News Archive
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All you need to commemorate World Health Day
3 April 2012
Every year, World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.World Health Day is a global campaign, inviting everyone – from global leaders to the public in all countries – to focus on a single health challenge with global impact.
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Nelson Mandela digital archive goes live
28 March 2012
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, thanks to a $1,25m grant from the Google Cultural Institute, has launched a thoroughly searchable, fully interactive archive website that brings thousands of Nelson Mandela’s diaries, letters, books, interviews, video clips and much more, including reminisces from friends, colleagues and family members, to the global public.
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Funding operating costs on “Challenging Change”
27 March 2012
Donors are sometimes reluctant to provide funding for operational costs – salaries, administration, marketing, long-term strategic planning and so on – the ‘unsexy stuff’.
Tshikululu’s Adam Boros and Hangwi Manavhela believe that this approach adversely affects the ability of NGOs to make a meaningful impact in communities.
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All episodes of Challenging Change are archived in our audio gallery. Listen to Challenging Change on Mondays at 18:30 on Radio Today at 1485 AM or on DSTV audio channel 169, repeated on Thursdays at 19:20.
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The world is thirsty because it is hungry
22 March 2012
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March to focus attention on the importance of water and to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.This year’s global campaign, coordinated by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, highlights the relationship between water and food security.
