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Transnational peace building: bringing salt and light to Colombia and the USA

01/08/2009

12 pages long

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In 2003, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), an international relief and development NGO, began a peace-building initiative in Colombia. It facilitated the formation of a partnership between peace-sanctuary churches in Colombia and six communities of faith in the US Midwest, co-ordinated by LWR staff. This partnership, called ‘Sal y Luz’ (Salt and Light), has the goal […]

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Peer education in sexual and reproductive health programming: a Cambodian case study

01/01/2009

11 pages long

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This article analyses in detail the impact and effectiveness of peer-education projects implemented in Cambodia under the Reproductive Health Initiative for Asia (RHI), in an attempt to provide important lessons for the design and implementation of such interventions and to contribute to the development of best practice. Under RHI, which was the first programme in […]

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Education resource

Education for an Age of Interdependence: Short provocation papers written by academics and practioners around the world

01/01/2009

5 documents

Languages: English

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As the world changes around us, one thing remains constant – the need for education to provide children and young people with the understanding, skills and values that they will need to face the challenges and seize the opportunities of an uncertain world of accelerating global change. This series looks at the global context, how […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Education Quality Improvement Through Pedagogy (EQUIP) Project in Shinyanga, Tanzania

01/12/2008

3 documents

82 pages long

Languages: English

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The EQUIP project in Shinyanga, Tanzania began in 2003 with co-financing from the European Commission (EC). The five-year project cycle ended in 2008. EQUIP aimed to improve classroom practices and learning through child centred pedagogy, and to develop a system of empowering and developing teachers and children. This final evaluation covers the whole of the […]

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Book

Gender Equality, HIV and AIDS: Challenges for the Education Sector

01/12/2008

1 documents

200 pages long

Languages: English

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The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the education sector, are driving aspects of the HIV epidemic, educational settings can be empowering and bring about change. It examines different expectations of what HIV education programmes and education settings can do to transform unequal gender relations and protect young people […]

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Briefing paper

Ending the R&D Crisis in Public Health: Promoting pro-poor medical innovation

13/11/2008

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

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Access to medicines

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Diseases that disproportionately affect the developing world cause immense suffering and ill health. Medical innovation has the potential to deliver new medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics to overcome these diseases, yet few treatments have emerged. Current efforts to resolve the crisis are inadequate: financing for research and development (R&D) is insufficient, uncoordinated, and mostly tied to […]

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Case study

Building for the Future: Fostering local accountability in Malawi

01/11/2008

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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President Hastings Banda held office in Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He discouraged any kind of participation in political decision-making, often under pain of death or imprisonment. Today, 15 years later, people in Malawi are still afraid to speak out. They do not have the experience or structure to engage effectively in local advocacy work. […]

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Case study

Keep Your Promises: Campaigning to hold government to account in India

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Despite its booming economy and burgeoning middle classes, India is a country where hundreds of millions remain in severe poverty. In 2004 a new government was elected largely due to its promise to improve the lives of the poorest and most marginalised people by creating health centres, schools, and jobs. Also in 2004, the World […]

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Journal article

Developing critical thinking in NGO field staff

01/11/2008

4 pages long

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The quality of NGO work is hugely dependent on the quality of critical thinking and analysis of poverty among all levels of staff. In particular, the quality of the work in the field – at partner and community levels – depends on an understanding of development processes and on strong facilitation skills, both of which […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Khartoum Urban Poor Programme, Sudan

01/10/2008

3 documents

58 pages long

Languages: English

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The Khartoum Urban Poor Programme (KUP) targeted conflict affected IDPs and urban poor groups in camps and/or squatter settlements in Khartoum. It ran from May 2008 to April 2009. Its main objectives were to improve quality of life by increasing access to education for children, helping households build a sustainable livelihood base, and raising community […]

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