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Building the
Future : A model for Africa? A solution
for homelessness?
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 Uganda's
Green “Genesis Initiative” and
its Impact on Communities
Permit
m e
to introduce to you to The Genesis
Initiative Uganda, an organization whose
goal is to address environmentally related
concerns affecting our country and the
quality of life in each community.
The worldwide
issues of Biodiversity, Conservation
and Environmental Management are
crucial to Uganda's prosperity, and it is
critical that the situation, which seems
to be getting out of hand, is
arrested. The Genesis Initiative
will meet these needs head on by
recruiting many of the very people who are
currently involved in undesirable
practices, and encouraging them to play a
significant role in addressing the
issues.
A vanguard of
unemployed women in various Ugandan
communities,villages and emerging towns,
will be organized, trained,
equipped,facilitated and motivated to
enable Genesis Initiative Uganda to
achieve its worthy aims.
At the moment
in our country, rich and the poor alike
are doing everything to
disrupt nature and degrade the
environment. Sometimes out of need - or
out of greed. At other times it is due to
ignorance. We are convinced that someone
has to voice the dangers and work out ways
to rectify the
situation.
See photo
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Project: Request from
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MERGING
DESTINATIONS
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THE BOX
AFRICA'S GROWTH
INDUSTRY: A New Green Revolution for
African Farmers and Their Families
One
in three Africans suffers from hunger. And
the problem is getting worse, not better.
There are many reasons for this crisis.
The soil is becoming less fertile as
Africans have to farm it more intensively
to keep up with population pressure.
Meanwhile, African farmers don't have
access to four things essential to
successful agriculture: improved,
high-quality seeds that are well-suited to
local conditions; farming inputs like
organic and mineral fertilizers and
irrigation; opportunities to learn and
test new farming techniques; and
commercial markets where they can sell
crops. MORE->
Without clean
water, life is an endless struggle.
With
it, almost anything is possible.. While
some of us can travel the world on
business or for pleasure, in Africa and
Asia women walk an average of 6km a day
just to collect water for their families.
While the average family in Europe spends
£1,000 on a two-week summer holiday,
in the developing world it costs just
£1 to supply water to a child for
nearly ten years.Just a Drop is a global
charity founded by members of the
international travel industry that aims to
provide clean water and sanitation where
they are most badly
needed.
Web Site
Through
Children's Eyes: Ethiopia and Canada
The
following project was brought to our
attention by Angela Fairbank, of the ATA
Canada Chapter in Vancouver . Ms. Fairbank
is a Marketing Consultant on behalf of
clients worldwide including
Africa.
To Angela:
I am writing to request further details on
the events your company is planning in
Addis to mark the millennium this Sept.
Our organization is sending a team of
journalists to document the events for a
film project to be shown in schools in
Canada as well as for publication by our
media partners here in Canada (print,
online and TV). You can find more info on
the project online here: http://www.whatsthe411.ca/index.asp?pageID=73
 Do
you remember the friendly face on the
right?
He
made millions of children around the world
happy. Click
for answer
411
Initiative For
Change
(T)647.438.9436, (E) tamara@whatsthe411.ca
www.whatsthe411.caCanadian
culture inherently includes being a global
citizen. Canada embraces multiculturalism,
immigration, and cross-cultural
understanding. Canada is recognized
internationally as a peacekeeping nation,
which undertakes knowledge and cultural
exchange to foster increased understanding
and cooperation between nations and
different ethnocultural communities. 411
diverse youth multimedia team will
undertake a journey to explore how
Canadian culture and identity contrast
with their peers in Ethiopia on the Eve of
the Ethiopian New Millennium.
See
Website for more
Africa's
Cities - Gateways to Travel and
Tourism:
Tourism
&
Jobs:
Africa's Mayors Star at UN World Urban
Forum:
"With
some 10.000 participants from over 100
countries, the Third Session of the World
Urban Forum paved the way for a new drive
forward on the international urban agenda
in a world of rapidly growing cities. Just
as the Habitat I Conference in Vancouver
in 1976 placed local community concerns on
the international agenda and highlighted
the critical importance of inclusiveness,
the Forum in Vancouver, 30 years later,
lived up to its promise of moving ideas to
action. It symbolized inclusiveness, with
balanced participation from public,
private and civil society
sector"
Morocco. Appeal
for Disaster Flooding in Merzouga Area
DISASTER
RELIEF
Erg
Chebbie Dunes in the Sahara Desert,
Morocco and the villages of Merzouga and
Hassi Lybed Local Berbers are the
indigenous poor folks of the Sahara
Desert
The
night of May 26, there were severe thunder
storms, hail the size of
golf
balls, a lot of rain and wind which caused
severe flooding in the
area.
