Global Network for Peace and Tolerance

Dedicated to bring peace, tolerance and non-violence in the world

Welcome to Global Network for Peace and Tolerance

This social network is created to bring the like minded people of different faiths, religions, ethnicities together, who really are interested, to discuss ways how to instill peace, tolerance and non-violence for a just peaceful and prosperous world.

American Foreign Policy: Violence vs. violence, death of a million Iraqis

Just Foreign Policy Iraqi Death Estimator

Cost of War: Money for Destruction or Development?

Cost of the War in Iraq
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International Day of Peace, September, 21

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September 21, is the day declared by the United Nations General Assembly, as the International Day of Peace, a day devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples.

Let us spread the word,
let the peace be our mission,
Let humanity be our religion,
Let tolerance be our faith!!
Together we can make this world safe!!



Peace Cards
InterFaith PEACE DAY eCard
Peace Day eCard
For more cards please visit: http://www.peaceartcards.com

International Day of Non-Violence- October 2

The United Nations General Assembly has declared October 2 - the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi—as ‘International Day of Non-Violence’ in recognition of his role in promoting the message of peace and non-violence around the world.
Let us Observe this day to promote non-violence and tolerance in our world

If you want to know more about Gandhi, here is an interesting document from UNESCO

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Scholarship, Fellowship Opportunities and Academic Programs: From Peace and Collaborative Development Network

Fellowships: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

CFA- PhD Fellowships Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

Posted by: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures

The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies will admit
fifteen PhD students to its doctoral program to begin October 1, 2010.
Ten of these candidates will receive a Graduate School grant; the
other candidates will be supported in their quest for funding.

For more information visit our website at…

NETWORK- Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia at EASA 2010

NETWORK- Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia at EASA 2010

Posted by: Pedram Khosronejad

Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia (Russia, the Caucasus,
Central Asia, China)

In spite of the difficulties of the terrain, it seems that students of
the social sciences, especially anthropologists and ethnographers, are
increasingly developing research projects and carrying out fieldwork
on different aspects of modern and contemporary societies in the
Middle East and Centr…

Call for applications, PhD in peace studies, University of Notre Dame, Kroc Institute

The Kroc Institute welcomes applications from students of high academic ability who have demonstrated their long-term commitment to peace and global justice.

All applications must be submitted online by January 10. Applications missing required materials after the January 10 deadline may not receive full consideration. To ensure that all your materials, including recommendation letters, are received by the deadline, we suggest that you submit your online application as early as possible.

Men a…

Eurasia Program Dissertation Support Fellowship: 2010-2011 (for US Ph.D. Students)

Crossposted from Central Asia-L List

Eurasia Program Dissertation Support Fellowship: 2010-2011
Deadline: December 10, 2009

www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia-fellowship/

What Is It?

Eurasia Dissertation Support Fellowships are intended to support and sustain American expertise on the countries of Eurasia by providing financial and academic assistance to graduate students near completion of their doctoral programs. Fellow…

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2010 Oak Fellowship.

crossposted from www.hrea.org

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2010 Oak Fellowship. We seek front-line human rights activists working outside of the U.S. and advocating for those incarcerated. Areas of work for prisoners’ rights include, but are not limited to living standards and health care in prisons, pretrial detention, illegal imprisonment, detained non-cit…

Call for Applications, US Citizens, The Language Flagship Fellowships (for advanced study of Arabic, Korean, Mandarain and Persian)

The Language Flagship offers a limited number of fellowships to qualified American students interested in receiving full financial support to participate in one of the Flagship Programs in Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, and Persian.

Applicants should be acquainted with program elements and policies of The Language Flagship Fellowships.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a Flagship Fellowship…

Call for Applications, International Peace DOROTHY MARCHUS SENESH FELLOWSHIP FOR THIRD WORLD WOMEN IN PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, BECA “DOROTHY MARCHUS SENESH” PARA MUJERES DEL TERCER MUNDO

DOROTHY MARCHUS SENESH FELLOWSHIP FOR THIRD WORLD WOMEN IN PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

ELEVENTHTH BIENNIAL AWARD

2010-2011
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The International Peace Research Association Foundation

The IPRA Foundation was founded in 1990 as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. The Foundation's sole function is to further the purposes and activities of the International Peace…

Call for Applications, Justice Initiative Fellows Program at Central European University

The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute (OSI), joins with Central European University (CEU) to announce the Justice Initiative Fellows Program for 2010-2012. The aim of the program is to support and further develop a network of lawyers and activists working on human rights-related issues internationally. As of now more than 150 fellows have graduated from Justice Initiative’s Fellowship programs, established in 1996.…

Call for Applications - Master of Conflict & Dispute Resolution - James Cook University, Australia

We are now accepting applications for the 2010 intake of students in to the Conflict and Dispute Resolution postgraduate programs.

