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Ghana: Gofas Adopts Children's Ward of Accra Psychiatric Hospital
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:32 GMT
The maiden Ghana Organisation on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (GOFAS), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has adopted the Children's Ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital in the Greater Accra Region.
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Ghana: Global Economic Crisis to Affect 16 Million Children
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:30 GMT
More than 16 million children could be undernourished in 2020 in sub-Saharan Africa, if the double impact of the global crisis is not adequately addressed. These findings were released yesterday, at the annual general meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), held in Maputo, Mozambique.
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Zimbabwe: Unicef Steps Up Assistance Efforts to Zimbabweans Amid Humanitarian Crisis
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:58:18 GMT
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is intensifying its assistance to Zimbabwe's swelling population of children in need, outlining a four-month response plan to deal with the Southern African country's multiple crises, including a deadly cholera outbreak, the closure of many hospitals and the collapse of the education sector.
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South Africa: Govt Expands School Nutrition Programme to Secondary Schools
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:33:50 GMT
As from next year, the Department of Education is to expand its school nutrition progamme to 1 500 secondary schools which fall in the category of the poorest of the poor.
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Ethiopia: Children Threatened by Drought
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:31:05 GMT
Thousands of vulnerable civilians who left their homes in north-eastern Ethiopia in June because of drought are living in poor conditions in an urban area in Afar region, residents and local officials said on 24 November.
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Sierra Leone: UN to Help Boost Jobs for Youths
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:59:47 GMT
Four United Nations agencies will soon launch a project to support youth employment in the Mano River Union (MRU), which includes Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia.
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Nigeria: U.S Spends $68 Million on OVC in Country in Four Years
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:25:40 GMT
The United States Government has committed the sum of $68 million in the last four years to assist orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers in Nigeria, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Robin Renee Sanders has disclosed.
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South Africa: MECs to March Against Women, Child Abuse
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:25:12 GMT
Female MECs in KwaZulu-Natal are to join throngs of women from all parts of the province to participate in a march to display their discontentment with women and child abuse.
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Nigeria: ITAN Throws Weight Behind Kano It Park
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:39:32 GMT
With the launch of Old Students Personal Computers, (OSPC) initiative at the 2008 IT CEO summit last week in Kano State which is expected to enhance IT skills among pupils and students in primary and secondary schools across the nation, the Information Technology Association of Nigeria, (ITAN) has thrown its weight behind the multi-million naira Kano IT Park that would transform the entire state into a knowledge society.
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Nigeria: Nelson Thumbs Up Pepsi Festival of Youths
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:39:23 GMT
The Pepsi Football Academy initiative, the Festival of Youth has been described as a veritable avenue for discovering budding talents who could be nurtured into outstanding football stars.
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