Mois : juin 2011

Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches

Izay mitambatra vato, izay misaraka fasika

L’opinion publique malgache, informée par la presse nationale et internationale, est particulièrement en alerte. Plusieurs grands projets en cours à Madagascar démontrent la réalité de contrats conjuguant une exploitation drastique des richesses du pays par des investisseurs étrangers à l’insignifiance des bénéfices en retour pour la Nation et les populations malgaches … (qui sommes-nous 1/2).

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expat blog – share your expat experience

also in french and spanish

  • Who can help an expatriate better than another expatriate?
  • Expat blog is a project held by expatriates, for expatriates. Our ambition is to help people who want to live abroad, wherever they are in the world, and wherever they would like to live. The main idea is to make expatriates share their experience. Everybody can participate. (about).

english Homepage; Site map;
Network; Classifieds; Forum (by countries); Business; Blogs; Blog of the month; Newsletter; Pictures; Faqs;
Contact us.

Overview /Destinations: The living abroad participative website. Would you like to live, study or work in a foreign country? Or just discover how life is on the other side of the planet? Expat blog is dedicated to expatriates who want to share their living abroad experience. You’ll find in this section all the information you need to move abroad. Everybody can participate!   Continuer la lecture de « expat blog – share your expat experience »

Le Blog de Chris Blattman

Research, international development, foreign policy, and violent conflict

  • My teaching, research and writing lie at the intersection of public policy, economic development, civil war, political participation, and survey and statistical methods. So (most of the time) does my blogging.
  • I’m presently an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale University … (about me 1/2).

Homepage /BLOG;
PUBLICATIONS; PROJECTS; DATA; TEACHING; ADVISING;
CONTACT ME.

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Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter

… Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter was opened in 1983 by a group of community members who saw a need for a safe place for women and children fleeing violence. Since that time, Ernestine’s has assisted over 5,000 families with critical immediate care services … //
… Future: Ernestine’s Strategic Priorities 2010-2013:

  • To build fundraising capacity and raise more money by leveraging internal resources and increasing community engagement.
  • To enhance service delivery, advocacy and partnerships to meet the growing needs of all women and children accessing EWS.
  • To ensure our policies and procedures provide the foundation for excellence in service delivery.

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Center for Research and Documentation Chile-Latin America e.V. FDCL

main laguage: german – also in spanish

The Center for Research and Documentation Chile-Latin America e.V. (in german: FDCL – Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerika) a non-profit registered association, exists since 1974 and is a center for information and communication for individuals and groups that wish to inform themselves or get involved with Latin America-related issues. It is well known far beyond the borders of Berlin. Diverse projects, political initiatives, country committees, migrant groups and Latin America-related media projects work under the umbrella of FDCL …

Homepage; !–more–> Sitemap;
Projects; Journal LN; News; Films; Archives; Research/Request; Collections; Gallery;
Address: FDCL, Im Mehringhof, Aufgang 3, 5.Stock, Gneisenaustr.2a, 10 961 Berlin, Germany;
de.Impressum, Contact.

Legal Advice: The legally-binding advice can be found in the German version of this impressum.  < The Center for Research and Documentation Chile-Latin America (FDCL) is a non-profit registered association according to German law. It was founded in 1974 and since then realizes educational and awareness-raising work related to Latin America in Berlin and Germany. The FDCL is recognized as a charitable association. Therefore, donations to FDCL are tax-deductible. We issue on yearly basis the respective certificates ... Database of the 3rd World Archive Centres Cooperation: The German Federal Solidarity and Third World Movement has had a long and eventful history, including several trials that document the various activities and issues of these movements. The generation of competences in the international and developmental field has had a huge influence on the political culture of the left. As a result of this movement, archives and documentation centres in different cities were created. These centres house documents that are now indispensable in solidarity oriented educational work and in development policies. In autumn 1998, eleven archives formed a network to make their work more efficient and better coordinated: it is called the Archiv³ Cooperation of Third World Archives. At present the following institutions are members of the Archiv³:

  • biz Bremen
  • 3WF Hannover
  • A3W Osnabrück
  • FDCL Berlin
  • AWH Hagen
  • IFAK Göttingen
  • EWNT Jena
  • Nicabüro Wuppertal
  • IPK Bonn
  • DWL Erlangen
  • iz3w Freiburg
  • Kemnik Konstanz

Our financing is based on donations. – Please contact us if you are an archive centre interested in becoming a member of Archiv3-cooperation.

