

• Globe Award is a world covering award which recognises and encourages societies, the corporate sector, individuals and academia that have excelled in the area of sustainability.
• Globe Award aims to foster sustainable development in society.
• It is necessary to support research and innovation as well as motivate large corporations and cities in order to get the needed changes that will take us towards a sustainable future.
• Globe Award’s role is to inspire actors to do more and to take responsibility through awarding best case practices within research, innovations, large corporations and cities.
• More information about Globe Award can be downloaded here … (about 1/2).

Globe Forum Gdansk, 28th-29th October 2009.

Homepage;
Laureates 2009; Nominees; National Editions; Jury; Online Community;
History; what we do; Blog; Research; Gallery; Partners: Gdansk, Stockholm;
Address: Globe Award, Sturegatan 4, SE-114 35 Stockholm, Sweden;
Contact.

About 2/2: … GLOBE FORUM – Globe Award is an initiative by Globe Forum.   Continuer la lecture de « Globe Award »

The Website in  Arabic

Mobilizing the community to adopt new environmental patterns of life.
Increasing environmental   awareness among students and youth in different areas.
Preparing and implementing programs and projects that aim at sustainable development .
Developing partnerships with different associations, organizations and institutions that are concerned with the environment and sustainable development, locally, nationally, regionally and internationally … (full text Objectives).

Objectives; Regions; Activities; Conferences; Elba Project; Solid Waste; Links;
Feedback; Contact.

About: Our Vision: Together for Sustainable Development … and Better Environment.   Continuer la lecture de « Arab Office for Youth and Environment AOYE »

Welcome to Digital Opportunity, the ‘all about ICT for Development’ channel, brought to you by OneWorld South Asia that informs on digital inclusion, showcases best practices in the sector and provides space for sharing and collaboration amongst ICT for D practitioners. (Homepage).

Comming Up next:

• Consultation on digital inclusion, September 16, 2009;
• Smart Event 2009, September 22 – 25, 2009;
• Open Access 2009, November 1-3, 2009.

News; Articles; Feature; Archive; Resources;
Address: Digital Opportunity Channel, OneWorld South Asia, C 5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016, INDIA;
Contact.

About DO Channel /Our Mission: The mission of the Digital Opportunity Channel is to educate and inform a global audience on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool for promoting digital opportunity for all, leading to sustainable development and a better quality of life.   Continuer la lecture de « Digital Opportunity Channel »

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 »

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 »

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.

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 »

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 »

The Whole Planet Foundation’s mission is to create economic partnerships with the poor in those developing-world communities that supply our stores with product. Through innovative assistance for entrepreneurship – including direct microcredit loans and tangible support for other community partnership projects – we seek to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being we work with in order to create wealth and prosperity in emerging economies … (about 1/2 /Our Mission).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Partners; Where we work; Get involved; Resource Center; News, Blog; Newsletter;
Address: Whole Planet Foundation, c/o Whole Foods Market, 550 Bowie Street, Austin, TX 78703-4677, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: Our Mission: … Whole Planet Foundation’s Approach: Whole Planet Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia who in turn develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training and other financial services to the self-employed poor.  Continuer la lecture de « Whole Planet Foundation »

Also: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (en français), and Murisanga kuri Site ya Internet y’Urukiko Nshinjabyaha Mpuzamahanga rwagenewe u Rwanda (in kinyarwanda)

… The purpose of this measure is to contribute to the process of national reconciliation in Rwanda and to the maintenance of peace in the region. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994. It may also deal with the prosecution of Rwandan citizens responsible for genocide and other such violations of international law committed in the territory of neighbouring States during the same period … (about /introduction 1/2).

english Homepage;
Recent Development; Opportunities; Cases; Events; (many) Links;
Libary; Press; Diary; Basics;
3 Addresses:

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Arusha International Conference Centre, P.O.Box 6016, Arusha, Tanzania;
• Office of the Tribunal, Kigali,Amahoro Hotel, P.O. Box 749, Kigali, Rwanda;
• The ICTR Office, The Hague, Churchillplein 1, 2517 JW, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Contact ICTR.

About the Tribunal: many links, as General Information /Introduction: Recognizing that serious violations of humanitarian law were committed in Rwanda, and acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by resolution 955 of 8 November 1994 … (Introduction 2/2).    Continuer la lecture de « International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTR »

(The NGO Major Group)

Linked with TWN, with ELCI, and with ANPED.

The Sustainable Development Issues Network (SDIN) is a collaborative effort of three large international networks – TWN, ELCI and ANPED – to form a global NGO network whose purpose is to promote good governance, and enhanced awareness and knowledge about environmental and sustainable development processes and to ensure global quality NGO participation in these global processes within the intergovernmental systems, primarily within the United Nations … (about 1/2 /Vision).

Homepage;
SDIN and CSD; Resources; Publications; News; History; Forum;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … Background: Third World Network TWN, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia; Environment Liaison Centre International ELCI, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya; and ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, sharing an understood common value basis and approach to political issues concerning sustainable development and the environment, in 2001 together founded the international NGO network called SDIN, the Sustainable Development Issues Network.    Continuer la lecture de « Sustainable Development Issues Network SDIN »

Linked with TWN, with SDIN, and with ANPED.

ELCI is a Non Governmental membership Organization that emerged and was established from the first Earth Summit in Stockholm in 1972. This initiative was aimed at monitoring the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and help Non Governmental Organizations and UNEP work more effectively … (Homepage 1/2).

East Africa Forest Certification Initiative EAFCI;
Kenya Organic Agriculture Network KOAN;
News; Discussions; Donors;
Address: Environment Liaison Center International Secretariat, International Center for Insect Physiology & Ecology Campus ICIPE, Kasarani Road, P.O.Box 72461-00200, Nairobi, Kenya;
Contact.

Homepage 2/2: … ELCI has a membership network of over 800 NGO/CBO member organizations in over 100 countries all working towards a more sustainable world.  Continuer la lecture de « Environment Liaison Centre International ELCI, Kenya »

Earth has enough for everone’s need, but not for everyone’s greeed (M.K. Gandhi)

Linked with TWN, with ELCI, and with SDIN.

• The Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) works to empower Northern civil society in creating and protecting sustainable communities and societies world-wide.
• ANPED’s main focus is on sustainable consumption and production, the use of goods and services responding to basic human needs and bringing a better quality of life, while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations  … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Topics; Policy Processes; the Switch; Publications; Northen lights;
Membership; Working Groups; Marrakech Process; Policy processes,
Address: The Northern Alliance for Sustainability ANPED, PO BOX 59030, 1040 KA Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We build capacity among Northern civil society organizations through information, knowledge and skill-sharing, and enable their participation in local, national, regional and international decision-making processes on sustainable development. Whereas our network has a worldwide reach, our member organizations are mainly located in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) regions.   Continuer la lecture de « Northern Alliance for Sustainability ANPED »