Catégorie : Project, Partnership, good work

Registered Charity 1081900 – a project of IT Schools Africa.org. – Linked with IT Schools Africa.org ITSA.

Knowledge of computers and Information Technology is essential in the modern world. Moreover, computer programs can now provide the most powerful teaching aids ever devised, at a cost far less than even the cheapest textbooks. Teaching aids and texts in local languages can be provided much more cheaply on disk than in print … (Country programmes 1/2).

Homepage;
Donors, Sponsors; How to help; Links;
Address for Material delivery: IT Schools Africa.org ITSA, Unit 8, Mead Road Industrial Estate, Mead Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7EF, UK;
Contacts online.

Country programmes 2/2: … Through the Internet schools can now link into what is in effect the greatest reference library there has ever been – and without political or other censorship. Continuer la lecture de « Computers for African Schools CFAS »

a CSWE‘s initiative

• KENDALL KATHERINE ANNE TUACH KENDALL (Age 100) An iconic figure in international social work education died December 1, 2010;
• Katherine A. Kendall (1910-2010);
• Memorial Service for Katherine A. Kendall.

Linked on our blogs with Council on Social Work Education CSWE.

The Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education strives to prepare educators, researchers, students, and practitioners for an increasingly global community through its programs and initiatives. Established with contributions to an endowment in honor of international social work icon Dr. Katherine A. Kendall, the Institute promotes standards of excellence for international social work to integrate related concepts into social work curricula and seeks to enrich perspectives, understandings, collaboration, and networking within the social work community … (about 1/2).

International KAKI /Homepage;
Resources; Fellowships; Advisories; Calendar; International Careers; International NGOs;
Address: KAKI, c/o CSWE, 1701 Duke Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314-3457, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … /Facilitating Global Collaboration: Continuer la lecture de « Katrine A. Kendall Institue KAKI for international social work education »

• The Virtual Training Suite aims to help university students to develop Internet research skills to assist with their university coursework and assignments.
• We offer over 60 free Internet tutorials, each covering Internet research skills for a different subject – there’s one for most of the subjects taught in UK universities, with a few extras covering skills that are relevant across disciplines.
• The tutorials are written, reviewed and regularly updated by a national team of UK university lecturers and librarians … (What 1/2).

Homepage and links to tutorials;
Blog; Who runs the Virtual Training Suite; Future Plans; Support Materials; … for lecturers/librarians;
The Internet for Social Policy is part of the Virtual Training Suite, as a set of Internet tutorials;
Contact online and feedback.

What is the Virtual Training Suite 2/2: … Find out which Web sites they recommend, and get some authoritative and reliable advice from these experienced Internet researchers.  Continuer la lecture de « Virtual Training Suite »

a toolkit of helpful responses to encourage children and young people’s emotional wellbeing

• The HandsOnScotland Toolkit is a resource for anybody working with or caring for children and young people. It gives practical information and tools to help you respond helpfully to troubling behaviours and to help children and young people to flourish.
• The toolkit is arranged into two sections – the Troubling Behaviours section and the Flourishing section … (about the toolkit 1/2).

Homepage;
Topic Index: Flourishing, Troubling; How to use it; Action Plan; References; 2009 report, 56p pdf; SNAP report, 88p pdf;
Contact.

About the toolkit 2/2 … /Troubling Behaviours section: The Troubling Behaviours section was the first section to be completed and was launched on 6 June 2007. It was developed by Playfield Institute, in partnership with Barnardo’s and the University of Dundee /School of Nursing.  Continuer la lecture de « Hands On Scotland »

at Mlimani Vity Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 25-27 2011 – hosted by ICWE Africa – voir aussi en français

Linked with Wyse Supports eLearning Africa with Platinum Sponsorship, and with eLearning Africa Scholarship Trust EAST Trust.org.

• eLearning Africa attracts over 1400 participants from about 80 countries, with more than 80% coming from Africa … //
• eLearning Africa is the most comprehensive annual meeting place for everyone concerned with developing eLearning capacities in Africa. Meet other decision makers and practitioners from the education, business and government sectors and forge essential international contacts and partnerships.
• eLearning Africa enables participants to develop multinational and cross-industry contacts and partnerships, as well as to enhance their knowledge, expertise and abilities … (full text Participants).