Degrees Offered

Master of Conflict & Dispute Resolution by coursework (8 subjects)
Master of Business Administration-Master of Conflict & Dispute Resolution joint degree (16 subjects)…

Research Fellowship in Global Citizenship

The Consortium for Peace Studies at the University of Calgary is pleased to announce the second annual Dr. Arthur Clark Fellowship in Global Citizenship for 2010-2011. This Fellowship is held at the University of Calgary and can range from two to eight months. A stipend of $6,000 (Canadian) is associated with this Fellowship.

Dr. Arthur Clark, Professor in the department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary has been the primary supporter…
 

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein

We, the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal right of men and women and of nations large and small....And for these ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors...have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.

- Preamble, Charter of the United Nations.

Peace activism

Please check out a wonderful site on peace and conflict resolution: Peace and Collaborative Development Network - a net work of professional peace workers; A great resource on peace and conflict activism - training, advocacy and much more... Just click : http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org

ALSO

Please check there at Peacemaker Institute. Some useful peacemaking training programs are available. For more information, please visit: http://www.peacemakerinstitute.org/training.htm

TOOLKIT:
I Painted Peace - Handbook on Peace Building with and for Children and Young People
Save the Children is pleased to share I Painted Peace - a Handbook on Peace Building with and for Children and Young People with the INEE community. In this handbook you will find examples of peace building from children and young people in four different countries. They present experiences, achievements and plans. It is hoped that the handbook can be useful for children and young people in other countries in their efforts to contributing to peace. To access this book, click here

Obama's adress to Muslim world: Peace the last refuge

Here is President Obama's speech to the Muslim World. I think it is great and very bold step toward global peace and security. He knows that LOVE is more powerful than the HATRED. It is good beginning.

Obama speaks before 3,000, addresses a billion

By Theodore May - GlobalPost

CAIRO — By the time President Barack Obama arrived at Cairo University to deliver his much-anticipated address to the Muslim world, he had already accomplished much in the Arab world’s most populous city.

Obama visited with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. They focused on trying to break the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, according to news reports. President Obama then headed to the Sultan Hassan Mosque with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a tour.

Obama strolled the mosque in his socks, and Clinton wore a loose headscarf in deference to Muslim tradition.

Egyptians across Cairo crowded around televisions and radios to hear the president’s address, as various Arab TV stations dubbed his words in Arabic.

But it didn’t take any translation to understand some of his opening words, which were a simple gesture of respect.

“Assalaamu alaykum,” Obama said, wishing peace, in Arabic, to the 3,000 attending Egyptians.

In his speech, Obama made almost immediate mention of the discord between the West and the Muslim world, bringing up both European colonialism and Muslim extremism.

He then framed the purpose of his visit.

“I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition,” he said.

Obama also showed a new willingness to open up about his own history. During the presidential campaign, Obama sought to distance himself from his Islamic roots in an effort to combat rumors he was a Muslim. His middle name, Hussein, was often used as fodder for his opposition.

Since taking office, though, Obama has re-emphasized his past. In his Cairo speech, he mentioned that his father was Muslim, that he had lived in Indonesia, and that he had worked with Muslims in Chicago.

In the lead-up to Obama’s speech, many around Cairo were concerned that Obama would rely on rhetoric rather than offering specific strategies for dealing with a region in a deep state of crisis. Obama needed to offer a plan for action, many from across the Egyptian political spectrum said, for them to view his speech as a success.

Obama did take on some of the pressing regional issues in his address.

“Make no mistake,” Obama said, “we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We seek no military bases there. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict. We would gladly bring every single one of our troops home if we could be confident that there were not violent extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan determined to kill as many Americans as they possibly can. But that is not yet the case.” More>>

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WHY I’M JOINING THE ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
By Jake Lynch
Nearly two-thirds of Israelis in favour of direct, substantive negotiations between their own government and the leadership of Hamas. Some mistake, surely? Actually no – this was the finding of an opinion survey in February 2008 by Tel Aviv University. Barely ten months later, as ‘Operation Cast Lead’ got underway, pollsters were finding still higher majorities, up to 90% in some cases, in favour of war against the same Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. More>>

Blog Posts

Maria Pittman

How To Start a Graduate School Essay?

?Do you commence with a story?

?Do you begin with a reflection on the focus of your forthcoming graduate studies?

?Do you start at the beginning? And where exactly is that?

If you want your graduate essay to grab the attention of the graduate admission representative, then keep reading this article…

The graduate admissions committee is looking for a snapshot of you –
?Where you've been,
?Where you want to go, and
?what you w… Continue

Posted by Maria Pittman on November 6, 2009 at 7:54am

gene pitney

Dissertation Proposal Sample and Dissertation Proposal Topics?

