September 2011 Blog Posts (11)

On 18th January 2010 Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach (shaddy) was appointed as the first executive director of the new telecentre.org foundation.  On the 3rd of march 2010 telecntre.org turnover took place from the start-up program, housed at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada, to an independent, non-profit organization, based in the Philippines as telecntre.org foundation. On the 3rd June 2011 dr. shaddy stepped down.  

            Yesterday Miguel Raimilla was…

Hi everyone,

Now that the slow months of July and August are behind us, lots of exciting things are brewing in the POWG! Please read on and see how you can learn more or get involved.

Some of us have been busy finalizing a synthesis report of the…

it is an IDEA that might change the world

pls look what the project will look like after 3 years…

The early-bird deadline for our Annual Conference one-day trainings closes tomorrow. Don't miss out--register by Friday and save $100. 

About two or three years ago, Pastor Mensa Otabil, a renowned Ghanaian Christian Statesman, delivered his annual 31^st December night Message, what he normally calls the “Crossover” and called each and every Ghanaian and every human being to be a generational thinker. What he meant was that we should think about the future well-being of our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren. That we should think about the future of our environment, about the future…

GOAL 6:  COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/aids.shtml

TARGETS

1. Halt and begin to reverse, by 2015, the spread of…

GOAL 3 Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/gender.shtml

 TARGET

1. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education,…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  are set to encourage development by improving social and economic conditions in the world's poorest countries. They are  originated from the Millennium Declaration set by the united nation in the Millennium Summit in 2000 where   united nation member states leaders ,  at least 23 international organizations, and representatives of 1,000  civil society organizations from more than 100 countries  adopted the declaration and agreed to achieve…

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was established by the United Nation dealing with information and communication for community development. The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society…

A new blog from CGAP focusing on results of qualitative research of their Ultra Poor programs.

http://graduation.cgap.org/2011/08/30/voices-from-the-poverty-trap-launching-the-qualitative-research-series/