http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/440117 By Joshua Hammer


With his ruthless seizure of power in the June 27 runoff election in Zimbabwe, following a well-organized campaign to intimidate and murder members of the opposition, Robert Mugabe joined Myanmar's military junta at the top of the list of the world's most despised dictators. Both the Burmese generals and Mugabe's inner circle have enriched themselves while reducing their people to near starvation. They have jailed, tortured, and killed supporters of democracy, and shrugged off years of international condemnation. Moreover, unlike Myanmar's secretive regime, Mugabe and the cabal that supports him have seemed to enjoy flaunting their contempt for democracy and their easy embrace of violence.

That cabal is led by hard-line members of the Zimbabwean military and a handful of cabinet officials who served alongside Mugabe in the independence war of the 1970s. They include the commander in chief of Zimbabwe's armed forces, General Constantine Chiwenga, and Emerson Mnangagwa, an heir apparent to Mugabe who, as minister of national security in 1983, allegedly oversaw the massacre of thousands of political opponents in Matabeleland. "He is a man with the capacity to be more vicious than Mugabe," I was told by University of Zimbabwe political analyst John Makumbe.

Mnangagwa was one of the principal orchestrators of the campaign of violence and intimidation against the opposition launched in April—known as CIBD, or Coercion, Intimidation, Beating, and Displacement. (According to recent reports, over a hundred opposition supporters have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced.) And Mugabe, after initially conceding defeat in private and considering resignation or negotiation, quickly embraced the hard-liners' position. "We are not going to give up our country because of a mere X," Mugabe declared in the midst of his bloody campaign last month, rejecting any pretense of a legitimate election. "How can a ballpoint pen fight with a gun?"


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The dictator's spokesman, George Charamba, told the press that Western governments who criticized Zimbabwe's election could "go hang a thousand times. They have no basis, they have no claim on Zimbabwe politics at all." That kind of thumb-in-the-eye defiance has intensified the world's sense of impotence and prompted a hard look at the question: Is there anything that can be done now to get rid of Robert Mugabe?

The days following Mugabe's ghastly recoronation ceremony saw the first test of international resolve. Leaders from Gordon Brown of Great Britain to Kenya's new prime minister Raila Odinga assailed the state-sponsored violence that forced Morgan Tsvangirai to take refuge in the Dutch embassy and withdraw from the race, leaving Mugabe the sole candidate. "What is happening in Zimbabwe is a shame and an embarrassment to Africa in the eyes of the international community and should be denounced," Odinga said, in perhaps the strongest words of condemnation ever uttered against Mugabe by a fellow African leader.[*]

Former South African president Nelson Mandela broke with Thabo Mbeki's long and shameful silence on the issue to condemn, during a major public appearance in London, Zimbabwe's "failure of leadership." George W. Bush tightened a travel ban that already targets 250 people and companies associated with Mugabe's illegitimate regime, and forbids Americans to do business with them. Canada ordered new travel restrictions on senior Zimbabwean officials and their families and barred Zimbabwean-registered aircraft from Canadian air space. In addition, the US and Great Britain pressed the UN Security Council to freeze Mugabe's assets along with those of eleven senior Mugabe officials, ban them from traveling outside the country, and impose an international arms embargo. But the US resolution calling for sanctions was vetoed by Russia and China on July 12.

It's hard to imagine, however, that any of these initiatives would make much difference. Targeted sanctions have been in effect against the Mugabe gang for nearly a decade—when the dictator launched his violent land grab against white-owned farms and sent the economy into free fall—and, at best, they've proven a minor inconvenience. (Most existing travel bans don't include the families of Mugabe's inner circle; as a result, some of the most ruthless suppressors of democracy send their sons and daughters to elite schools in the United States and Europe.) While it's true that a Security Council–ordered asset freeze and travel ban would have hurt them more, the recent dual veto showed that getting the UN to speak in one voice against dictatorships, no matter how heinous, has almost always been nearly impossible.

As in the case of Myanmar, China had a key part as Zimbabwe's protector against the US effort to pass a Security Council resolution punishing the dictatorship. Russia led the veto of sanctions, claiming that Mugabe's election thuggery was an internal matter beyond the scope of the United Nations. But China, the biggest investor in Zimbabwe, with huge stakes in its mines and lucrative deals to provide weapons and ammunition to its military, happily followed Russia's lead. Meanwhile, South Africa under President Mbeki has provided Mugabe's regime with diplomatic cover, as well as fuel, power, and international bank accounts for his inner circle—and that shows no signs of changing now.


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The difficulty of getting the world to act together became particularly clear at the African Union Summit in Sharm el-Sheik on June 30, the day after Mugabe's swearing-in ceremony. South Africa's Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other world figures had called on African leaders to refuse to recognize Mugabe when he showed up at the meeting. But there was no such repudiation, only a tepid collective call for "dialogue" between Tsvangirai and Mugabe and for the formation of a national unity government—as if both men had a legitimate claim to victory. Ignoring the systematic murders, beatings, and displacements of thousands of supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change, an AU observer statement said only that "the vote fell short of the African Union's standards of democratic elections."

Again, Mugabe's chief protector, South African President Mbeki, hid his support for the dictator behind another call for African solutions, rejecting a European Union position that it would accept only a Zimbabwean government led by Tsvangirai. "The result that comes out of that process of dialogue must be a result that is agreed by the Zimbabweans," Mbeki said on the radio, ignoring the fact that a majority of Zimbabweans had already voted to remove Mugabe—only to be brutalized by a regime that had no intention of giving up power.