Hey…. Just stuck with my dissertation proposal and amazed…. You know why? I just come across a website that offers something really valuable and in return they are not asking for my money… Isn’t it amazing? It may be amazing for you people when you check them if they are true in their claims… Now the question is what are their claims when it comes to dissertation proposal help?

Before I got towards their cla… Continue

Posted by gene pitney on September 28, 2009 at 3:56pm

Marilyn Willis

Dissertation Viva Guidance and Get Free Dissertation Viva Guide!!!

- Do you know that at viva you will be expected to defend your work?
- Will you be able to state the main achievements of your dissertation writing task?
- Do you feel confident enough to discuss shortcomings and respond to the detailed questioning from the examiners?

The Dissertation viva is a necessary part of the assessment for all UK Dissertation modules. The viva is part of the assessment for the module, and the final mark for the module is a r… Continue

Posted by Marilyn Willis on September 4, 2009 at 12:27pm — 1 Comment

Cassidy David

Get 3 FREE Dissertation Topics Without Spending a Single PENNY!

3 Free Dissertation Topics??? Really??? Well… You must be reading this post just to confirm if the statement is true OR “Free Dissertation Topics” under discussion are those that must have been overly-used? Well… the good news is a “Dissertation Writing Service” is offering “Free Dissertation Topics” according to the request of students just because they wan… Continue

Posted by Cassidy David on August 15, 2009 at 1:40pm

Farida Magdalena Gillot

Dutch Film about liberating Young Refugees. Watch the film and see what happens!




you can do something against it.
This is an example:

Within the Netherlands there are ten locations where refugees and migrants are in detension.
These refugees had not commit any crime but they are "illegal".
Within this film AMA's, "Alleenstaande Minderjarige Asielzoekers" international: Single Young Refugees (Children) are in the picture.
The Dutch gouvernement is very foggy if it goes about the fate of those people..
Often if they are out of legal proceedings, they… Continue

Posted by Farida Magdalena Gillot on May 30, 2008 at 8:35pm

Farida Magdalena Gillot

Prof. Norman Finkelstein



In my opinion prof Finkelstein is totally right.
As long as the public opinion is loyal to those who carefully planned every war and every peace, every genocide and every revolution. As long as consciousness is rocked to sleep by justified wars and tears-mongering memorials, people who really suffred during every war and suppression are silenced.

I found a video of the genocide that took place in Canada and that shows again that the same group, who planned the misery in the w… Continue

Posted by Farida Magdalena Gillot on May 11, 2008 at 7:00pm

Farida Magdalena Gillot

I Have One Prayer




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Posted by Farida Magdalena Gillot on February 3, 2008 at 9:02pm

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Posted by Farida Magdalena Gillot on December 7, 2007 at 12:12am

M. Ashaq Malik

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - November 25

25 November has been designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by the UN General Assembly - resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This day (date) came into existence from the brutal assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic in 1960, on the orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).


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Posted by M. Ashaq Malik on November 13, 2007 at 11:19pm

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Channel 4 News

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HarvardGal

Will Obama send our troops home? 1 Reply

Started by HarvardGal. Last reply by M. Ashaq Malik Jul. 1, 2008.

IRIN: Conflicts

In Brief: Afghan Red Crescent condemns NATO operation at its office

KABUL Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (IRIN) - The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has denounced a NATO-led military operation at its office in Qalat, capital of the southern province of Zabul, on 7 November.

PAKISTAN: Bomb-blast victims lack trauma care, counselling

PESHAWAR Monday, November 09, 2009 (IRIN) - The huge bomb blast in the western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 29 October which left 117 people dead, many more injured and an unknown number of trauma victims was the most deadly this year.

AFGHANISTAN: Displaced Pakistani families hosted in Kunar Province

JALALABAD Monday, November 09, 2009 (IRIN) - Military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwestern Pakistan have forced hundreds of households to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

AFGHANISTAN: “We feel exposed to greater risks now” - local aid workers

KABUL Monday, November 09, 2009 (IRIN) - Local NGOs and Afghans working for international agencies have voiced concern about their security after hundreds of UN international staff were temporarily relocated outside Afghanistan for security reasons.

SOMALIA: Life getting harder for Mogadishu displaced

NAIROBI Monday, November 09, 2009 (IRIN) - Heavy rain, lack of medical services, few latrines and reduced aid have worsened the plight of the growing number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camping on the outskirts of Mogadishu, sources said.

