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NGO Volunteers All-African Games
The Mozambique Red Cross Society (MRCS) has partnered with the government's ministry of youth and sport to provide first aid assistance to athletes during the 10th All-Africa Games.
Under the government agreement, MRCS trained volunteers in first aid for the games, and provided them with the first aid kits and equipment to deliver a world class service.
"The recently acquired ten ambulances have put the Mozambique Red Cross Society in a better position to be a strategic partner in these All Africa Games," says Américo José Ubisse, MRCS secretary-general.
To read the article titled, “Red Cross volunteers at the 10th All-African Games,” click here.Source:All AfricaAfrican Youth Day Conference 2011
The Organisation of African Youth (OAYouth) is the youth platform for information exchange, forum for debate on African issues and a network of future political, corporate, academic, literary, religious and traditional leaders in all African contexts.
The African Youth Day was declared and adopted by the African Union (AU) in 2006 to be commemorated on 1 November each year. It has since evolved as the most powerful platform of young people of Africa.
OAYouth, in collaboration with Phelps Stokes and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is hosting the ‘African Youth Day Conference 2011 (AYDAC'11)’ on 1 November 2011 in Johannesburg.
The youth of Africa will convene at AYDAC’11 to celebrate the African Youth Day. The conference will pave way for youth to examine workable methods to improve youth unity as well as strengthen youth economic empowerment through leadership development, entrepreneurship support and agricultural transformation.
Conference Objectives:- Echo the voice of ordinary young people of Africa;
- Share information and best practices in promoting opportunities for youth encouraging youth to start new entrepreneurship initiatives;
- Establish suitable structures for meeting the unique needs for youth business start-ups in developing economies in Africa;
- Build lasting relationships between youth and business institutions;
- Infuse a gender perspective and rights-based approach to policies and programs for youth;
- Cultivate in the youth the spirit of accountability, transparency and integrity (ATI).
Cost: R2 430 per delegate.
For sponsorships, exhibitions and applications, write to: info@oayouth.org.
Enquiries: Tel: +27 73 445 4355.
For more about The Organisation of African Youth, refer to www.oayouth.org.Event type:ConferenceEvent venue:Ingwenya Country Escape, Lanseria, JohannesburgEvent start date:01/11/2011No Pre-School in Basic Education
The Mozambican government has admitted that it is still premature to include pre-school education as part of the country's basic education programme, given the country’s financial and institutional constraints.
The country’s education minister, Zeferino Martins, made the announcement in Maputo during a meeting presenting the results of a programme of a NGO, Save the Children, which was aimed at developing pre-school education in the southern province of Gaza.
Martins says that the priority of his ministry's strategic education plan is to ensure that all children have the opportunity to complete a standardised, good quality primary education of seven grades by 2015.
To read the article titled, “Premature to include pre-school in basic education,” click here.Source:All AfricaUndersea Cable to Connect Zimbabwe
SEACOM, a company running a high-speed Internet cable along Africa's east coast, says that it has reached a deal with Mozambique to provide a new link to landlocked Zimbabwe.
In a press statement, SEACOM says that under the agreement, the parastatal Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique (TDM) will allow its fibre-optic network to be used to link Zimbabweans to the 13 700-kilometre cable running along the coast.
SEACOM chief executive points out that, “This agreement with TDM demonstrates our commitment to partner with established players to improve the range of service to customers whilst continuously expanding the reach of SEACOM's low-cost services into land-locked countries across the region.”
To read the article titled, ”Undersea cable to connect Zim,” click here.Source:The CitizenEmpowering HIV-Patients to Manage their Care
In northern Mozambique, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is empowering HIV-patients to take an active part in managing their disease.
In this five-part video-clip series, MSF demonstrates tools and models that could help make improved treatment accessible to many more. Between 8-10 June 2011, world leaders will meet in New York to decide on the future of the millions needing treatment urgently. By sharing this video, help MSF spread the word that there is NO EXCUSE for governments to leave 10 million people untreated!
For more about Médecins Sans Frontières, refer to www.msf.org.Mozambican Governor Threatens to Expel NGOs
The governor of Mozambique’s central province of Zambezia has threatened to expel foreign NGOs that are operating ‘illegally’ in the region.
Governor Itae Meque accuses these NGOs for failing to provide information to the relevant authorities concerning their activities.
Meque argues that most of these NGOs enter the country and begin working in communities, but fail to improve the living standards.
Meque’s claims are supported by the Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Zambezia, which says that over 10 national and foreign NGOs have been found working illegally under the cover of religious organisations, with funds granted by donors.
To read the article titled, “Governor of Zambezia threatens to take action over unregistered NGOs," click here.Source:All AfricaDonors Reduce Aid to Mozambique
The donors, who have been treating the country as a special case due to its war-torn past, have now decided not to increase the budget support to the country for 2011.
They are apparently disappointment over governance, lack of commitment to fight corruption and the exclusion of parties at last year's elections.
The outgoing chairperson of the donor group, known as the G19, Finnish ambassador, Kari Alanko, was quoted as saying that, " ... the fact that in some areas of governance performance is considered unsatisfactory has caused some [donors] to reduce their pledges in relation to what had been in their long-term plans."
To read the article titled, “Donors put brakes on Mozambique aid,” click here.Source:Mail&GuardianMozambican Police Criticised for Abusing Refugees
The Human Rights Associations Forum (FADH) at the refugee centre of Maratane, in the Mozambican northern Nampula province, has written a letter to the Provincial Police Command reporting alleged cases of abuse by the chief of the local police substation in the centre.
Besides the alleged acts of torture, the Maratane branch of the FADH, also denounces alleged misplacing of complaint papers filled by some asylum seekers, victims of ill-treatment.
In the letter, the asylum seekers are complaining of being victims of beatings, torture, and of pogrom perpetrated by some Mozambicans, who are following orders of the commander of that police sub-unit, Mauricio Chicope.
To read the article titled, “Human rights forum reiterates police abuses in a refugee centre,” click here.Source:<br /> All AfricaArticle link:
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