Most of the damage was in Merzouga as all
the waters hit the mud
houses
and destroyed over 250 houses. T:
http://www.bluemenofmorocco.co.nr/
 Communities
Around the World Seek Caring
Volunteers
Caring
individuals can take steps toward peace
and economic justice by lending a helping
hand on service programs at home and
abroad. By working
together,
volunteers and local people learn that we
share a common humanity
and
that cultural differences are cause for
celebration, not conflict.
Global
Volunteers, a nonprofit organization,
invites altruistic individuals
to
lend a hand on service programs at home
and abroad. This truly is
"travel
that feeds the soul" - a unique blend of
cultural immersion and
service
to others.
No
special skills are required to participate
on a Global Volunteers
service
program. Volunteers pay a tax-deductible
program fee ranging from
$750
for one-week in the continental United
States to $1,470- $2650 for two-
and
three-week international programs. The fee
covers all meals, lodging
and
project expenses; airfare is extra. All
project-related costs,
including
airfare, are tax-deductible for U.S.
taxpayers. Call 800-487-1074
or
dial http://www.globalvolunteers.org
for details.
(Discounts available for internet use,
students, groups.) The
following
communities seek volunteers in early
2006:
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Environment
Lean
about Smile Africa and the Computer Recycling
Society
Field
Trip Earth.
Support
"Field Trip Earth." petition drive being led by the
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
(AZA).
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MALI SEED CARAVAN
Farmers
in Mali celebrate biodiversity with a seed
fair This past November, USC's country
office in Mali &endash; USC Afrique de
l'Ouest &endash; organized a seed caravan
and seed fair. About 130 farmers from 68
villages around Mopti and Douentza in
central Mali joined a five-day caravan to
travel about 200km to a seed fair in the
village of Douentza. They exhibited a
range of cultivated and uncultivated plant
samples at the fair. The fair gave Malian
farmers and USC a chance to celebrate
farmers' ingenuity and the crop diversity
fundamental to a stable food supply
system.
USC
NEWSLETTER WEBSITE
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Ghana:
Help construct a school, teach English or assist on
health projects in
seacoast or inland villages in this fascinating
West African culture. (Two-week
option available.) Jan. 7-28, Jan. 28-Feb. 18, Feb.
25-March 18. $2,450.
Tanzania:
Help build and repair school buildings or teach
English and other
subjects and experience genuine village culture.
Jan. 15-Feb. 3, Feb. 5-24,
March 19-April 7. $2,385.
Bushcamp
Company - Mfuwe Lodge School Project:
In
1999, The Bushcamp Company and Mfuwe Trails set up
a project whose aim is to become involved with the
local communities and to help these communities by
supporting education and providing much-needed help
to local schools. As its main projects, they chose
to help two schools, namely Chiwawatala Primary
School in the main Mfuwe area and Chilongozi
School, which is in remote area close to their
bushcamps. Continued.
(Photos)
International Institute for Peace Through
Tourism.
Talk about perseverance. We first heard of
Louis D'Amore (left) in the late 80s after he had
staged the world's first Peace Through Tourism
Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada, our home base
for the past two decades. Destiny called and
somehow I knew our paths would cross, which they
did in Ethiopia in 2000. Since then ourselves (as
editors) and the Africa Travel Association have
marched side by side with our friend Mr. D'Amore in
promoting this worthwhile and much needed project
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Canadian Doctors Train Africans in Vital
Surgery
VANCOUVER,
BC: "Our vision is to empower low income countries
to create an environment where the risk from
injuries is minimal and all people receive adequate
surgical care." Africa Travel Magazine's editors
shared an evening recently, with the founders of
CNIS Canadian Network for International Surgery,
which originated in Vancouver, BC, and whose theme
is."For the Life of Africa." web site:
www.cnis.ca
The following three points are emphasized on the
CNIS web site and in a brochure.
There
is an urgent need for medical practitioners with
surgical skills in Africa. As a surgical
organization CNIS not only wants to improve access
to surgical care, but also wants to reduce the need
for surgery. The CNIS is a 'learning organization'
and support increasing the knowledge and skill base
of our African partners. We learned of the good
works this group of dedicated doctors is doing, and
will be featuring them in our magazine and on
line
Doctors
Without Borders aids the suffering
Back in 1971, a small group of French doctors
was winding up its work in Biafra, the devastated
and famine-stricken scene of the bloody Nigerian
civil war. Providing medical relief there had
sometimes been a tragically frustrating job. The
experience left the doctors determined to find a
better way to respond to health emergencies. What
they wanted was a way for physicians to minister to
suffering victims, unhampered by political,
economic and religious factors. Out of that resolve
came Medecins sans frontiers (MSF) known in English
as Doctors Without Borders. Today, this is the
world's largest independent, international medical
relief organization. MSF maintains 5 operational
centers in Europe and 14 national sections
throughout the world, including 1 in Canada.
From Canada World View. We will publish news about
your worthy cause . Fax 604-681-6595 or send
E-Mail.
