Mois : octobre 2010

African's Children Choir

  • The African Children’s Choir™ is made up of some of the neediest and most vulnerable children in their countries. Many have lost one or both parents to poverty or disease. The African Children’s Choir™ helps these children break away from the everyday cycle of poverty and hopelessness.
  • Choir Selection: Before being selected to join the Choir, children, generally aged between 7 and 11 attend Music for Life camps … (full text Home 1/2 /Who we are).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Changing children, changing Africa; What we do; What’s new; Gallery;Music; Media; Your help; Jobs;
The African’s Children Choir on YouTube; Tour dates;
Address: African’s Children Choir, PO Box 130, Sutton, Surrey, SMI ITN,UK;
Contacts worldwide.

Home 2/2 /How we started: Ray Barnett: Inspired by the singing of one small boy, we formed the first African Children’s Choir™ — to show the world that Africa’s most vulnerable children have beauty, dignity and unlimited ability (sig).  Continuer la lecture de « African's Children Choir »

Communication for Social Change CFSC

  • Our Vision: Our vision is a world in which the people living in poverty successfully control the communication processes essential for reducing poverty.
  • Our purpose is to change thinking, practice and the study of communication so that people living in poverty can manage the social change they need to improve their lives.
  • Our goal is that by the year 2015, communication for social change principles are understood and incorporated into most major development initiatives. (Vision).

Homepage; Sitemap;
How we work; What we do; Impact; Roots; Projects; Publications, Resources; Body of Knowledge; Donate;
Addresses: Communication for Social Change Consortium, 14 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2F, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA;
Communication for Social Change Consortium – Europe, 49 Queen Victoria Street, Suite 69, London, EC4N 4SA, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 /Philosophy, Mission: … Our Philosophy: Communication for Social Change (CFSC) is a process of public and private dialogue through which people themselves: Continuer la lecture de « Communication for Social Change CFSC »

Media Channel

as the media watch the world, we watch the media

Linked with Danny Schechter – USA, and with There’s More Than Robo Signatures To Blame For The Ongoing Foreclosure Scandal.

MediaChannel is concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. MediaChannel exists to provide information and diverse perspectives and inspire debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement … (What we do 1/2).

Homepage;
Social Network; Affiliates; Membership; Videos; Blog; Donate;
Address: MediaChannel, 575 8th Avenue, New York, NY l0018, USA;
Contact.

What we do 2/2: … More than ever before, we are living in a media age and a media world. Nine transnational conglomerates dominate the global media; multibillion-dollar deals are concentrating this power even further. Continuer la lecture de « Media Channel »

Global Reproductive Health Forum

Women’s Human Rights Resources Programme WHRR of the Bora Laskin Law Library, U of T Faculty of Law, Toronto

The Women’s Human Rights Resources Programme (WHRR) collects, organizes and disseminates information on women’s human rights law to facilitate research, teaching and cooperation. The information introduces women’s human rights law in general, emphasizes selected international and Canadian topics, and explores the interconnections between domestic and international human rights law.

Homepage;

History and Background; Contribute; Contribute to WHRR;
Feedback Form (contact).

Credits and History /Credits: The Women’s Human Rights Resources Programme of the Bora Laskin Law Library is coordinated by:  Continuer la lecture de « Global Reproductive Health Forum »

Tostan.org

community-led development

  • Tostan’s mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.
  • Tostan means « breakthrough » in the West African language of Wolof. Since 1991, Tostan has brought its holistic 30-month education program to thousands of communities in ten African countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan. (Homepage).

Sitemap;
What; Where; Who; Programs; Archives; Evaluations; Resources; Get involved;
Address (1 of 3): Tostan International,  BP 29371, Dakar- Yoff, Senegal/West Africa;
Contact.

Communities: Tostan is committed to helping the communities of Africa.  Since 1991, over 200,000 participants have gone through Tostan’s program.  Tostan has worked in a total of ten countries with 17 different ethnic groups. Continuer la lecture de « Tostan.org »