Shevolution.com

developing systems, services and media for women and men to work together as equals in work, life and politics

You may already know us under the names Eyecatcher Associates, Shevolution, or Project Parity.  To recognise the increased interest in, and success of, our gender related activities, we have recently brought our gender work together in this website to share news and information.  In this site you will find links to partner organisations all over the world and exclusive access to articles and back-catalogues of work by Lesley Abdela.  Shevolution.com has been awarded a Studyweb Academic Excellence Award for its informative content … (full text About Us /who we are).

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International Relief and Development IRD

IRD provides cost-effective relief and development programs in six core sectors, as well as facilitating in-kind contributions as needed:

  • Democracy, Governance & Community Development: IRD works at the ground level with local partners to promote planning, education and training to rebuild community life when it has been disabled by tragedy and conflict. IRD programs encourage citizen participation, guide the distribution of humanitarian aid, and help identify community goals and priorities.
  • Community Stabilization: … (full long text What we do).

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Genesis Women’s Shelter GWS

Address is not revealed, if there is an urgent need, ask the autorities or a church.
After years of operating Austin Street Centre, a homeless shelter in Dallas, TX, Shelter Ministries of Dallas became aware of the unique needs and vulnerabilities of abused women and children seeking their services. In January 1985, Shelter Ministries of Dallas began operating Genesis Women’s Shelter as a safe haven for these victims of domestic violence. After a yearlong struggle to choose a location, the City of Dallas generously provided a seven-bedroom site for the Shelter at a cost of only $1 per year – the Shelter remains at this undisclosed location to date … (about /History 1/2).

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Archives hub

  • The Archives Hub is a Mimas service, funded by JISC and based at The University of Manchester. Systems development work is undertaken at the University of Liverpool. © Copyright 2000-2010. Notices and disclaimers.
  • The Archives Hub provides a gateway to thousands of the UK’s richest archives. Representing over 180 institutions across the country, the Archives Hub is an effective way to discover unique and often little-known sources to support your research … (about 1/2).

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Heifer International

new link

    • Heifer envisions: a world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet.
    • Heifer’s mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth.
    • Heifer’s strategy is to “Pass on the Gift.” As people share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe … (full text Mission).

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HelpAge International

Linked on our blogs with Condemning the killing of older people on witchraft accusations, and with Changing attitudes to stop witchcraft accusations.

  • HelpAge International helps older people claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty, so that they can lead dignified, secure, active and healthy lives.
  • Our work is strengthened through our global network of like-minded organisations – the only one of its kind in the world … (Who we are).
  • HelpAge International on en.wikipedia.

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Education Development Center EDC

improving education and health worldwide

  • EDC is a global nonprofit organization that designs, delivers and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world’s most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity. Working with public-sector and private partners, we harness the power of people and systems to improve education, health promotion and care, workforce preparation, communications technologies, and civic engagement.
  • EDC conducts 350 projects in 35 countries around the world … (about 1/2).

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Development Alternative DAI

DAI has built a diverse body of work comparable in scope and impact with any development firm in the world. But we are far from complacent. Despite our global scale, our record of success, and our deep-rooted client and partner relationships, DAI remains today what it was as a fledgling company in the 1970s: innovative, alert, self-critical, and forward-looking—consistently driven by a powerful sense of corporate purpose … (about /Mission 1/2).

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WiseBrain.org

news and tools for happiness, love, wisdom

The Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom is a nonprofit corporation with 501c3 (tax-exempt) status. Its mission is to offer skillful means for changing the brain to benefit the whole person – and all beings in a world too full of war. It draws on psychology, neurology, and the great contemplative traditions for tools that anyone can use in daily life for greater happiness, love, effectiveness, and wisdom.
The Institute aims to accomplish this mission through: … (full text).

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