Networklearning’s newest manual aims to give carers – and their supervisors – greater insight into the work that they do for their older clients.
Caring for The Elderly: Best Practice in Person-centred Care includes examples from colleagues in the field and exercises for learning skills.
Here is something to celebrate. In fact three lives to celebrate – those of the three women who jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. One of them is Leymah Gbowee, aged 39, for her work in mobilizing women from across Liberia’s ethnic and religious divides.
A PowerPoint Professional is needed on a volunteer basis by a non-profit Association. For a quality presentation of its mission and projects (High quality Education for the poorest children in developing countries). Italian text slides (around 30), hundreds of photos and youtube videos of similar projects available. Contact Mr. Giuseppe Spagnolo at giuseppespagnolo@yahoo.com
Big business, with its pursuit of profit at all costs, creates some huge problems in society. Such as poisoned environments, factories run with slave labour… and the process of globalisation is spreading them everywhere. So what can the little person do? Just this: make a conscious choice not to participate – and actively search out better alternatives. Because while the world is awash with stuff we don’t need, we definitely do need more ethical entrepreneurs. And, at the same time, conscious consumers. A nice example is Sanchi Bags, recently started up in India with the vision to promote the use of eco-friendly products and empower women. The idea is that the fashionable bags – including ones for laptops and tablets – will attract youth into the “go green” movement and become trendsetters across generations. The bags are made from locally-sourced biodegradable material and, most importantly, manufactured in their own households by suburban and rural woman homemakers. You can connect with Sanchi via their facebook page www.facebook.com/sanchibags
Caring for people with Physical Disabilities: Best Practice in Person-centred Care is now available in Arabic. Thanks to Mubarak for this translation.
This expanded edition of Bryan Walker’s manual is updated and restructured, and has a new section of games and learning activities. » Download directly from the Library
The people who publish Drum Beat are now bringing out another newsletter concentrating on HIV/AIDS. To subscribe to DB please send an email to drumbeat@comminit.com requesting to “subscribe: HIV”. The Comminit website also has an HIV/AIDS section with current issues and stories.