YEMEN: Nearly 100,000 uprooted civilians get WFP food aid

SANAA Monday, November 09, 2009 (IRIN) - Nearly 100,000 people displaced over five years of fighting between government troops and Houthi-led Shia rebels have been receiving food aid in the governorates of Saada, Hajja, Amran and Al-Jawf since mid-August, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

PAKISTAN: UN seeks safe access to IDPs

ISLAMABAD Sunday, November 08, 2009 (IRIN) - As concern over the lack of access to internally displaced persons (IDPs) from South Waziristan grows among humanitarian workers, UN agencies have called for measures to ensure the security of all civilians caught in the conflict, including relief workers.

SOMALIA: Donor caution alarms aid workers

NAIROBI Friday, November 06, 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff.

GUINEA: Political crisis only sharpens daily hardship

DAKAR Friday, November 06, 2009 (IRIN) - Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is “volatile” due to a combination of sharp economic decline; widespread and chronic poverty; limited access to basic services like health, water and sanitation; and persistent political instability.

MOZAMBIQUE: Help for landmine victims hard to come by

MAPUTO Thursday, November 05, 2009 (IRIN) - Helena Numaio was 12 years old in 1990 when she lost both her legs and a finger in a landmine explosion while collecting firewood in the Moamba district of Maputo Province, Mozambique.

SUDAN: Poor start to Southern voter registration

JUBA Thursday, November 05, 2009 (IRIN) - Sudan has started registering voters for presidential, legislative and regional elections, but officials in the south and international observers say the process has begun on a flawed note.

DRC: Fish war prompts thousands to flee

KINSHASA Thursday, November 05, 2009 (IRIN) - At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials.

DRC: Sexual violence prevention and re-integration funding "falls through cracks"

GOMA Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - While medical and psychological care are being provided to survivors of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 7,000 women and girls have been raped this year alone, UN and aid workers on the ground say the funding response has been too narrow, leaving key issues inadequately addressed.

In Brief: Burundians hand in thousands of weapons

BUJUMBURA Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Civilians across Burundi have handed in thousands of guns, grenades and rounds of ammunition during a 10-day voluntary disarmament campaign.

KENYA: Samuel Mwangi, "Being an IDP is like being in jail"

NANYUKI Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Two years after violence forced Samuel Mwangi off his farm in the Kiambogo location of Nakuru District in Rift Valley Province, the father of seven is still struggling to rebuild his life and educate his children. Rift Valley, one of Kenya's grain baskets, was the worst-affected by the violence and food security has yet to recover.

GUINEA: Timeline since independence

DAKAR Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - International pressure is mounting on the junta in Guinea following the deadly 28 September military crackdown on demonstrators, with West African leaders imposing an arms embargo and the UN and the International Criminal Court launching probes into the attack that witnesses call "indescribably brutal". The latest violence stunned even a nation with a long history of military repression of civilians – an era Guineans had hoped would pass with the death of 24-year leader Lansana Conté and arrival of Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2008. Here is a timeline of some events since independence from France in 1958.

PAKISTAN: Little aid reaching "highly militarized" South Waziristan

PESHAWAR Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (IRIN) - Around 240,000 people have fled South Waziristan since early October, according to UN agencies, and those that have escaped say little is being done for the civilians trapped there.

MOZAMBIQUE: Demining - the devil is in the detail

SONGO Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (IRIN) - The conversations of deminers are often illustrated with sketches on the reverse side of old reports or the toe of a boot drawing lines in the sand to show how a single mine can close 35km of road, make a bridge redundant or deny a community a swathe of farming land. They are a meticulous fraternity that knows the devil is very much in the detail.

GUINEA: Caravans and kola nuts - keeping a lid on communal tensions

DAKAR Friday, October 30, 2009 (IRIN) - Local civil society activists say Guinea's latest political crisis has taken on an ethnic dimension in N’zérékoré - junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara’s home region - which has an ethnically mixed population and has experienced communal clashes before.

PHILIPPINES: Safety first as Mindanao IDPs consider going home

DATU PIANG Thursday, October 29, 2009 (IRIN) - Security is the principal concern for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mindanao when considering whether to return home.

News from mercycorps

Lasting change


Gunanto is a vendor who sells healthy snacks for children in one of Jakarta's poorest neighborhoods. Mercy Corps staff visit vendors of their healthy street food project, KeBal, several times each week to monitor them and ensure proper hygiene and nutrition standards are met. Photo: Greg Briggs for Mercy Corps

Behavior is hard to change. I know. I’ve tried. Even with support, it’s still extraordinarily difficult to change. To learn new skills. To give up character flaws. To be a better person.

The last program I visited in Jakarta is a Healthy Street Foods Project called KeBal, translated: My Child’s Café. (Coincidently, this program is one of two selected just weeks ago as the 2009 winner of Mercy Corps’ most innovative projects worldwide.)

