Credit Card Nation

Linked on our blogs with Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute.

  • The objective of our educational program is to explain how individuals can empower themselves by better understanding the financial issues that create emotional and economic stress.
  • Our program begins with assessment quizzes that compare your knowledge of amusing cultural information with important practical information on the use of credit cards. The focus is on the early use of credit cards (typically in college and increasingly high school). Your individual performance then directs you to a level in the 3-step credit card education program (novice-intermediate-advanced) … (full text Financial Education).

Homepage;
Assessment Quizzes; Credit Card Education; Fincial Modules; Educatinal Programs; Debt Zapper Calculator online; Partners;
Address: Responsible Debt Relief RDR, 1100 University Avenue, Suite 209, Rochester, NY 14607, USA;
(Contact) /Feedback online.

Legislation: With Clinton’s pocket veto of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, the future of legislation regulating credit cards and consumer bankruptcy is now the responsibility of the nearly evenly divided U.S. Congress. Continuer la lecture de « Credit Card Nation »

Global Site

critical gateway to world politics, society and culture

In the twenty-first century, the social sciences face new intellectual and political challenges. The world has been undergoing profound political and military upheavals, in which both national and international relations of power are being transformed.
Increasingly global capitalist relations pose old questions of inequality and social conflict in new forms. Both the contents and forms of cultural relations are rapidly changing, together with their political and economic significance, and the challenge of the Internet is part of this process … (editorial /statement of aims 1/2).

Homepage;
new writing in the critical social sciences; subscribe; languages; editors; board; writing; reviews; comment; justpeace; obituaries;
Address: The Global Site, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN, England;
Contact: Tel. +44 1273 678892, Fax +44 870 127 6581.

Editorial /statement of aims 2/2 … the challenges: – The global site has been founded, therefore, to address five challenges to our understanding that these developments raise for the social sciences:  Continuer la lecture de « Global Site »

National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform

In order to prepare students to be lifelong learners ready for college, career, and citizenship, the National Forum seeks to make every middle grades school academically excellent, responsive to the developmental needs and interests of young adolescents, and socially equitable … (vision 1/2).

Homepage;
Members; Forum; Leaders; Research; Resources; Improving Schools; Excellence; Responsiveness; Equity; Key Initiatives; News;
Address: National Forum, PO Box 224, Savoy, IL 61874, USA;
Contact: Phone (217) 351-2196; Fax (217) 351-1068.

Vision 2/2: … High-performing schools with middle grades are academically excellent. They challenge all students to use their minds well, providing them with the curriculum, instruction, assessment, support, and time they need to meet rigorous academic standards.  Continuer la lecture de « National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform »

EduQua

in french: Certificat suisse de qualité pour les institutions de formation continue – in german: Schweizerisches Qualitätszertifikat für Weiterbildungsinstitutionen – in italian: Certificato svizzero di qualità per istituzioni di formazione continua.

Quality – Transparency – Comparability in Further Education: The eduQua-Certificate: labels a good quality institute in further education; contributes to securing and developing quality of institutes in further education; adds more tranparency for clients. Find here: … (full text english Homepage).

Sitemap;
Good Grades …; Target Groups; Partners; Use it; Certification; Institutes; Client’s checklist; FAQs;
Address: eduQua Agency, Oerlikonerstrasse 38, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland;
Contact online and feedback.

The Label: Through eduQua, the first Swiss quality label geared towards adult continuing education was established.  Continuer la lecture de « EduQua »

Save the Children India

Save The Children India, a non-profit organisation that envisions India as a child friendly nation

Mission: Save The Children India is committed to preventing exploitation and all other forms of discrimination o f vulnerable women and children, and empowering them to lead a life of dignity, self-respect, and independence.
Vision: Save The Children India is an organisation that envisions India as a Child-Friendly Nation. (Mission /Vision).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Projects; Team; Trustees; Partners; Newsletter; Events: Power Of One, Magic Box, Araaish; FAQs; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 2): Save The Children India /Mumbai, SF9, G Block, Adjacent to American School of Bombay,  Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 098,  India;
Feedback; Contact.

