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help fight Malaria – in many languages

• Against Malaria is an initiative of the Against Malaria Foundation, a charity registered in the UK, US, Australia and a number of other countries.
• The Foundation was set up in August 2004 with the explicit aim of handling the money raised through World Swim Against Malaria. Since then Against Malaria has launched a number of other initiatives and has developed a significant number of fundraising partnerships whereby groups raising funds for nets, often for their own distributions, raise funds through Against Malaria. We do not take a cut or a fee so 100% of the funds these groups raise buys nets for them.
• As stated in the Articles of Association of the Foundation, the official document describing our purpose, our aims are:
• … (full text Charity Status).

Homepage;
Malaria Advisory Group; Trustees; News; Nets; Find; Videos; Blog; Downloads; FAQs; Take part; Donate;
Addresse: Against Malaria Foundation, Treasurer, c/o PricewaterhouseCoopers, 10 Bricket Road, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 3JX, UK;
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About us: Origin of Against Malaria: Rob Mather lives in London. In June 2003 he saw a television programme about a two-year-old girl called Terri who suffered 90% burns in a housefire. Continuer la lecture de « Against Malaria »

• We are a campaign (UK) established by journalists and statisticians to improve the understanding and use of statistics by government, politicians, companies, advertisers and the mass media. By exposing bad practice and rewarding good, we aim to restore public confidence in statistics.
• Numbers shape the world. Twisting them for political, business or personal advantage is widespread – and often undetected. (Homepage).

Resources; Directors and Council; Articles; News; Blog; Links;
Contact online.

About: Straight Statistics is a pressure group whose aim is to detect and expose the distortion and misuse of statistical information, and identify those responsible. It has been formed by a group of legislators, statisticians and journalists, chaired by the Labour peer Lord Lipsey.  Continuer la lecture de « Straight Statistics »

also in spanish – Linked on our blogs with IFIwatchnet.org.

• The Bretton Woods Project works to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and IMF. Through briefings, reports and a bimonthly digest (the Bretton Woods Update) it monitors the projects, policy reforms and the overall management of the Bretton Woods institutions, with special emphasis on environmental and social concerns … (created as an independent initiative by a group of British NGOs) … (full text about).
• Find BWP also on wikipedia.
• Links: World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2010, on Bretton Woods Project, 26 April 2010, and IFIwatch.tv.

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Topics; Institutions; Regions; Calendar; Publications; Resources; News; Jobs; Donate;
Address: Bretton Woods Project, c/o Action Aid, Hamlyn House, Macdonald Road, London N19 5PG, UK;
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What is the Bretton Woods Project? The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Continuer la lecture de « Bretton Woods Project BWP »

… (The book) 13 Bankers describes the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape. By the late 1990s, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that what was good for Wall Street was good for America. This ideology of finance produced the excessive risk-taking of the past decade, creating an enormous bubble and ultimately leading to a devastating financial crisis and recession … (full long text Homepage/13 Bankers … and excerpts).

Authors; Blog; /Events; Reactions; Partner website: Baseline Scenario.com;
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Who Are They? The title of this book is taken from a meeting held at the White House on March 27, 2009. In attendance were the heads of thirteen major U.S. banks (as well as representatives of two banking industry associations). The thirteen bankers, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, were:  Continuer la lecture de « 13 Bankers (The Book) »

Linked with Freire Project.

This site has a dual focus, providing both a general overview of critical pedagogy–its definitions, history, key concepts, and major theorists–and links to other critical pedagogy resources on the web. It began as a final project for an independent study in educational theory in the Fall of 2002. It will be updated periodically, however, so feel free to send links, updates, and information regarding critical pedagogy resources on the web by e-mail … (about).

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About the author; Theories and Theorists; Key Terms; Links;
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Definitions – What is Critical Pedagogy? Although there is no static definition of « critical pedagogy, » as the term has undergone many transformations as educators have deployed new strategies to confront changing social and historical contexts, the term has traditionally referred to educational theory and teaching and learning practices that are designed to raise learners’ critical consciousness regarding oppressive social conditions. Continuer la lecture de « Critical Pedagogy on the Web »