Children in Jakarta’s slums are extremely malnourished. Oftentimes, the easiest option for a mother is give her child small change (usually about, 2,000 Indonesian rupiah, which is only 20¢) to buy something from a food cart. Most of these options are fried or sugary foods that are really unhealthy and make children sick.

KeBal takes an innovative approach to address this problem: developing a food cart that is child-friendly (colorful, plays music and food is eye-level) and choosing a menu that provides vitamins and nutrients to children. Part of this project is teaching the cooks and food cart vendors about good hygiene and healthy food preparation. (Not wanting to risk getting sick because I was in Jakarta for such a short time, the only food cart I ate from was ours — and it was delicious!).

This pilot project has been so successful that it is being expanded to other neighborhoods in Jakarta.

Mercy Corps field staff talk about “continuous engagement” with the people we serve. I love that term. It’s encouraging, loving, unfailing. It means: we’re here to support you. Whatever it takes. We’re here today and if you need us, we’ll be here tomorrow.

I saw examples of continuous engagement in all the programs I visited in Jakarta. The problems are complex and the solutions are multifaceted. Even if you provide access to clean water, you still need to teach people the importance of washing their hands. Even if you provide a system to turn a community’s waste into compost, people still have to learn how to maintain it. Even if you provide access to a mother’s support group, you still have to have trained facilitators there to dispel myths and answer questions. And, even if you provide a food cart with healthy ingredients, you still have to show someone how to cook the food safely so children don’t get sick.

Mercy Corps’ programs work because there is continuous engagement. We don’t put the well in and walk away. Lasting change — the important kind — comes from teaching people how to do things differently and supporting them along the way.

Honored to be back among a people I love


It had been 33 years since I had lived there. When I heard that an earthquake and resulting tsunami had struck the Samoa Islands on September 29, I was taken back to a time when I had lived among the Samoan people as a young missionary.

The Samoan people I knew were a friendly, open and culturally rich people with deep traditions of respect and honor. I was deeply concerned, and felt Mercy Corps could be of assistance.

With support from Mercy Corps’ generous donors and assistance from Western Union, I knew that we could do much to assist the traumatized and devastated communities along the southern and eastern coasts of Upolu and Manono, two of several Samoan islands hit hard by the earthquake and resulting tsunami.


Steve Mitchell, Mercy Corps Chief Financial Officer and Vice-President for Financial Services, stands amidst tsunami wreckage in Samoa. Photo: Carol Ward/Mercy Corps

Upon arriving in Samoa, and after a long drive from the capital city of Apia, my fellow Mercy Corps colleague Carol Ward and I arrived in the southeastern district of Aleipata in Upolu, one on the most severely affected areas. Relying upon my rusty Samoan language skills acquired so many years before, I spoke with a village chief doing repairs with members of his family on his badly-damaged home near the beach.

As I expressed deep condolences for his village’s losses, he immediately interrupted me to express his profound gratitude and deep appreciation to all the people of America and abroad for their support of food, water and shelter. He even wished the blessing of God upon us as we conducted our work. As he thanked Mercy Corps for being there, I could not help but think that the Samoan culture of courtesy and gratitude that I knew so many years ago persisted even in this time of deep suffering. Under the worst of circumstances, I felt honored to be among a people I had come to love so long ago.

As Carol and I travelled along the only road linking villages in the district, we had heard that the village of Lalomanu, further south, had been particularly hard hit. As we summited a small rise in the road, and looked out upon what was left of Lalomanu, I was utterly shocked at the devastation. This village, which I later learned had the most fatalities, was simply no more. The surging waters had wreaked utter destruction.

One family, encamped in a salvaged home with tarpaulin covers, said they needed more help to reestablish themselves, and that many of their fellow villagers had moved inland because of their fear of the ocean, a recurring topic of discussion with the affected Samoans we met with. One woman I met with, as she looked out to sea, said she was afraid, or “fefe” of the ocean. The look in her eyes clearly demonstrated this fact. Particularly heart-rending was learning that so many children has perished, being unable to escape the rushing waters. Flowers marked the places where loved ones were lost. Bedding, clothing, tools, household goods, toys and building debris were scattered everywhere.

A later meeting I had with the Deputy Minister of Finance, Noumea Simi, helped me to understand what the beleaguered Samoan government was confronted with in reestablishing whole new villages inland from the ocean for devastated costal communities. Since so many affected villagers were terrified of living near the shore, the Government had to build roads, bring in power and put in infrastructure for these new inland communities, all the while having to rebuild the heavily damaged coastal village infrastructure for those Samoans not wanting to move away from their traditional home sites.


