Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Understanding and Addressing the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers.

Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users. We have prepared an introductory guide to forced migration for visitors who are new to the subject … (full text Homepage).

Sitemap; Regional resources; Thematic resources; Events;
working papers; Journals; Blog; Discussions; Podcast; Videos; Photos;
FAQ; Donate; Feedback;
Address: Forced Migration Online FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK;
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About: Forced Migration Online – An Introduction And Overview. For more information about Forced Migration Online’s audience see our user survey results.

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mainly in russian – but also in german

Knowledge — Is that invaluable capital, riches, which under any conditions will be your property and will help to become the Man and the Person.

The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute was founded on September, 23, 1994. Then it was the Humanitarian-Economic NonState Institute renamed in IHEI in 2000. For ten years of its activity the institute has prepared more than three and a half thousand specialists in seven specialties: « Economy and management at the enterprise », « Finance and credit », « Book keeping, analysis and audit », « International relations », « Law », « History and a foreign language », « Psychology » … (english homepage 1/2).

Photos;
Address: Mayakovskogo Street 129 А, Minsk 220028, Belarus;
map (in Minsk, in russian);
Contact: tel/fax: (+375-17) 221-17-27, e-mail.

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The founder and the General director of International Humanitarian-Economic Institute is Alexander Nikolaevich Alpeev who has devoted all life to education and bringing up of youth. Today he is a good scientist and the organizer of science, a doctor of political sciences, professor, an academician and an honorable doctor of the International Personnel Academy and International Academy of Psychological Sciences, is awarded with the International gold medal « For Merits in Education ».  Continuer la lecture de « The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute IHEI »

ODI is Britain’s leading independent think thank on international development and humanitarian issues

Homepage;
Programmes; Resources; Events; Events bookings; Themes;
Media; Audio, video, podcasts; Updates and ODI news feeds;
Staff; Stucture and management; Fellowship; Jobs; Humanitarian Policy Group;
Address and map: Overseas Development Institute ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD, UK;
Contact.

About: ODI is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries..

exploring informal education, lifelong learning and social action

Linked with learning theory – What is learning?

Homepage;
mark k. smith (edits the homepage); main index;
informal education within a formal setting; ideas; thinkers; practice;
events; debate; archives; extras; write for us; Writing style/guidelines; feedback;
Address: infed.or, 39 Monnow Road, Bermondsey, London, SE1 5RP, England;
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About: a space to explor – Our aim is to provide a space for people to explore the theory and practice of informal education, social action and lifelong learning. We want to encourage educators and animateurs to develop ways of working and being that foster association, conversation and relationship.  Continuer la lecture de « the encyclopedia of informal education – infed.org »

Linked with Real Girl Power in Tanzania.

In 1976 Habitat for Humanity was founded with the sole aim of tackling poverty housing on a global scale. Thirty two years later we are working in over 90 countries around the world and have built 300,000 homes in partnership with people in need of safe, decent housing … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Global housing needs; Habitat houses; Build me a home (an interactive game); Disaster reconstruction;
Advocacy; Annual review 2007-2008; Download the full review, 12 pdf pages;
Newsletter; Support; Frequently asked questions; Homeowner stories; Volunteer stories;
Address: Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, 46 West Bar Street, Banbury OX16 9RZ, England;
Contact.

About 2/2 … Our vision and values:

Homeowner family from the Dominican RepublicEvery morning one third of the world’s population – that’s two billion people – will wake up in appalling poverty … squalid, spirit-crushing poverty. Most were born into those conditions and many will die in them … too many will die as a consequence of them. Continuer la lecture de « Habitat for Humanity UK »