Not everybody views the AU conference as a bleak development. The willingness of several African leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh and elsewhere on the continent to condemn Mugabe marked a sharp break from the past, insists David Coltart, a Zimbabwean opposition leader and one of two white members of Parliament. "Even ten years ago what Mugabe has done would be a non-event," Coltart said. "Now a significant and increasing number of African leaders are embarrassed, even angry, about his behavior." Such waning in his support is unlikely to affect Mugabe or his inner circle immediately (even Mandela's criticism was brushed off last week as having been manipulated by the West). But it could, Coltart argued, eventually have a significant effect. "Mugabe has been able to keep his supporters going because of their belief that Africa is on their side and they will ultimately prevail," he told me. "The moment they realize that that is no longer the case Mugabe [or his cabal] will weaken dramatically."

But what hope is there for serious change in the short term? The chances of a Kenya-style sharing of power by Mugabe's ruling clique and the Movement for Democratic Change seem slim. Mugabe and the Joint Operations Command—the military hard-liners that surround him—see little reason to negotiate, believing, probably correctly, that there is little the world can do to stop him. There are some dissenters within the upper echelons of the ruling party: Vice President Joyce Mujuru, for example, a former independence fighter known by the nom de guerre Comrade Spillblood, reportedly expressed misgivings in cabinet meetings about the campaign of violence, as did some lower-ranking generals and colonels. Predictably, the hard-liners won out.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu last week raised the possibility of military intervention to unseat Mugabe, calling for a deployment of UN peacekeepers or AU forces. But barring a Rwanda- or Darfur-style catastrophe on the ground, that clearly won't happen. With inflation running at one thousand percent per day, and mass starvation and state-sponsored violence occurring across the country, Zimbabwe could at some point implode, and the world's powerful nations will have to reconsider what can be done. But Zimbabwe will probably fade from the headlines as world attention shifts to the next crisis. The atrocities of the last two months will be transformed into the quiet terror that Mugabe's citizens have come to expect from their government.

—July 17, 2008

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As all of you may know I have been working on my project for quite some time. I am currently seeking members of BABF to contribute by writing proposals to seek funding. - Respond with proposal writing.

I will be also giving access to web designers. I would to have some manage our website - Responde with web site developer.

I will also be seeking a resource assistant - This person will supply resources for obtaining funds via organizations that are allready involved in specific areas.

I will still need to travel to Africa - I beleive I can retrieve all that is needed if I can get assistance with prosal writing.

There are many more opportunities. Since BABF is unique in its mission and how to develope in using natural resources and resources that are readly available by making this project sustainable.

There is so much for me to do on my own and greatfull for all the help that members have contributed and hope that you all will continue to. I will have to start within stages.

Phase One - Building
This phase is already underway. We have acquired the land to build the telecentre on. We have to gather funding for the blueprints. There is already a volunteer in place at the site.

Phase Two - Computer Intergration
We will exploring opportunities and the best way to obtain computers for this project ,have them installed and delivered safely. What is the best possible sources

Phase Three - Self Sustainablity- Renewable Energy
This section with contain information on the way BABF with create self sustainablity by renewable energy farming.

Please note that this forum will be locked. Due to the sensative nature of the project and its constitents.





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Two years after the Group of 8 (G8) wealthy nations’ summit of 2005 – with its promises to prioritize the health, well being and economic development of Africa – the G8 nations will convene again this week. This opportunity to revisit the G8 promises reveals that too much time has been wasted and too little action has been taken towards reaching these goals.

While the G8 countries make up a minority of the world’s population, they control a majority of global GDP, and thus possess the crucial capacity to direct attention and funds to the most pressing issues of our time. Yet, the priorities of the Global South, a majority of the world’s population, are consistently given short shrift, as rich elites control the global decision-making bodies and determine the flow of resources.

Key goals were set in 2005: the G8 pledged to cancel the onerous debt of low-income countries; to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment by 2010; and to drastically boost foreign aid, with a particular focus on Africa. As the G8 leaders meet in Heiligendamm, Germany for the 2007 summit, new action must be taken to demonstrate that these stated objectives reflect more than just rhetoric.


The 2005 Gleneagles G8: Pledges Made and Broken

As a result of significant international pressure generated by activists pushing for social and economic justice, the 2005 G8 summit agenda’s focus on Africa was specifically highlighted, and the G8 leaders boldly proclaimed their intention to address the causes of poverty in Africa. Nevertheless, the stated goals that emerged barely begin to tackle the injustice and deep-rooted sources of Africa’s poverty, and even these targets have not received adequate attention from the elite wealthy nations.

Debt cancellation. Despite proclamations to the contrary, the 2005 G8 did not come near the goal of “100% multilateral debt cancellation.” Recent updates show that 22 countries did qualify for debt cancellation through the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), or 2005 G8 debt deal. Of these, 18 were African nations, and on average, each African country’s debt was cut by just under 65%, far below a full cancellation. These countries were also forced to institute economic conditions imposed by the international financial institutions in order to become eligible, a process accomplished over the course of years and unnecessarily delaying the gains afforded by cancellation.

Where debt cancellation becomes available, countries have used the opportunity to direct the newly freed resources towards investments in health, education, infrastructure and more. In Ghana, debt cancellation has been used to fund free early education, and in Mali, the funds were invested in improving the water supply and roads. The G8 nations must now work to expand debt cancellation for all countries currently burdened by massive and un-payable debt.

Universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment. The G8 proposed the year 2010 as a target date for the realization of universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment. At the current rate of progress, less than half of all people in need of vital and life-prolonging medication will be receiving it by 2010. The pandemic continues to wreak its worst ravages in sub-Saharan Africa, which represents only 10% of the world’s population but makes up approximately two-thirds of the world’s HIV/AIDS cases.

The U.S., along with its G8 partners, must commit to rapidly boost the funding directed towards the expansion of access to treatment, especially in Africa. The U.S. must therefore increase its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a crucial vehicle in the worldwide effort to combat HIV/AIDS, and it must work with the international community in setting up concrete benchmarks on the path towards universal access.

In May 2007, President Bush announced that the AIDS budget would be increased from $15 billion to $30 billion. However, the potential gain from this still insufficient expansion in funds will be severely constrained, unless ideologically based restrictions – such as the focus on abstinence-only prevention strategies – are removed. The pace of the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to drastically overwhelm the U.S. and international community’s political will to address it.

Increased foreign aid. Almost forty years ago, in 1970, international donor nations committed to the goal of devoting 0.7% of their national incomes to foreign aid. To this day, no nation has come close to achieving this goal. U.S. levels of aid in 2006 stood at only 0.17% of gross national income. Despite the promise to increase worldwide aid by $50 billion by 2010, at the current rate, this goal will fall short by $30 billion. Moreover, official figures of development assistance continue to be inflated, as debt cancellation is double-counted as aid. In order for increased aid levels to be fully effective, they must be accompanied by 100% debt cancellation, representing a net gain for recipient countries.


The Heiligendamm G8: The 2007 Agenda

The G8 summit this week again turns to Africa, with the theme of “Growth and Responsibility.” While this heading purportedly refers to the need for responsibility on the part of African governments, the G8 must recognize its own significant responsibility as the international community works toward ensuring economic and human development, and guaranteeing the protection of human rights. As the G8, under the leadership of the German presidency, seeks to amplify its interaction with Africa, African voices must not be excluded in the discussion of the continent’s key priorities.

Genocide in Darfur. As the violence, loss of life, and displacement of communities continues into its fifth year, the ongoing genocide in Darfur must be a key element of the G8 discussion of peace and security in Africa. The United Nations (UN) reports that the number of people dependent of humanitarian assistance for survival is nearing four million. UN reports also confirmed the continuation of Sudanese government-sponsored aerial attacks on villages in Darfur in recent months. Yet, effective action by the international community to ensure the protection of vulnerable civilians has been held up by the persistent opposition of the Sudanese government.

The U.S. must work with the other G8 member states and with the rest of the international community to create a global partnership in opposition to genocide in Darfur. The economic sanctions targeted against key Sudanese companies and individuals, announced at the end of May by President Bush, represent one element of a larger imperative to increase pressure on Khartoum, but this unilateral action is nowhere near enough. The G8 must work to rally multilateral support for the deployment of a robust multinational protection force to provide security for Darfur and to create stability for a peace negotiations process.

Predatory activities of vulture funds. In the aftermath of the partial debt cancellation that a handful of countries have received in recent years, a new and potent threat has emerged. Vulture funds, or companies that make huge profits by buying a country’s debt at a reduced price and then suing for the full amount, are siphoning away debt cancellation gains. In a recent case, Donegal International purchased debt owed by Zambia for $3.3 million and sued the Zambian government for $55 million. After a protracted and expensive legal case, a British court ruled that Zambia must pay $15 million to the vulture fund, more than a third of the debt cancellation gains Zambia anticipated for 2007.

Due to debt cancellation, Zambia had previously used the newly available funds to eliminate user fees for basic health services. This ability has now been severely curtailed by the profit-minded activities of a vulture fund. Across Africa, these cases are increasingly common. The G8 nations must take strong action to ensure that its efforts to cancel debts in Africa and elsewhere are not undermined by vulture fund activities. The G8 must work with the international financial institutions to ensure that country debts are not available for purchase by vulture funds, and G8 nations must use legislation to make such activity impossible in future. A code of conduct to ensure responsible lending practices on the part of creditors must also be a part of a long-term strategy to protect African nations from vulture funds.



The resources needed to tackle the major challenges of poverty and exploitation are available, and the G8 nations possess the capacity to direct these resources effectively. But the past two years have demonstrated that the political will to act quickly and purposefully is lacking. If the international community is to assist Africa in reaching the targets for health, education and development, urgent action must be undertaken by the G8 now. The year 2007 must mark a turning point – the world will hold the G8 accountable for its commitment to move towards these crucial targets.

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The albatross of illegitimate debt diverts money directly from spending on health care, education and other important needs. While most people in Africa live on less than $2 per day, African countries are forced to spend almost $14 billion each year servicing old, illegitimate debts to rich country governments and their institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Over the past two decades, African countries have paid out more in debt service to foreign creditors than they have received in development assistance or in new loans.

Much of Africa's foreign debt is illegitimate in nature, having been incurred by unrepresentative and despotic regimes, mainly during the era of Cold War patronage. Loans were made to corrupt leaders who used the money for their own personal gain, often with the full knowledge and support of lenders. These loans did not benefit Africa's people. More generally, many Africans question the notion of an African “debt” to the U.S. and European countries after centuries of exploitation. They ask, “Who really owes whom?”

Yet, despite the social and economic costs of this massive outflow of resources from the world's poorest region, the wealthy creditors of Africa's debts continue to insist these debts be repaid.