Tsunami-displaced families in parts of Samoa are living in makeshift shelters. Mercy Corps and its local partner, SPBD, has been helping meet their urgent needs with deliveries of critical supplies. Photo: Carol Ward for Mercy Corps

The following day, we travelled with representatives of our partner agency, South Pacific Business Development (SPBD), to the island of Manono to assess the cash-for-work program implemented the prior week by SPBD, and funded by Mercy Corps and Western Union. The cash-for-work program pays each villager needed cash for documented hours of work, typically at the end of the week, to do clean up and reconstruction.

After a slow boat ride from the eastern coast of Upolu, we arrived near the villages of Faleu and Lepuia’i. No vehicles of any kind are to be found on Manono, as the island is too small and isolated from the larger islands. The Manono villages, like others in Samoa, are nestled right up against the waters edge, to take advantage of cool breezes that keep the mosquitoes at bay and ensure proximity to the abundant supply of food take from the reef.

The earthquakes’ two tsunami surges had flowed over the village seawalls and destroyed homes and eroded foundations. Upon our arrival, we noticed numerous men in the village placing rocks in severely eroded areas of Lepuia’i village that threatened a home and the village church. Further down the coast, we saw extensive repair work to the seawall protecting both villages. For the past week, under the cash-for-work program, 51 men had done an amazing amount of restorative work to damaged seawalls and ground erosion.

Not only did major infrastructure repair work get done in these communities, but desperately needed cash was injected into their economies. Each worker earned 100 Samoa Tala, or about $40, for one week’s worth work, a significant amount of money where the per capita income is less than $1000 per year.

I had the privilege, along with our party, or accepting the heartfelt thanks, or “fa’afetai lava” of the village workers and chiefs for this badly needed program. They were truly amazed at the response of Mercy Corps and South Pacific Business Development to help their tiny island come back from this tragedy. Mercy Corps’ funding will help do more cash-for-work programming in Manono and the hardest hit areas of Upolu.

On the returning boat ride from Manono, as I looked out over the beautiful sea — the same sea that had caused so much pain and suffering to the wonderful Samoan people — I took great comfort knowing that the Samoan people were resilient and enduring, the same traits I recalled them having so many decades before.

Dr. Paul R. Polak Lecture

11/12/2009 7:30 pm
11/12/2009 7:30 pm

Come to this lecture and learn about design dedicated to developing practical solutions that attack poverty at its roots.

The speaker for the evening is Dr. Paul Polak, Founder and President of the Design for the Other 90% Board. For more on the current exhibit, Design for the Other 90%, running from now until February 27, 2009 at the Mercy Corps Action Center, go to http://www.mercycorps.org/other90.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30pm

Mercy Corps Community Room
28 SW 1st
Portland, OR

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Helping Assamese Women Go Back to School

Anami Bawri's greatest regret is leaving school at age nine because her parents wanted her to look after her younger siblings. Today, she is a daily-wage worker at Moran Tea Estate in Assam, India. And she is illiterate.

With funding from the Western Union Foundation, Mercy Corps is helping Anami and more than 300 other Assamese women learn to read and write.

Under a program called Women's Empowerment for Literacy (WEL), Mercy Corps worked with the Indian Government’s Department of Adult Education to design a special curriculum for the women, most of whom work in tea estates. In groups of about 20, the students attend two-hour classes six days a week. Trainers also make house visits to motivate the women to keep studying.

When Anami heard about the WEL program in a meeting of her self-help group, she was excited to join. Now she's a regular member of the class and is progressing fast. Her husband promises to let her handle the family expenses if she learns to read and write and do basic calculations. As the president of her self-help group, she now has the ability to keep the minutes of their meetings.

Anami proudly recalls a recent success: she and a group of co-workers were having lunch when their tea estate supervisor pointed to a signboard and asked, "Who can tell what's written here?"

Everybody became quiet. Anami then read out the words: khowa pani, or drinking water.

Western Union and Mercy Corps have been working together since 2007 to bring Western Union's "Our World, Our Family" program to life. Since the start of Mercy Corps' participation in "Our World, Our Family," we have helped more than 200,000 people through programs in China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

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Design For The Other 90%

10/22/2009
02/27/2010
10/22/2009
02/27/2010

Presented by Mercy Corps and The Lemelson Foundation, Design for the Other 90% features some of the most inspired inventions to improve the lives of low-income people around the world. Go to other90.cooperhewitt.org/about for complete information about this innovative and uplifting exhibition revealing the power of design to improve the lives of millions.

“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.

Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises

Curated by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Design for the Other 90% is made possible through the generous support of the following individuals, businesses and organizations:

Bart and Jill Eberwein; John and Jane Emrick; Glumac; Gray Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation; Hoffman Construction Company; KPFF Consulting Engineers; Gary Maffei and Marc Lintner; McKinstry Construction Corporation; Meyer Memorial Trust; Lindley Morton and Corrine Oishi; Dan and Tracy Oseran; Mark an Judy Peterman; Vesta Corporation; W+K and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects.

