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A bridge across the River Foyle
By Meabh Ritchie Religious feeling runs high on the two sides of Derry, but Northern Ireland’s Sharing Education Programme sees Catholic and Protestant pupils working together, reports Meabh Ritchie It may be early summer, but sheets of rain are slicing the landscape in two and…
Author: TES Connect
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Innovative model aids family health
by Thu Hang A client attends a reproductive health and family planning consultation at Truong An Commune’s medical centre in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long, which is part of the Government social franchise network Tinh chi em (Sisterhood). — VNA/VNS Photo…
Author: Viet Nam News
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Lack of support leaves Bermuda's young men on the scrap heap - report
The below Royal Gazette article features some of the findings of a new report, “Out of School and ‘On the Wall’: A qualitative look into the lives of unemployed young Black Bermudian men and the gender gap in educational attainment,” by Drs. Monique Jethwani-Keyser and…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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KidsWell Campaign Launches Website and Online Resource Hub for Health Reform Implementation
New York, June 29, 2011. KidsWell, a campaign dedicated to the successful implementation of federal health reform for America’s children, launched www.KidsWellCampaign.org, a website monitoring state and national health care reform implementation and opposition across the country. Drawing on a growing repository of more than…
Author: Kidswell
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Peter Smitham to Chair The Atlantic Philanthropies Board, Succeeding Fritz Schwarz
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, June 28, 2011 – The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that Frederick A.O. “Fritz” Schwarz has chosen not to seek a further term as Board Chair, a role he has held since June 2008. Peter Smitham was elected to…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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What's Working for Children 2011 - Conference report, presentations, and more...
Highlights from the What’s Working for Children 2011 Conference Evidence based practice – the what, why and how Dublin, Ireland , 11 and 12 May 2011 “Our natural resource is our children; they will form the next generation and will impact the economy…
Author: What's Working for Children
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CURB calls for more timely statistics on Island’s social problems
By Sam Strangeways An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills. Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, education, unemployment and earnings is badly…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoint Christopher Oechsli as Interim CEO
NEW YORK, NY, June 27, 2011 – The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board of Directors today announced that its Transition Committee has selected Christopher Oechsli as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board announced earlier this month that President and CEO Gara LaMarche did not intend…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Teaching the TRC
Shikaya recently held Teaching the TRC, an interactive event for teachers, to support them in exposing a new generation of learners to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The producers of REwind invited Shikaya to create an event for teachers to run alongside the Cape…
Author: Shikaya Newsletter 2011 - Vol. II
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South Africa: AIDS conspiracy believers less likely to condomise
DURBAN, 22 June 2011 (PlusNews) – Thirty years after the discovery of AIDS, conspiracy theories that posit the virus as man-made continue to enjoy support among a segment of South African youth – and these beliefs may be putting them at greater risk of HIV…
Author: IRIN PlusNews