For years, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, a debt relief framework launched by the World Bank and IMF in 1996, failed to provide a solution to the debt crisis. Designed by creditors, this initiative was intended to extract the maximum in debt repayments from poor countries. It failed even to meet its stated objective of reducing Africa's debt burden to a “sustainable” level.

In July 2005, following years of civil society campaigns in Africa, the U.S. and elsewhere, the Group of Eight (G-8) rich countries announced a deal on debt cancellation for 18 impoverished countries, 14 of which are in Africa. The World Bank and IMF approved this debt package in September 2005. Separately, the Paris Club of rich country creditors recently finalized a deal to cancel some of Nigeria's massive external debt, after moves by the Nigerian parliament to repudiate this debt. In the deal, which covered $30 billion in debt, Nigeria had to pay 40% of the total, or $12 billion. Those funds would have been more appropriately and justly directed at reducing poverty and achieving other development goals. Nigeria is not eligible for debt relief under the HIPC Initiative, and civil society in that country has long demanded cancellation of Nigeria's odious external debts.

While the G-8 deal marked a small victory, it still fell short of the promises of 100% debt cancellation made by G-8 officials in 2004, and it did not take full effect until July 2006. The deal still leaves the majority of African countries on “debt row,” required to meet harmful economic conditions as a condition for future debt relief or cancellation. Moreover, both the G-8 deal and the Paris Club deal for Nigeria failed to recognize the illegitimate nature of Africa's debt. African governments must still spend billions of dollars each year repaying old, illegitimate debts at the expense of urgent priorities like the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

The U.S. is the single largest shareholder in the World Bank and IMF, the institutions to which most of Africa's debts are owed. As such, it holds major influence over the international response to Africa's debt crisis. An independent audit of these two institutions has revealed that they can afford to write off Africa's debt completely. Recent IMF reports have also demonstrated how debt cancellation can be financed primarily through IMF gold and secondarily from World Bank reserves without harm to these institutions.

The U.S. should use its power to achieve the cancellation of all of Africa's debts. Just as the U.S. advocated for the cancellation of Iraq's odious debts, it should apply the same standard to the illegitimate and odious debts African countries still have to repay. Debt cancellation is essential to the continent's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS and poverty, and to regain its economic independence.

Africa Action condemns the repeated failure of the U.S. and other wealthy creditors to take sufficient decisive action on the debt crisis. Our Campaign to Cancel Africa's Debt mobilizes pressure on the U.S. government to push for 100% unconditional debt cancellation for all African countries. Please see Africa Action's statement on what constitutes 100% debt cancellation for Africa. The statement also highlights the relationship between debt, health, and HIV/AIDS.

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School-to-school grants usually involve 1 UK school and 1 Southern school. Up to £1,650 per partnership is available for the Reciprocal Visit. This grant allows at least one teacher from each school to visit their partner institutions. The purpose of these visits is to enable the discussion and planning of joint curricular work with a global dimension theme. Costs such as flights, accommodation and subsistence are eligible.

Schools that have more established partnerships (around a minimum of 2 years), can apply for a Global Curriculum Project Grant. Up to £4,800 (£6,450 for secondary schools) is available to fund reciprocal visits and to embed a global dimension within their respective curricula through joint activities and projects.

Cluster-to-cluster grants usually involve an equal number of UK schools and Southern schools where groups of school partnerships are working together with similar aims and aspirations.
www.britishcouncil.org/globalschools

DGSP promotes partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The programme provides advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and equal grants to both (or all) schools that are using school partnerships as a means for developing a global dimension within their curriculum.

One stated aim of the programme is to emphasise equality and reciprocity through the active participation of both (or all) school partners, each contributing and benefiting equally from the negotiation and agreement of joint aims and the realisation of shared outcomes.

In the first three years 370 schools in the UK benefited from grants. New funding announced in 2006 will bring a further 1500 schools into the scheme in the next three years.

Ultimately, the programme aims to raise young people's awareness of global development issues and equip them with the skills and knowledge to become active global citizens. The term 'global dimension' refers to the extent to which global development issues are integrated within the formal curriculum. A 'global dimension' is seen as a way of extending students' views of the world by exploring their perceptions and connections, and helping them recognise and think critically about different cultural, economic and political perspectives. There is information about this on the website along with details about how to apply.

The programme is a consortium initiative of the British Council, Cambridge Education Foundation, UK One World Linking Association (UKOWLA) and Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), funded by the Department for International Development (DFID).

DGSP Reciprocal Visit grant deadlines 1 May 2007
Southern partner schools in the following countries are encouraged to make contact with their local British Council office for support:
· Ghana
· India
· Jamaica
· Kenya
· Malawi
· Nigeria
· Pakistan · South Africa
· Sri Lanka
· Tanzania
· Trinidad and Tobago
· Uganda
· Zambia
· Zimbabwe


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The ISA scheme offers a framework within which to form and develop international partnerships and achieve curriculum goals.

You apply for the ISA online. To see what is involved, just click here and take the test run.

The ISA encourages and supports schools to develop the following:
An international ethos embedded throughout the school
A majority of pupils within the school impacted by and involved in international work
Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
Curriculum-based work across a range of subjects
Year round international activity
Involvement of the wider community
Evaluation from a variety of sources allowing you to improve your activities and your international programme.
Provides ideas for developing collaborative curriculum-based international work with partner schools

The International School Award scheme is supported and funded by the DCSF. It provides recognition for teachers and their schools working to instill a global dimension into the learning experience of all children and young people.