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Spring 2010 Rickshaw Run

03/28/2010
03/28/2010

Welcome Rickshaw Runners!

A warm welcome to all those taking part in the Spring 2010 Rickshaw Run, Mercy Corps is once again delighted to be one of the beneficiary charities for this fantastic event. This Spring, the route will see brave explorers travelling in their Auto Rickshaws from Cochin in Kerala to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

The event is pretty simple with no preparation and less luggage participants fly to the Indian Subcontinent to force 150cc of Indian engineering over thousands of miles of questionable terrain in around two weeks. For more details on the event itself, visit the Adventurists website.

This Spring 2010 event is extremely exciting for Mercy Corps, as the participants will fully fund a brand new project working with rural farming communities in the village of Jasodapur, Orissa. For more information about this project Click here

We know that fundraising can seem like a daunting task, but we are here to support you every step of the way. Our events coordinator Jennifer Adams will be delighted to hear from you, contact her on +44 (0) 131 662 5173 or email jadams@uk.mercycorps.org.

For further information on what we can do to help you fundraise click here

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Mongol Rally 2010

07/24/2010
07/24/2010

A warm welcome to all those taking part in the 2010 Mongol Rally, Mercy Corps is delighted to be a beneficiary charity for this fantastic event for the fourth year running. To date the Rallies have raised an unbelievable £416,000 for our ongoing work in Mongolia.

The 2009 Rally was a great success with 500 teams from across the globe taking part, raising an incredible £120,000 for Mercy Corps.

The Mongol Rally is not an event for the faint hearted, 10,000 miles in a car with about as much power as your hairdryer, not to mention no maps and no support unit! To find out more visit the the Adventurists website.

For details about the projects that you will support in 2010 click here.

For information on what the 2009 event supported click here.

We know that fundraising can seem like a daunting task, but we are here to support you every step of the way. Our events coordinator Jennifer Adams will be delighted to hear from you, contact her on +44 (0) 131 662 5173 or email jadams@uk.mercycorps.org

For further information on what we can do to help you fundraise click here.

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Fighting for their homes


Mercy Corps Program Manager Allison Huggins (left) stands with the widow's association near Bangui, Central African Republic. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps

In the Central African Republic (CAR), women’s rights here are few, and the enforcement of the laws is almost non-existent. Most women are not even aware they have many rights. In a country where almost 70 percent of women cannot read, this is not surprising.

Widows are a group that is particularly taken advantage of and discriminated against. It is common at the death of a woman’s husband that the in-laws will take all the property that is legally due to the wife and dependents. Even more common, is that the government will refuse to pay the pension payments the widow is entitled to upon her spouse’s death.

Mercy Corps is working with the Organization of Widows and Orphans of Central Africa, a group of more than 150 widows who have joined together to defend their property rights, as well as assist widows and orphans who need financial assistance. The Association of Women Lawyers — another partner of Mercy Corps’ Women’s Empowerment Project — provides free legal counseling to the women, who otherwise would not be able to afford legal fees to defend their rights and keep their property.

I went out with the Mercy Corps Women’s Empowerment Program Manager to meet several widows in the group and learn more about their challenges. Just outside of the capital, Bangui, we met at one of the widow’s association offices. I heard the painful and traumatic stories of several widows, but I also heard inspiring news from the association about how they have begun to have a real positive impact on defending the rights of the widows.

I spent the afternoon with Marcelinne Gbenou and her neighbor Angele Tikoro — both widows and members of the association. Marcelinne’s husband died last year and was survived by her and their six children, the youngest just four years old. They had a relatively good life prior to his death: two simple homes (one in the village and one in town), enough to eat and all the kids able to attend school. By average CAR standards, they were doing well.


After her brother-in-law sold her house, Marcelline had to negotiate to live in a one-room mud brick house with her six children. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps

When Marcelinne’s husband died, her brother-in-law came, sold their houses and kept the money for himself. No one questioned the sale of the homes, because it is common for a male to handle the financial transactions in CAR.

Marcelinne was left homeless and without any skills to earn a living and support her six children. Illiterate and never having attended school, Marcelinne was not aware of her rights and unable to navigate the complex legal system to defend her property.

She managed to find a charitable landlord who agreed to rent her a one-room mud brick shack for a very minimal fee. She moved her family in with the few items they had after selling off most of her possessions to pay for rent and food. Her eldest daughter dropped out of school and took a job as a maid to help the family survive.

When she moved into the rental home her new neighbor, Angele stopped in to welcome her. Angele, also a widow who had experienced similar problems when her husband died, urged Marcelinne to join the widow’s association so the group could assist her in taking her case to court.


