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Ghana: Presidential candidates quizzed about sanitation on prime time radio

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:13:13 -0500

Candidates for the Ghanaian presidential election scheduled for December 2008 answered questions on prime time radio about their sanitation plans if they are elected.

The candidates took turns to answer questions on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show over three days from 23 to 26 September 2008. The media platform dubbed Flag bearers on Environmental Sanitation was by a coalition of water and sanitation NGOs in the country.

Everyday one of the candidates was taken through a series of questions to assess their level of understanding of the current state of sanitation...

Grats to ya boy

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:59:23 -0500

Last night around 8pm I was at a house party here in Oakland getting ready for my band’s set when somebody across the room shouted out “Obama won! he did it!” and the whole room broke out in cheers and clapping. I pulled out my cellphone and sent a text message to my friend Labrie (who’s been pulling hard for an Obama victory and recorded a couple songs supporting him and his candidacy) saying “Grats to ya boy” and went back to working on getting our sound set up. Later that night as we closed o...

Disabled Refugees Face Inaccessible Services and Food Shortages in Ugandan Camps

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:35:26 -0400

September 23, 2008, Gulu District, Uganda: Refugees who have been disabled by the war in Northern Uganda are confronting food shortages and inaccessible public services in government-run camps. At the same time they are under growing pressure to return home, even though they lack the resources to resume a normal life.

This warning was issued recently by the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU), an advocacy group. It comes at a time when the Ugandan government is stepping up efforts to empty the camps, which still house more than half a million internally displaced pers...

Israelis and Palestinians Condemn Israeli Crackdown in Ni'lin

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:44:47 -0400

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AdvocacyNet
News Bulletin 151
August 6, 2008
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Israelis and Palestinians Condemn Israeli Crackdown in Ni'lin

August 6, 2008, Ni'lin, West Bank: Human rights advocates in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are calling for a stop to the violence in Ni'lin village in the West Bank, after two Palestinian boys were killed within a week by Israeli forces.

Ten-year-old Ahmad Husam Yousif Musa (above) was shot in the head at close range by a soldier July...

As Fire Approaches Big Sur Monastery Monks Prepare to Fight

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:20:23 -0400

TASSAJARA, CALIF. -- In this remote Zen enclave on Big Sur's forested backside, wildfires lurk on three sides. As flames edge closer and ash falls from a crimson sky, the Buddhist monks are readying for a final stand.

Priests and students alike at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center have been doffing their traditional black robes, hefting picks and shovels, and forging 10-foot-wide firebreaks. Atop the roofs of the monastery's old retreat cabins and meditation hall, they've jury-rigged plastic pipe sprinkler systems.

Perhaps more serene than some, they were amon...

AFRICA: Too small to be fighting in anyone's war

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:06:01 -0400

(December 2003) - His comrades in the transit camp run by Save the Children-UK in Bunia, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), called him 'Kadogo', which means "small" in Kiswahili. The name suited him for he was tiny, much too tiny, in fact, to be involved in anyone's war.

But at 12, Kadogo was already a veteran of a vicious bush war between ethnic militias in eastern DRC. So were his comrades at the transit camp, victims like him of a practice that has drawn widespread condemnation, including from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Dubbed "an illegal and...

Heroism of Conflict Survivors Inspires New Program in Central Africa, June 30, 2008

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:01:48 -0400

Ricky Richard was fourteen when he was abducted from his home in Uganda and drafted into the Lord's Resistance Army, a violent rebel militia that has forced almost two million Ugandans from their homes.

Mr Richard escaped after two years. But instead of turning his back on his past, Mr Richard confronted it directly. After leaving college, he formed Friends of Orphans, an organization that supports former child soldiers with education and technical training, and even helps them return to the villages they once terrorized.

Mr Ric...

Ramallah Protester

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:33:43 -0400

Citizens at a Bethlehem checkpoint

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:44 -0400

Citizens waiting at a Bethlehem security checkpoint.

Checkpoint in Bethlehem

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:24:58 -0400

The checkpoint at Bethlehem, along the Israel/Palestine divide

Support Darfur, Earn Money & Help a Student at the Same Time

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:51:33 -0500

OneBigU (http://www.onebigu.com) allows users to help a struggling student, earn some money, and support a Darfur Charity at the same time.

OneBigU (for One Big University) helps Darfur in the following way:

- Person answers a question asked by any student around the world

- Person gets a little amount of money for every accepted answer

- Person sends the money to a partner Darfur charity, unless he/she wants to withdraw the money

OneBigU is partnered with Help Darfur Now (HDN), a US-based student charity in support of Darfur. All d...

Ally Request - Boaz Balachsan

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:37:16 -0500

Ally Request - Alliance of Students Against Poverty

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:06:20 -0500

Ally Request - Peace Plus One

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:30:49 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:50:51 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Patrick Scott

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:39:46 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - kiadso

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:22:30 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - lynx

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:24:03 -0400

Please come to Los angeles for Darfur Rally

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:07:10 -0400

Monday October 15 in Downtown LA 12 noon!!!

Help to stop American Investment in Darfur! Join me in downtown Los Angeles for a rally!

Click here to sign up

Alliance Accepted! - Eitan Webb

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:18:48 -0400

Ally Request - Philip McMaster

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:14:15 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Alec Henderson

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:11:53 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Josh Cohen

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:11:32 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Hannah

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:26:17 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Eva Johanne Westlund

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:38:21 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Lars LÃ¼ger

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:22:17 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Fishey Waters

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:10:10 -0400

Ally Request - Yaron Alkolombre

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:34:13 -0400

Ally Request - UNight: For the Children of Uganda

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:32:33 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Rachel

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:58:46 -0400

intern/vounteer to build peace though education in southern sudan!

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:05:37 -0400

New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI) is looking for talented people who are dedicated to rebuilding southern sudan. We belive this rebuilding is though education, education, education. We are a non-profit based in burlington, VT and we need you to help us compleate our vision of peace for Southern Sudan. please contact us as nesei.us@gmail.com if you are intersted in doing some rewarding grassroots level work in a wondeful state!