878 International School Awards have been presented to successful schools since the scheme began in 1999.

Teachers, governors or other school staff who take on the role of the school's international coordinator will encounter opportunities for professional development, including making preparatory visits or study visits, while supporting the whole school as the international dimension is establisished.

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For millions of poor people throughout the world, generic drugs manufactured in India are a lifeline.

In AIDS-wracked countries like Lesotho and Zimbabwe, more than 90 percent of lifesaving antiretroviral drugs are imported from India. For millions of poor people throughout the world, generic drugs manufactured in India are a lifeline. In AIDS-wracked countries like Lesotho and Zimbabwe, more than 90 percent of lifesaving antiretroviral drugs are imported from India.

The pharmaceutical company Novartis is suing the Indian government to change a section of the country's patent law that safeguards public health. If Novartis wins this case, however, the production of Indian generic drugs could be cut back - and millions of people around the world could lose access to the medicine they need to survive.

Join us in telling Novartis that people are more important than patents! Add your name to the petition below asking Novartis to drop the case. Go Here and Cast Your Vote!


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When I joined Moi University in September 2001, I promised myself "that
it's in Moi University I got it and its here I will leave". I have indeed
lived to keep my promise.

I was in Form Three when a student on his attachment in our school
proposed for a relationship. He had all the qualities a woman would want in a man
so I gave in. He told me all a form three girl would want to hear. In my
innocence and naivity, I succumbed to his pressure to have sex with him,
consequently, I lost my virginity to him.

After his placement, he reported to college for his final year and we
still had contacts. I visited him on a number of occasions, (I've even lost
count the number of times I visited him). He was my first and only love and
therefore hanged on every word he told me.

My boy friend later graduated and we lost contact until last month
(March) when his sister told me about his whereabouts (details of this later).

Before registration in the Faculty of Law, in PSSP, I went for medical
tests as is the requirement. I then opted for an HIV test, which unfortunately
turned out to be +ve. It then downed on me that I had treaded the rest
of my life for a university student who had deliberately and intentionally
preyed on my innocence.

My first impulse was to take away my life, counseling sessions did not
mean much to me and I quickly walked out of the session. I however did not
confide my status to anyone until today.

The following day I went to a different Health facility and the results
were still +ve. Therefore there was no doubt that I had been infected by this
teacher-student. Since as the sister said, he had passed away after 6
months of being bed-ridden, besides, I had never had any other sexual
relationship with anybody – No blood transfusion and the last time I used a syringe
was in 1989.

Now, since whoever infected me did not mind about my life, I will also
infect as many as possible as long as they are university guys oblivious
of my status.

So guys, anyone of you out there who may have crossed my "path" should
count himself unlucky and should quickly place an order for ARTs supply before
it's too late!

I decided to spread the virus indiscriminately in the Campus, (and have
no apologies), because its here I got and I intend to leave it here.

I've a well-documented report of all those guys who "crossed my path"
since I joined this college. I will be posting their full names and
registration numbers on the Students' Notice Board after the end of Sem. II Exams
(August).

So far, I've had 124 students, yes one hundred and twenty four. Out of
these, only 6, yes six used a condom.

I still reiterate the fact that I owe nobody an apology and am still on
a spreading spree till August.

Otherwise, I wish you success in your end of First Semester exams as you
wait for your slow and sure DEATH.

N.P.

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A Brief History Since the late 1980s Uganda has rebounded from the abyss of civil war and economic catastrophe to become relatively peaceful, stable and prosperous. But the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the northern districts, those bordering the Sudan , remain blighted by one of Africa 's most brutal rebellions. In the 1970s and 1980s Uganda was notorious for its human rights abuses, first during the military dictatorship of Idi Amin from 1971-79 and then after the return to power of Milton Obote, who had been ousted by Amin. During this time up to half a million people were killed in state-sponsored violence. Since becoming president in 1986 Yoweri Museveni has introduced democratic reforms and has been credited with substantially improving human rights, notably by reducing abuses by the army and the police.

President Museveni has not, however been able to prevail against the insurgent Lord's Resistance Army, led by one Joseph Kony, the LRA’s cult-like leader who has said he wants to run the country along the lines of the biblical Ten Commandments. Military action and tentative peace talks have not halted the massacres and mutilations perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army against civilians in the north. The violence has displaced more than 1.6 million people and tens of thousands have been killed or kidnapped in the course of nearly two decades.

Moses Zimbe and the AYCA Several years ago, I Moses Zimbe, beheld the circumstances surrounding orphans whose parents had been killed by the LRA or by the AIDS epidemic and decided to do something about it. At age 22, i was able to secure 32 acres of my mother’s clan land and establish an orphanage which now houses some 100 children in the village of Kikusa Magoggo, about 25 kilometers north west of the capital city, Kampala. With help from local residents, i founded the Abandoned Children and Youth Association (ACYA), began planting maize and beans, and provided these otherwise helpless orphans with a safe place to sleep at night, the food, however insufficient, that can be grown on the land around the village, and most importantly, perhaps, a flicker of hope in youthful eyes that had become glazed by despair, sorrow and hunger. During these times i have faced adversity in a way which is an example to us all.

While it is estimated that more than 20,000 children have been abducted by the LRA and made into sex slaves or child-soldiers, I endevered to give my and soul to the safety and hope for a better life of several hundred orphans. Though my back, my will and my spirit is strong, my dear i can not continue to do this good work without help. The maize crops are not supported by any irrigation wells. In fact the village of Kikusa Magoggo itself has only an intermittently functioning well. Thus, during the dry season (November through February in Uganda ) i and my orphans drink from catchment ditches that fill during the occasional rains.