Homepage;
Registration; Programme; Partners; Organisers; Media; Photo Competition 2011; Press release en pdf;
Contact.

6th International Conference on ITC for Development, Education and Training: Meeting the networking needs of the pan-African eLearning and distance education sector, the annual eLearning Africa conference is the key networking venue for practitioners and professionals from Africa and all over the world.  Continuer la lecture de « International Conference on ITC (6th) for Development, Education and Training / eLearning Africa »

aussi en Français

• Stop Excision! – Sini Sanuman is dedicated to stopping female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as excision, in Mali and world-wide … //
• … Six villages have collectively abandoned the practice of excision, celebrating their decisions with ceremonies that we helped them organize.
• Over 100 former excisers have agreed to give up the practice. Many of them are helping spread the word. (full text english Homepage).

Who we are; What we do (15 items); Get involved; Links;
Addresses: 1): Sini Sanuman, BP:E 4829, Bamako, Mali;
2): Healthy Tomorrow, 14 William Street, Somerville, MA 02144, USA;
Contact.

About FGM: Female genital mutilation, FGM, has been practiced traditionally for centuries. Predominantly found in Africa, it is also prevalent in parts of Southeast Asia and the Middle East.   Continuer la lecture de « Sini Sanuman / Healthy Tomorrow »

• The Cut is a short documentary about Mary (14 years old) and Alice (early 20’s) from Kenya. Both are affected by the traditional rite of passage into womanhood: genital cutting.
• Mary and her community are preparing for her ceremonial cutting.
• Alice is studying to be a social worker to work against female genital mutilation. As the first in her community to refuse the practice, she has paid a high price for her choice to break with tradition.
• Alice tells of the different myths she encounters in the community around her, as to why circumcision is practiced. Mary, on the other hand, has no voice. She just goes through the preparations and rituals in silence … (Homepage 1/2).

Frontpage;
News-List; Links of Organizations working to eradicate fgm and support victims … ;
Contact online.

Homepage 2/2 … /Synopsis, with an automatic PowerPoint running: the cut explained in the following pictures:   Continuer la lecture de « the cut »

Linked on our blogs with Open and Distance Learning Quality Council ODL QC.

The Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Knowledge Base project was set up to support decision makers and practitioners with ready access to information and tools that will assist them in more effective policy planning, development and management of ODL in higher education programmes. This cross-regional project focuses on quality provision of ODL in higher education … (on UNESCO /Education).

Find it named also on different other websites, as:

• on ODL Quality Council online and its page Standards /Introduction;
• on UNESCO Bankok: ICT in Education;
• on Wiki Educator.org, as a 12 page pdf;
• on Commonwealth of Learning;
• on Tony Bates.ca: Barriers to open and distance learning as seen by ODL institutions, November 10, 2010.

… and many more, by Google.

Welcome to the Home Page of AfricaEducation. This is the site where you’ll find out most of what is happening in the area of Education in Africa and Development in Africa … (Homepage 1/2).

Free Resources; AfricaResources; Open Source; Open Courseware; Digital Library; Material; Projects; Commonworld Knowledge Finder; Free e-mail address; Teacher’s;
direct Contact: not found.

Homepage 2/2: … We recommend you first run a search on this site for information on your topic of interest.  Continuer la lecture de « AfricaEducation »

also in french, spanish and portugese – OpenFSM is a platform for social activism provided by the World Social Forum.
OpenFSM is the simple way to bring groups together, promote your cause, make plans, get things done and make another world possible.