Angele (left) and her friend Marcelline are both members of the widow's association, supported by Mercy Corps. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps

Angele told her about her case, when her in-laws attempted to take all her family’s property after her husband's death. She joined the widow's association, which got Angele a lawyer who agreed to handle her case for free and they took her case to court. After the first court meeting, the in-laws dropped their action and Angele has not heard from them for the past several years.

Now the widows’ association is taking up Marcelinne’s case to try to get her some of the money from the illegal sale of her homes. It is often a long and complicated process, but with the help of educated and trained lawyers Marcelinne and widows like her are starting to have a fighting chance to protect their property and provide for their children.

Mercy Corps and the widow’s association are also looking at ways to help widows help themselves. On the slate for this year are literacy and basic math classes, so widows are better equipped to manage their homes and exercise their rights.

Shipping Books to Zimbabwe Schools

It's hard to learn in Africa's schools without a basic textbook.

A recent UNICEF study in Zimbabwe reported there can be as few as one textbook for as many as 40 students in schools there — if there are any textbooks at all.

We shipped a 40-foot container of donated books to Goromonzi District, Mutare and Chitungwiza areas of Zimbabwe. One thousand high-school math books. Hundreds of elementary-level texts on reading drills and language skills. Dozens of university textbooks on science, engineering and economics.

We put a total of 21,000 books into the hands of eager schoolchildren. In fact, our shipment improved eightfold the textbook-to-student ratio in 50 schools.

It's all part of our effort to ensure access to essential and quality education for 12,000 orphans and other vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. One of the ways we do that is by furnishing schools in exchange for waiving tuition fees for poor children.

These textbooks are boosting teachers' morale and feeding the minds of children hungry to learn. Help us do more with a donation to our shipping appeal. Your $1 sends $70 worth of medicines, books, clothing and other critical supplies to people in need.

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Winter 2010 Rickshaw Run

01/01/2010
01/01/2010

Welcome Rickshaw Runners!

A warm welcome to all those taking part in the Winter 2010 Rickshaw Run, Mercy Corps is once again delighted to be one of the beneficiary charities for this fantastic event. This year the route will see brave explorers travelling in their Auto Rickshaws from the picturesque Himalayan town of Pokhara all the way to the Southern region of Cochin.

The event is pretty simple with no preparation and less luggage participants fly to the Indian Subcontinent to force 150cc of Indian engineering over thousands of miles of questionable terrain in around two weeks. For more details on the event itself, visit the Adventurists website.

This Winter 2010 event is extremely exciting for Mercy Corps, as the participants will fund a brand new project working with rural farming communities in the village of Jasodapur, Orissa. For more information about this project Click here

We know that fundraising can seem like a daunting task, but we are here to support you every step of the way. Our events coordinator Jennifer Adams will be delighted to hear from you, contact her on +44 (0) 131 662 5173 or email jadams@uk.mercycorps.org.

For further information on what we can do to help you fundraise click here

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International Crisis Group

Venezuela: Accelerating the Bolivarian Revolution

Against the spirit of the constitution, President Hugo Chávez is accelerating his “Bolivarian Revolution” by implementing radical laws that affect basic rights and liberties and thwart the political opposition’s fair chances in the September 2010 legislative elections. This update briefing examines how in 2009 the Chávez government has progressively abandoned core principles of liberal democracy. The executive has increased its power and provoked unrest internally by further politicising the armed forces and the oil sector. The government’s lack of capacity to correct serious deficiencies in the management of the state is provoking increasing social protest.

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Call for Proposals, United Nations Democracy Fund

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Project proposals should be submitted on-line between 16 November 2009 and 31 December 2009. Only on-line applications in either English or French will be accepted.

This is the Fourth Round of Funding to be launched by UNDEF, which was established by the UN Secretary-General in 2005 a…

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Strengthening Women's Organizations and Political Representation in the Middle East and North Africa

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Announcement Type: New
Funding Opportunity Number: NEAPI-09-CA-017-MENA-102809
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Date Opened: October 28, 2009
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Call for Submissions, biennial Dubai International Award for Best Practices that demonstrate a positive and tangible impact on improving the living environment of people particularly the poor

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The biennial Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP), organized by the Dubai Government and UN-HABITAT, has a total grant amount of US $480,000 for NGOs, CBOs, research organizations, bilateral, multilaterals, foundations and even individuals working o…

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Philantropia Survey: International Fundraising - Now More Important Than Ever?

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Peace journalism is when editors and reporters make choices – about what to report, and how to report it – that create opportunities for society at large to consider and to value non-violent responses to conflict.

If readers and audiences are furnished with such opportunities, but still decide they prefer war to peace, there is nothing more journalism can do about it, while remaining journal

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