Our Founder – Late Mrs. Vipula Kadri: A social worker who has made a difference in the lives of millions of Indians, the late Mrs. Vipula Kadri was the founder of Save the Children India, along with sister organisations PRIDE INDIA and WISE.  Continuer la lecture de « Save the Children India »

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network GLSEN

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression … (about us /Mission 1/2).

Homepage;
What we do; Research; Policy; National Board; Statement; edia; Newsletter; Tools, Tips; FAQs; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 2): GLSEN National Headquarters, 90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA;
Contact.

About us /Mission 2/2: … The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Continuer la lecture de « Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network GLSEN »

Healing Trust NFSH

  • … The Healing Trust is the working name of The NFSH Charitable Trust Ltd, Registered Charity 1094702 … (on Freshwinds.org).
  • The Healing Trust is the new working name of The NFSH Charitable Trust Ltd (Charity No 1094702). Our pan-denominational organisation is the largest and oldest membership organisation of Spiritual Healers in the UK. Founded in 1954, we strive to raise the standards and awareness of healing in the UK and overseas by providing: … (full text Homepage).

Find a Healer; Training /Course; Workshops; In NHS; Membership; Events; Latest News; FAQs;
Contact.

About /What is Healing: … Spiritual Healing is a natural energy therapy.  Continuer la lecture de « Healing Trust NFSH »

allAfrica.com and PeaceAfrica

PeaceAfrica – supporting Africa’s Peacebuilders – is a Website created by allAfrica.com

… AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C., AllAfrica is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users … (allAfrica /Who we are 1/2).

english Homepage allAfrica.com, french Accueil allAfrica; english Homepage;
PeaceAfrica-Pages: People, Projects and Organizations Database; Resources; Calendar;
allAfrica.com-pages: Site Guide; Content Providers; Headline Modules; BizzTech;
Contact online /Feedback for both.

allAfrica.com /Who we are 2/2: … This website, allAfrica.com, is among the Internet’s largest content sites, posting over 1000 stories daily in English and French and offering a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in our searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).   Continuer la lecture de « allAfrica.com and PeaceAfrica »

Parivar Seva Sanstha PSS

The mission of Parivar Seva Sanstha is to enhance the quality of life of women, men, adolescent and children by addressing the challenges in health, population and development. This is being achieved through various interventions pertaining to research, advocacy & awareness generation, education & training, technical assistance, service delivery and product distribution … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
about Clinics and their Services; CSMP; Education, Training; Projects; Family Planning; MTP Abortions; HIV/AIDS; RTI/ STI; Anemia;
Address: Parivar Seva Sanstha, C-374, Defence Colony, New Delhi-110024, India;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Parivar Seva works for the low income groups, mainly living in urban slums, peri urban and rural areas, who are unable to afford commercial services and products, but are also reluctant to avail free of cost services from the public sector.   Continuer la lecture de « Parivar Seva Sanstha PSS »

PARIVARTAN

Already mentionned on our NGO-blog in a text on August 16, 2006 (it’s link is no more working).

  • Parivartan is a movement against extortionist type of corruption, where people have to pay bribes to get their legitimate work done in Government.
  • Appeal to the public: Don’t pay bribes for your legitimate rights. Unite and resist such demands.
  • Support from Parivartan: If you are based in Delhi and are being demanded bribes to get your grievance resolved in Income Tax Department or Delhi Vidyut Board, please do not pay bribes. Contact Parivartan.
  • Parivartan will try and get your work done without payment of bribes.
  • Parivartan is doing it as a social service and is not charging anything for its service. (Homepage).

This website has for all pages the same URL. Click on internal links for: Mission, Team, Associates, Join, News and Events, Net Meeting, Financial Contribution, FAQs, Contact.
And for Project Income Tax, Project DVB, Press Coverage, Success so far, Submit Grievance Online.

Address: Parivartan, 5B, Navkala Apartments, 14, I P Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi – 92, India;
Telephone: (011) 2727430: E-Mail: see on Contact-page.