A
Canadian, Dr. James Orbiski, is currently president
of the MSF International Council, which has its
headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The organization
has a threefold mission. First, it supplies
emergency relief in place where medical
infrastructure does not exist or is unable to cope
with the crisis. Second, it conducts medical
research, mass vaccination and other public health
programs in developing countries. Third, it serves
as the voice of the afflicted, speaking out about
the plight of the people it helps.
MSF's
operating principle is to provide help to all who
need it regardless of race religion, politics or
gender. Fulfilling that pledge require a measure of
sturdy independence. This is why MSF seeks
donations from international agencies, private
foundations and the general public. Since 1991, MSF
volunteers have served in Rwanda, Bosnia,
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Liberia, Angola, Sudan, Sri
Lanka, Colombia and elsewhere. They have responded
to human-caused and natural disasters-everything
from shooting wars and the collapse of civil order
to epidemics, famines and floods. The Kosovo crisis
brought the organization into action again. To
volunteer for service, make a donation or learn
more about the work of MSF,
E-mail:msfcan@passport.ca.
We
welcome your support for the following great causes
which focus on Africans including Free
The Children.
Visionaries
( TV Series) www.visionaries.org
On seeing a Visionaries episode on television
recently, it was love at first sight. We decided
that this organization deserved to be front and
center in our magazines and on our web sites. The
Visionaries Institute of Suffolk University
presents its Seventh Season of Quality Television,
sponsored in part by The F. M. Kirby Foundation,
The Fitzpatrick Family, Delta Health Cooperative,
Lisa A. and David J. Robino, The Jackson Family,
Bob and Margot Keith International Development
Foundation in the United Kingdom, The Muslim
Educational Foundation
Sample topics in the series:
Elderhostel : It's 10pm - Do you know where
your grandparents are? Maybe they're trekking in
the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal...or
hitching a ride on a camel in Cairo...Perhaps
they're in Arizona fulfilling a lifelong dream to
fly an airplane...or in Monument Valley
volunteering on a Navajo reservation. There's no
end to the adventure on an Elderhostel program.
(more on the Visionaries web site).
Pathfinder Village: Shifting the lives of
people with Down Syndrome from fenced-in
institutions into the general community, allowing
them full and complete participation in society.
(more on the Visionaries web site).
Outreach International: In October 1998,
Hurricane Mitch wreaked unprecedented havoc in the
country of Nicaragua. Homes were destroyed, crops
were lost and thousands were killed. While many
families huddled in their cramped homes praying for
salvation, the small mountain
Many other great
causes are profiled including: Christian Solidarity
International, S.C.A., Yemin Order, Save the Tiger,
M.S.H., TBIN, AFCM World Neighbors, Boys Hope Girls
Hope, On Lok, Catholic Charities, WHOI, Foundation
for a Civil Society, Water for People, American
Friends Service Committee, S.E.A., Gould Farm, The
Caring Institute, Non profits' Insurance Alliance
of California, Connecticut Institute for the
Blind/Oak Hill, Childreach, Freedom from Hunger,
Accion, Christian Appalchian Project, Coral Reef
Alliance, Volunteers of America, Hadassah, PACT,
AmeriCares, American Liver Foundation, Refugees
International, Human Service, Alliance, Salesian
Fathers Christian Relief Services, AirServ, Alger
Foundation, The PMC, Group B Strep Association,
Maryknoll Sisters, Casas Por Cristo.
(more to come)
The Visionaries, Inc. (781) 356-6804
www.visionaries.org
More about Visionaries
Many other
great causes are profiled including: Christian
Solidarity International, S.C.A., Yemin Order, Save
the Tiger, M.S.H., TBIN, AFCM World Neighbors, Boys
Hope Girls Hope, On Lok, Catholic Charities, WHOI,
Foundation for a Civil Society, Water for People,
American Friends Service Committee, S.E.A., Gould
Farm, The Caring Institute, Nonprofits' Insurance
Alliance of California, Connecticut Institute for
the Blind/Oak Hill, Childreach, Freedom from
Hunger, Accion, Christian Appalchian Project, Coral
Reef Alliance, Volunteers of America, Hadassah,
PACT, AmeriCares, American Liver Foundation,
Refugees International, Human Service, Alliance,
Salesian Fathers Christian Relief Services,
AirServ, Alger Foundation, The PMC, Group B Strep
Association, Maryknoll Sisters, Casas Por Cristo.
(more to come) The Visionaries, Inc. (781)
356-6804
www.visionaries.org
About
Cross-Cultural
Solutions
Cross-Cultural Solutions runs 11 programs out
of 12 countries,with more than 100 staff members in
13 offices worldwide. To date, the organization has
brought more than 2,500 participants to countries
around the world to work in sustainable community
development initiatives. Our programs are
year-round throughout Asia,Africa and Latin
America,and range from 2-12 weeks.
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