Most of the children suffer from malnutrition, and display the familiar bloated stomachs that result from Kwashiorkor, a phenomenon common in the children of Africa . Knowing that being a brave young man , i have been inspired and given the strength to accomplish such good, one child at a time, one life saved and then another, how can we fail to assist him? No Oxfam, no Save the Children program is there for him, due to said organizations’ discomfort with political events now happening in Uganda . Just as i Moses Zimbe took it into my heart to act outside of bureaucracies, we hope that those who wish my cause well will take the same personal initiative.


Moses Zimbe]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:19:00 EDT http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/167453 39.3483333 -94.062777839.3483333-94.0627778 http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/78181 Document Details:
Creator(s)
Bronwen Manby,Former Deputy Director, Africa Division,Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Nobuntu Mbelle,Former Deputy Director, Africa Division,Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Georgette Gagnon,Former Deputy Director, Africa Division,Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Wilder Tayler,Former Deputy Director, Africa Division,Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Iain Levine,Former Deputy Director, Africa Division,Human Rights Watch (HRW)

]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:32:00 EST http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/78181 39.3483333 -94.062777839.3483333-94.0627778 http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/50605 HOT TOPICS:


USTDA places a high priority on Africa in carrying out its dual mission of supporting Africa's economic development and promoting U.S. exports. In fact, one of the agency's first grants was signed in Africa - in Tanzania in 1981. Since then, USTDA has invested over $90 million in funding for activities that encourage further economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. From FY 1981 through FY 2005, over $1 billion in U.S. exports have been attributed to USTDA activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The downstream impact of USTDA funding is expected to increase substantially as more projects move from the planning to implementation stages. As the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) continues to raise interest in African private sector expansion, USTDA expects a continued rise in demand for its specialized funding services in the region.


The U.S. Trade and Development Agency advances economic development and U.S. commercial interests in developing and middle-income countries. The agency funds various forms of technical assistance, feasibility studies, training, orientation visits and business workshops that support the development of a modern infrastructure and a fair and open trading environment. USTDA's strategic use of foreign assistance funds to support sound investment policy and decision-making in host countries creates an enabling environment for trade, investment and sustainable economic development.


The following list describes some recent projects USTDA has supported in Sub-Saharan Africa:


REGIONAL

Smart and Secure Tradelanes Pilot - USTDA co-funded a $1,324,900 smart and secure logistics chain pilot project and feasibility study to enhance the trade capacity and supply chain security of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). This study, which is being overseen by the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport), will examine transportation security technologies along both land-based and seagoing trade lanes connecting Walvis Bay, Namibia; Cape Town, South Africa; and the United States. Savi Technology, Inc. completed the feasibility study.

NEPAD Transaction and Financial Advisory - USTDA is providing a $361,476 grant to partially fund a NEPAD Transaction and Financial Advisory Technical Assistance project. The purpose of this technical assistance is to provide financing, promotion, and advisory services to the NEPAD Secretariat to package and promote three key regional projects to financiers, including private U.S. financiers. The projects, the Benin/Togo/Ghana Interconnect Project, the COMTEL (COMESA Telecom) Project, and the Addis Ababa Dry Port Project, were selected among those listed in NEPAD’s Short-Term Action Plan (STAP), which includes cross-border projects designated by regional economic communities as a priority for their members. AfricaGlobal Partners LLC will carry out and share the cost of this assistance.


UEMOA Agency for Aviation Safety and Security - This $353,000 USTDA-sponsored technical assistance represents a significant attempt by the Agency to bolster its presence in Francophone West Africa. The technical assistance will analyze and make recommendations for the establishment of a regional aviation safety and security regulatory agency. The new agency is part of UEMOA’s overall COSCAP project, which involves numerous entities such as the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, and the World Bank. The contractor selection is in progress.


BOTSWANA

Eastern Botswana Coal Bed Methane - USTDA provided a $525,000 grant to partially fund a feasibility study on behalf of the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) for a coal-bed methane (CBM) project in eastern Botswana. The project is intended to capture and process CBM from area coalfields to meet growing domestic and regional demand for a low-cost, clean, and efficient fuel for power plants and feedstock for industrial processes. Advanced Resources International, Inc. is conducting the study.


Mmamabula Coal-Fired Power Plant – USTDA approved a $368,270 financial advisory assistance project with the Ministry of Minerals, Energy, and Water Resources. The purpose of the project is to provide advice to the Ministry on the financial and economic viability of developing an export power station at the Mmamabula site. The project will also provide strategic advice on how to develop the project including a clear plan for financing the power plant. Delphos International was selected to carry out this technical assistance.


CAMEROON

Airport Security - This $237,178 technical assistance project will assist the Government of Cameroon by providing expertise to analyze needed airport security improvements in its civil aviation system. This assistance is expected to help the Government of Cameroon meet International Civil Aviation Organization and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration airport security requirements. The LPA Group is carrying out this technical assistance


GHANA

Rural Electrification Certification Technical Assistance - USTDA provided a $246,875 grant to fund the development and early implementation of a rural electrification certification program in Ghana. The certification program will enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in rural and peri-urban communities in Ghana to become localized electricity distributors for the Electricity Company of Ghana. Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group is carrying out this technical assistance.

KENYA


Lake Victoria South Water/Wastewater - USTDA is providing partial funding in the amount of $358,145 for a water/wastewater treatment study for the Lake Victoria South area of Kenya on behalf of Kenya's Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Coler Colantonio, a Massachusetts-based company, will be carrying out the project on a sole-sourced basis and will also provide a cost share for this study. The study will focus on defining an appropriate water supply and wastewater management system for the region and beginning the process of commercializing the related infrastructure.


