Quote of the week
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
- Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), Dutch Jewish philosopher.
Comment of the week
To achieve all our goals, we must hold ourselves to the highest standards of service, probity and integrity. Together we must build a society that prizes excellence and rewards effort, which shuns laziness and incompetence.
- President Jacob Zuma.
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Aid, Poverty, G20...
In this week’s edition of NGO Pulse, President and Founder of African Monitor, Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, reminds us that debates on aid effectiveness should not be confused with those about aid necessity. “Bad governance and poor administration of aid should not be mistaken for non-potency and therefore lead to blanket condemnation of the potentially beneficial aid,” he writes.
Rather, “... The aid debate [also] needs to be put into the context of the global financial crisis and use it to awaken us from slumber and from accepting that poverty cannot be deconstructed. There is need to change our mentality and attitudes from thinking that premature death is the norm; that dying from curable diseases is standard; that having uneducated young people and educated and unemployed youth is customary and that Africa is forever pitted against perpetual poverty. Aid resources have a place in the construction of African solutions to Africa’s problems and more energies should be directed at pin-pointing its right place - which is not the grave.” Click here to read the full article.
Paula Armstrong, Bongisa Lekezwa and Krige Siebrits from the University of Stellenbosch’s Department of Economics argue that poverty remains a key challenge in South Africa. Analysing the data of two surveys recently conducted by Statistics South Africa – the Income and Expenditure Survey of Households (IES) 2005/06 and the General Household Survey 2006 – they write that, “...The analysis indicates that 47.1% of South Africa’s population consumed less than the ‘lower-bound’ poverty line proposed by Statistics South Africa in 2007 – which means 47.1% of the population did not have R322 (in 2000 prices) for essential food and non-food items.” What is necessary now they point out, are clear and well-crafted strategies that pay attention to poverty reduction and the education system. Click here to read the full article.
Writing about the G20 Summit that took place in April, Charlotte Sutherland writes that the gendered nature of the world economy contradicts and ignores the fact that development and economic growth will be significantly facilitated if women enjoy economic equality. She writes: “ ... the G20 leaders did not allocate many funds for improving women’s lives. Nor did they allocate money and commitment to developing a green economy that will help reduce the effects of climate change. Women’s lives and their central role in the family were not considered to be vital to saving the world economy. To omit women from any financial strategy certainly sets strict limits to its effectiveness.” Click here to read the full article
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New Jobs, Proposals & Events
Employment Opportunities
- The CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Fundraiser / Event Coordinator to be based in Cape Town. The application deadline is 18 May 2009. For more information, click here.
- The Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network, an information-based organisation focusing on research, collection, analysis, processing and disseminatng information on gender and development, seeks to employ an Executive Director to be based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The application deadline is 22 May 2009. For more information, click here.
- The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, a NGO working throughout Africa to bring creative African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on the continent, seeks to appoint a Senior Programmes Officer: Peacebuilding to be based in Durban. The application deadline is 29 May 2009. For more information, click here.
- To view other vacancies in the NGO sector, click here.
Proposals, Grants & Awards
- The School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal invites applications for its PhD Scholarships 2009. The submission deadline is 8 June 2009. For more information, click here.
- The South African Institute for Advancement has called for nominations for the 2009 Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards. The submission deadline is 30 June 2009. For more information, click here.
- South African journalists are invited to apply for the 2009 Oscar van Leer Fellowships. The submission deadline is 18 August 2009. For more information, click here.
- To view other opportunities, click here.
New Events
- Girls’Net, a daughter project of Women’sNet, is launching the “Keep Your Chats Exactly That!” campaign to promote Internet and mobile safety for young people, on 15 May 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- Iziko Museums of Cape Town is hosting a symposium to Commemorate the KhoiSan Anti-colonial Struggle of May 1659 on 19 May 2009. For more information, click here.
- The University of South Africa, in conjunction with the Social Responsibility Research Network, is hosting the 8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility from 8-10 September 2009 in Cape Town. For more information, click here.
Training
- The Computer Education Community Society is conducting a two-day Web Design Training Using Joomla from 3-4 June 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism is conducting a two-day course on Media Law on 28 June 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- Management Accounting for Non Governmental Organisations is conducting a one-day course on Budgeting for Project Proposals: How to Write Budgets that Win Funds on 24 August 2009 in Pretoria. For more information, click here.
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