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Canadian nurses visit Africa to learn and lend a hand in battle against women’s cancers

paderbornersj wrote 1 day ago:  Touring with staff at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. The oncology nursing group gaine … more →

Tags: Care for poor, East Africa, Kenya, aga khan health, Aga Khan Unversity Hospital, Cervical cancer, Chemotherapy or radiotherapy, symposium for Nurses

Room to Read2 comments

melonh12 wrote 1 day ago: A few weeks ago my cousin (and fellow librarian) Julie sent me a message about Room to Read. Which i … more →

Tags: Charity, Room To Read, John Wood, Libraries, Literacy, school libraries

MORE ON THE GREAT FINANCIAL DISASTER OF 2010

Ella Moss wrote 1 day ago: As I was drinking coffee this morning and watching the news, the potential default of Dubai Governme … more →

Tags: Astrology, Economy, Politics, Unemployment, Predictions, financial crisis, Global economy, Pluto in Capricorn, 2010

TOWARDS A HAPPIER STATE - Many NGOs are helping Bihar bring in change

paderbornersj wrote 3 days ago: Commentarao – S.L. Rao Non-governmental organizations are making a difference to the lives of … more →

Tags: Aga Khan, Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, India, Aga Khan Foundation, Bureaucracy, Civil Society, Computer Knowledge, democracy, educating girls

Gift of Hope Program

nabiluppal wrote 5 days ago: Located in Bagh Jogian, Islamabad, DIL Community Model School was built in 2002. Currently there are … more →

Tags: Full Archieve, helping those in need, in and around Pakistan, Islamabad, school sponsorship

Momasa: Walk For Life: Yes We Can !

paderbornersj wrote 6 days ago: Coastweek — Generous donors: Aga Khan Council for Mombasa Honourary Secretary Zaher Bhanji see … more →

Tags: Aga Khan, Civil Society, Kenya, Africa, aga khan health, poverty alleviation, A Walk For Life, breast cancer, Mombasa Women's Association

Chitral: Hamsafar welfare society booni working on self help basis

paderbornersj wrote 6 days ago: by G. H. Farooqui Hamsafar Welfare Society kick maintenance  campaign of KM road on self help basis. … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Pakistan, Chitral, Aga Khan Hospital, Self help basis

International Health Electives: "A Delicate Balance"

Gavin Yamey wrote 1 week ago: Today I had lunch with Paul Drain, physician and lead author of a new guidebook to working in global … more →

Tags: General, Students, Global Health

This week in PLoS Medicine: Why circumcision reduces HIV risk; the unequal world of health data; malaria activism; evaluating eHealth; and more!

darcygill wrote 1 week ago: Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including a Research Article that discusse … more →

Tags: PLoS Medicine Week by Week, Africa, eHealth, genomics technology, HIV, malaria, Male circumcision and HIV

Pakistan: Healthcare bill to end unethical practices

paderbornersj wrote 1 week ago: THE Punjab Health Department has claimed that the proposed Healthcare Commission bill, tabled in the … more →

Tags: Pak healthcare, Aga Khan University, Pakistan, aga khan health

Gender and Climate Change: Poor Women Bear Brunt of Global Warming

paderbornersj wrote 1 week ago:   Getty Images Where will the water come from? Women in the developing world are set to suffer … more →

Tags: Women's rights, Environment, Global Climate Summit, Civil Society, Clean Water, climate change, Global Warming

Car crashes: the next global pandemic

lapearce wrote 1 week ago: Ethiopians are 134 times more likely to be killed in a car crash than Englishmen. Even though the co … more →

Tags: Car Crash, Ethiopia, fatal car crash, Global Conference, road safety collaboration, third world, Traffic, Traffic Safety, UN

Video: The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues...

paderbornersj wrote 1 week ago: From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities a … more →

Tags: NGOs, Europe, Education, Environment, organic food, Community development projects, Civil Society, green energy, democracy

NOVICA: Bringing the World's Artisans to You

avenatura wrote 2 weeks ago:   NOVICA offers incredible, unique finds from artists and artisans around the world. As one of … more →

Tags: Arts and Crafts, Fashion, furniture, Gift Ideas, Home, Kitchen, area rugs, Artisans, chess sets

Kashmir, India: Corruption in Kashmir is big challenge for Omar(Chief Minister)...

paderbornersj wrote 2 weeks ago: Srinagar: It was with joy tinged with sadness that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated a school … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Education, India, Aga Khan Foundation, corruption, School for Kashmir

Fat Map

Tony Carson wrote 2 weeks ago: In this ‘fat map,’ nations grow or shrink depending on how much the average person eats. … more →

Tags: health

A billion living in hunger: governments must rise to the challenge

Andrew Hyde wrote 2 weeks ago: The third UN World Food Summit assembles this week. But despite the fact that more than one billion … more →

Tags: General, media, Policy, Public, Environment, Global Health, Hunger, malnutrition, Politics

"Is God a Democart?" - "Who rules the world": Videos by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education

paderbornersj wrote 2 weeks ago: Watch and listen the  Questions  as well as  answers on Democracy by different peoples: Wer regiert … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Education, Environment, Globalization, democracy, Dictators, Super Power, USA

Forces Avenir nominee gears up for change

paderbornersj wrote 2 weeks ago: At 21 years of age, recent journalism and anthropology grad Siena Anstis has done more than many peo … more →

Tags: Africa, Community development projects, health, Aga Khan Foundation, Civil Society, poverty alleviation


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