• OpenFSM.net is a platform for participatory social activism provided by the World Social Forum. Whether your group is an organisation, a network, an ad hoc group preparing an activity for WSF 2008, or promoting a proposal for social transformation, OpenFSM.net can help you work collectively … (about 1/2).

english Homepage and many links; Help (another Homepage);
People; Projects; Start a project/sign in; News; Join;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … OpenFSM.net also helps your intercommunication with many other participants and groups in the ESF all working under the Charter of Principles of Social Forums. Continuer la lecture de « Open FSM »

in french – a program of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

• Life may be a miracle but birth needs a helping hand. The International Women’s Health Program (IWHP) at the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is working towards a better world for women. Using a rights-based approach, the IWHP promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe motherhood and newborn health.
• At the IWHP we use various strategies to achieve this goal: … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
in en: Eliminate FGC; in fr: Eliminer les MGF; Programs; Issues; News, Events; Media Library; Get involved;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Professional Capacity Building: Through programs like the ALARM International Program, the IWHP works with professional associations and health practitioners in developing countries …  Continuer la lecture de « International Women's Health Program IEHP »

Liés sur nos blogs avec ClitorAid, avec E-Mail exchange about ClitorAid having been created by a “sect”, avec LUTTE CONTRE LA PRATIQUE DE L’EXCISION, et avec Clinic to fight taboo of female mutilation.

Clinique de chirurgie esthétique plastique et reconstructrice, effectuant les soins connus comme médecine esthétique, chirurgie esthétique, aussi la chirurgie intime de la femme et de l’homme, nottamment la Chirurgie réparatrice de l’éxision du clitoris … (voir reconstruction du clitoris 1/2).

Accueil;
Sujets: – liens pour toutes types d’intervention en chirurgie esthétique: voir la colonne de gauche;
Adresse: Docteur Jacques DERHY, Chirurgien Plasticien & Génital, 16, rue du Docteur Finlay, 75015 PARIS, France;
Contact.

Reconstruction du clitoris 2/2: … CHIRURGIE REPARATRICE DE L’EXCISION DU CLITORIS: Véritable fléau humain, l’excision du clitoris peut provoquer de graves conséquences chez la femme excisée notamment lors de l’accouchement (déchirures graves du système urinaire et génital) ainsi que d’importantes séquelles psychologiques, gynécologiques et sexuelles.   Continuer la lecture de « Chirurgie Esthétique Paris – Dr Jacques Derhy »

also in fr and in es

• 1. What is the purpose of the Universal Human Rights Index? The Universal Human Rights Index (Index) is designed primarily to facilitate access to human rights documents issued by the UN human rights treaty bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council.
• The Index provides the Human Rights Council, international institutions, governments, national human rights institutions, NGOs, universities and the interested public with a new tool for searching the observations and recommendations of these expert bodies. It is now possible to quickly locate relevant information in the large amount of existing UN documentation … (about 1/2).

english Homepage;
Advanced Search; Abbreviations; Research Guide;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … The Index offers instant access to objective and comprehensive UN information on human rights situations around the world. The information compiled in the Index will enable users to gain an international perspective on national and regional human rights developments, as well as an overview on cooperation between States and international institutions.  Continuer la lecture de « Universal Human Rights Index UHRI of United Nations Documents »

(you have to pay an entry) – run and underwritten by the Freedom Forum: – Linked on our blogs with Freedom Forum.

• Newseum Blends High-Tech With Historical: The Newseum — a 250,000-square-foot museum of news — offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits … //
• … The Newseum features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces and visitor services. It offers a unique environment that takes museumgoers behind the scenes to experience how and why news is made … (full text about /Overview).

Homepage;
Programs; Education; News; Press; Host an event; Membership;
Map; Address: Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20001, USA;
Contact.

The Future of News: … is a groundbreaking 10-part series for public television where the best minds in traditional and new media meet to discuss the role of a free press in an ever-changing digital democracy.  Continuer la lecture de « Newseum »

eHow.com is an online community dedicated to providing visitors, like you, the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects. We combine the experiential knowledge of certified experts with the practical knowledge of everyday people to help you discuss, plan, and complete things like: How to … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
FAQs; Share; Topics: Family, Food, Health, Money, Style, other categories;
Community: Forums, Feedback, Members, Groups, eHow-Blog;
Address: eHow, Inc., 15801 NE, 24th St., Bellevue, WA 98008, USA;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … Our library has more than 1.5 million articles and 150,000 high-quality videos, written and produced by experts, and also, by people just like you – people who’ve figured out how to complete a variety of tasks, simple and complex, and are willing to share their knowledge. Continuer la lecture de « eHow.com »