MALI

Private Agribusiness Development Project - This $338,012 USTDA-sponsored feasibility study will provide assistance to help strengthen and diversify the agribusiness sector in Mali. The FS will analyze and provide business plans for three separate private agribusiness firms currently operating in the country. The FS will analyze four prospective projects: a fruit juice production line, an animal feed mill, a pasta snack production line, and a cold storage facility. Nouvelles Brasseries Bamakoises S.A., one of the private agribusiness firms, will serve as grantee for the Front

MOZAMBIQUE

Lurio River Hydropower Feasibility Study - USTDA is providing $597,960 for a feasibility study to examine the viability of developing two hydropower projects along the Lurio River in Mozambique. The objective of the study is to lay the groundwork for a private investor or a public-private partnership to develop the project in the future. The study also includes a rural electrification component. The contractor selection is in progress.


NAMIBIA

TransKalahari Corridor Improvement Project - USTDA co-funded a feasibility study for the development of a business plan for the Walvis Bay Corridor Group to operate an integrated multi-modal transport system on the TransKalahari Corridor, now an all-road link between northern South Africa and Walvis Bay in Namibia, traversing Botswana. The study examined information technology requirements, port handling equipment, improvements to the rail link between Walvis Bay and Windhoek and Gobabis, on the easternmost extension on the TransNamib railroad. TERA International, Inc. completed the feasibility study, to which USTDA contributed $376,707.


Technical Assistance for IPP and Power Market - A grant in the amount of $275,500 was awarded to assist the regulator, Electricity Control Board (ECB), in preparing Namibia for private sector investments in Namibia’s power sector both for domestic demand and potential export of power to neighboring countries. The team is currently developing various recommendations for policy and regulatory reform. In addition, the team is defining the roles of various stakeholders in order to develop a complete strategy to develop an action plan for enhancing private sector participation in Namibia’s power sector. CORE International, Inc. was selected competitively by the Namibian Electricity Control Board to conduct the technical assistance.

NIGERIA

LPG Sector Policy and Regulatory Framework - This technical assistance grant of $562,000 to the Office of the Presidential Advisor in Petroleum and Energy Matters supports the restructuring and reforming of the liquid petroleum gas (LGP) sector in Nigeria. The technical assistance could result in a general stimulation of the Nigerian economy as an LPG industry emerges. If priced, regulated, and distributed appropriately it is believed that LPG will become a dominant household fuel source and will displace usage of kerosene and wood in Nigeria. Nexant, Inc. was selected competitively to perform the study. Work on the project is underway.


SOUTH AFRICA

Western Cape Electronic Education - USTDA has agreed to provide $87,969 to fund a Phase I Study on behalf of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) in support of a pilot electronic education (e-education) project in the Western Cape Province. The project is intended to continue the introduction of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in public schools and to help teachers deliver the curriculum more effectively. Total Service Solutions was selected by the WCED to perform the study.


Khanya Consortium Bid Submission – This $550,900 technical assistance project has been approved on behalf of the South African black empowerment company, Tiso Energy, in support of a bid submission for the construction and operation of two oil-fired open cycle gas turbine peaking power plants to be located in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal Provinces of South Africa. The project is intended to improve the reserve margins of electricity in South Africa as shortages are expected to occur as early as 2008. Tiso plans to submit a proposal on this project with the U.S. electric power developer, AES. AES will serve as the contractor on the USTDA technical assistance.


TANZANIA

Mtibwa Bagasse-Fueled Cogeneration Project - USTDA provided $166,912 in grant funding for a feasibility study to develop a bagasse-fueled cogeneration plant at the Mtibwa Estate in Tanzania. The project has the potential to contribute additional electricity to Tanzania's grid and diversify Tanzania's energy sources away from hydropower and fossil fuels. John H. Payne, Inc. completed the feasibility study on behalf of the Tanzania Sugar Industries Company Limited, the grantee.


UGANDA

Jinja-Njeru Public-Private Partnership Water and Wastewater Project - USTDA has approved funding in the amount of $414,128 for a feasibility study that will examine public-private partnership options for water and wastewater treatment in the Jinja and Njeru municipalities in Uganda. The project is expected to have strong development and environmental components and may serve as a model for other similar projects in Uganda and throughout the region. The project sponsor is Uganda’s Ministry of Water, Lands, and Environment. The contractor selection is in progress.



]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:24:00 EDT http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/50605 39.3483333 -94.062777839.3483333-94.0627778 http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/44669 Most governments of OECD member countries have failed to bridge the gap between the rhetoric and practice in education policy. Despite a broadly shared agreement on the ever growing importance of education and training, public expenditure on education in many countries did not grow as fast as GDP. However, a few OECD countries, among them Denmark and Sweden, managed to change public budgets in favour of education and training and to achieve an impressive employment and labour market performance. Both countries are also characterized by the fact that adult workers spend more hours in non-formal job related education and training that in most other OECD countries. High employment rates and low unemployment in both countries document that high public spending on education and training pays off. This has been revealed by the 2006 issue of “Education at Glance”, the OECD indicators on education published today in Paris.