Mission /Income Tax Refunds/ PAN: A common taxpayer has to face a lot of problems in getting his refund or Permanent Account Number from the Income Tax Department.  Continuer la lecture de « PARIVARTAN »

Khushal Awareness and Development Organization KADO

  • To educate the deprived and under privileged common folk about the basic human rights and find basis to incorporate their efforts in mobilization to achieve maximum output.
  • Buildings the capacities of the local communities/ Govt. and Non government organizations and skills development institutes with the focus on local female folk in the development initiatives … (full text Objectives).

All pages have the same URL. Click on the internal links for: Home, About us, Contact Us, Programs, Aims and Objectives, Partners, Projects, Staff, Executives, Gallary, Updates.
Address: KADO, House # 158, Opposite Hockey Ground, Sector-1, KDA, Kohat, Pakistan.

Background: Khushal Awareness & Development Organization (KADO) is a not for profit and non-governmental organization, born in July-2002 by a group of volunteers, human rights activists, young community development professionals and common citizens.  Continuer la lecture de « Khushal Awareness and Development Organization KADO »

Indian Ocean Research Group IORG

The IORG Inc has at least seven principal objectives:

  • To encourage research on geopolitical, economic, socio-cultural, environmental, scientific and technological issues relevant to the Indian Ocean Region
  • To promote dialogue on the peaceful uses and ecologically sustainable development of maritime resources based on the principle of Common Heritage
  • To foster interstate cooperation in the sustainable management of ocean resources and the peaceful resolution of maritime disputes

… (full textObjectives).

Homepage;
Programmes; Conferences 2011; Books, Journal; Archive; IOR-ARC Observer Status; Board; Structure; Membership: Info, Form;
Addresses: 1): IORG Inc. Headquarter, P O Box 884, Cottesloe, Western Australia 6011, Australia;
2): Coordinating Centre, Professor Sanjay Chaturvedi, Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Department of Political Science, Arts Block VI, Panjab University – 160 014, India;
Contact.

Preamble: The key objective of the Indian Ocean Research Group Inc. (IORG) is to initiate a policy-oriented dialogue, in the true spirit of partnership, among governments, industries, NGOs and communities, towards realizing a shared, peaceful, stable and prosperous future for the Indian Ocean region.  Continuer la lecture de « Indian Ocean Research Group IORG »

Bibiothèques Virtuelles Humanistes BVH

Université de Tours /France

Le programme des « Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes » a été conçu en 2002 avec la collaboration de l’IRHT (section de l’humanisme). Il constitue, avec l’élaboration des catalogues des « Incunables des bibliothèques de France », le volet recherche sur le livre ancien du CESR. Il diffuse des documents patrimoniaux et poursuit des recherches associant des compétences en sciences humaines et en informatique. Depuis 2008, il agrège plusieurs types de documents numériques: … (texte entier Accueil).

Plan du site;
Aide; Fac-similés, Epistemon, Manuscrits, Iconographie; Archives: Vie du site, Calendrier, Documentation; Entreport OAI;
Contact.

Mentions légales /Extrait de la convention établie avec les établissements partenaires:  Continuer la lecture de « Bibiothèques Virtuelles Humanistes BVH »

Fair Test

the national center for fair and open testing

  • … The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) advances quality education and equal opportunity by promoting fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial evaluations of students, teachers and schools. FairTest also works to end the misuses and flaws of testing practices that impede those goals … (about 1/2).
  • Mission Statement.

Homepage;
Contrarian View; Resources; Fact Sheets; Testings: K-12, University, Employment;
Staff, Board; Newsletter; Archives; News; Publicatiopns; Videos; Links; Support us;
Address: FairTest, P.O. Box 300204, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We place special emphasis on eliminating the racial, class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity posed by standardized tests, and preventing their damage to the quality of education.  Continuer la lecture de « Fair Test »

Chennai Center for China Studies CCCS

The Chennai Centre for China Studies CCCS, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 (83/2008 dated 4 April 2008), is a non-profit public policy think-tank, with the following objectives … (about 1/2).

Homepage, with links to our News;
Projects; Team; Events; Links;
Address: , 2, Apoorva Apartments, 7, Maharani Chinnamma Road, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018, India;
Feedback; Contact.

About 2/2 /Our objectives:   Continuer la lecture de « Chennai Center for China Studies CCCS »