However, the updated indicators reveal also that education systems in OECD countries need to make a considerable headway in order to meet the demands of the emerging knowledge based economy. This applies in particular to financing education as well as to gender and equity issues. The overall increase of the proportion of individuals who have completed upper secondary education is good news. However, it masks remaining differences between countries and between males and females regarding educational achievements and its impact. Fir instance, in 18 OECD countries, the level of educational attainment of males is still substantially higher than that of females. Also they earn less than males with similar levels of educational attainment in all countries. And in all but six countries – among them France, the Netherlands and Portugal – men can expect to spend more hours in non-formal job-related continuing training and education than women.

Moreover, job related continuing training and education is also skill biased. Adults with higher levels of educational attainment beyond upper-secondary education are more likely to participate in non-formal job-related continuing education and training than adults with lower educational attainment. Those with low educational attainment are also more likely to be unemployed. It appears that people, who have not completed upper secondary school, and particularly women, continue to face serious labour-market penalties.

It is particularly disappointing to note that education systems in most OECD do not live up to claims made by policy makers to secure equity in learning opportunities. Social backgrounds continue to play a determining role with regard to student’s learning opportunities and performance. On average across OECD countries, for example, students from the most socio-economically disadvantaged quartile of the population are 2 times more likely than their peers to be in the bottom quartile of performers. In order to prevent education from preserving existing class structures, trade unions are urging governments to give more attention to equality of education, to maintain it as a public good, accessible to all regardless of their background.


]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:02:00 EDT http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/44669 39.3483333 -94.062777839.3483333-94.0627778 http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/43669 http://www.dfid.gov.uk/consultations/

Tanzania is preparing its Country Assistance Plan (CAP) for the period 2006-09. This will set out how UK resources will support poverty reduction in Tanzania.

UK aid is most effective when it responds to countries’ own poverty reduction plans and when it is harmonised with the efforts and programmes of other donors. This reduces wasteful duplication and reduces transaction costs to government of managing external aid. We and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) donors have committed ourselves to working in a more harmonised way to improve the effectiveness of our aid. Our commitments are set out inThe Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.


In Tanzania, the Government has taken the lead in harmonising the aid efforts of its international development partners through the Tanzania Joint Assistance Strategy (TJAS). DFID’s CAP will be firmly rooted in this TJAS which entered into force on 1 July 2006. Development Partners are designing their country programmes according to the principles and background analysis set out in the TJAS. We are collectively working on a Joint Development Partner Response to the TJAS. This will include four sections, three of which are jointly drafted by donors, with the final part being an agency specific outline of a work programme for the future (this will be DFID’s CAP).

The Joint Donor Response will comprise of:

1. The Joint Assistance Strategy itself
2. A Joint Country Analysis
3. An outline of Development Partner Programmes
4. An Agency specific supplement (DFID’s CAP).

Part 2, and an outline of Part 3 and Part 4 are available here for consultation. DFID Tanzania does not anticipate drafting any further analytical text specific to Tanzania. Although still under development, Part 4 provides a broad outline of the planned DFID Tanzania programme themes. We will post more detailed drafts when these become available. Together, these documents will form the DFID Tanzania CAP 2006-09, which we will finalise for submission in September.

These documents are available for comment until 15 September 2006. However, we will be reviewing comments at the end of July and the end of August. All comments should be sent by email to l-hall@dfid.gov.uk

How can you help?

On Part 2 and Part 3, we particularly welcome comments on:

Is the analysis broad enough, sufficiently detailed, and reasonable?
Are the challenges identified appropriate? Are there any obvious gaps?
On the DFID specific part of the document, Part 4, we would particularly like to hear:

Does our proposed work programme respond to the challenges raised?
Is there anything we should be doing more – or less – of?

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This 2-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, will focus on the particular challenges facing LDCs in Africa in the climate and energy security agenda. LEAD will work in conjunction with several partners to examine strategies that can support the integration of climate adaptation in development policy and strengthen access to energy.

]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:48:00 EDT http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/43661 39.3483333 -94.062777839.3483333-94.0627778 http://BearySpecial.tigblog.org/post/43595 http://unicef.org/factoftheweek/index_35932.html

95%: Net enrolment ratio in primary education in Latin American and the Caribbean in 2003/04

Millennium Development Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Target: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling



Net enrolment ratios in primary education have increased to 86 per cent in the developing world, ranging from 95 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean to 64 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the sub-Saharan region has made significant progress since 1990/1991, in Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali and Niger, fewer than half the children of primary-school age are enrolled in school. Faster progress will also be needed if Oceania and Western Asia are to achieve universal education. Southern Asia, in contrast, has made great strides, especially over the period 1999-2004, when enrolment rose from 72 to 89 per cent— largely as a result of progress in India.

Source: UN DESA, The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006, New York, June 2006.
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How does it work? When you complete the form below, the Ebinger family will donate $10 to Opportunity International. This $10 donation will then help Opportunity International move one person from a life of chronic poverty to a life of dignity and hope for the future.

How does $10 help move one person out of poverty?


$76 supports one poor entrepreneur with a business loan, training, and other financial services
This one loan improves the lives of 7.5 people
The poor entrepreneur
The poor entrepreneur’s family
The poor entrepreneur’s employee
The poor entrepreneur’s employee’s family
$10 helps each of the 7.5 people touched by one loan = $76
Thus, $10 helps one person move from a life of poverty to hope

Participate in the Ebinger Family Challenge and you will help Opportunity International move one person out of poverty.

The funds will support the following countries.
Africa
Asia
Eastern Europe
Latin America

You can help by simply completing the form.

http://www.opportunity.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactcustom.asp?c=7oIDLROyGqFb=219256
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The ONE Campaign is a new effort to rally Americans to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. Sign up to add your voice to support The ONE Campaign Declaration.



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