Many die in their attempts to reach the West, but Geeldoon lived to tell the tale. Since his safe return to Somaliland, he has set up a local organization to warn others of the dangers of tahriib (unregulated emigration) and encourage young people to build their futures at home instead.
We Kissed the Ground | Carrada Ayaan Dhunkannay offers the most extensive available account of tahriib and the brutal world of people trafficking.
We have been contacted by a colleague who works in Nagpur, India. She told us about the work her NGO is doing with urban spaces. The needs (rights) for children to play can be partly met by making parks safe, pleasant and used. The NGO has worked with the community to upgrade eight parks. Some of the parks have also had further work to make them accessible for disabled kids. This sounds like a great development field which is new to us. More info: http://www.esafindia.org/livable-cities-india.html and https://livablecitiesindia.wordpress.com
jhpiego is a new website for Health Workers run in association with Johns Hopkins. It seems to have good resources and they use language appropriate to a grassroots worker trained in English. Look at their resources about malaria , for example, Malaria – protecting mothers and their families .
We are pleased to announce the release of a new manual specifically designed to plug a gap – by helping NGOs in the Middle East and North Africa who want to do more in the field of Human Rights. A lot of consideration and cross-cultural consultation has gone into the making of An Introduction to Human Rights in the Middle East & North Africa – a Guide for NGOs . Note, for slow internet connections, we recommend to download the smaller (1Mb) PDF rather than the Word doc. We’re now have an Arabic language version of this title to join our growing list of manuals and resources in Arabic . Games are a great way to get behaviour change. So we thought we’d breathe new life into an old favourite – Having Healthy Babies: an Educational “Snakes and Ladders” Game gets across the key messages via a colourful game board and question cards. Full supporting information and instructions included! Finally, in case you didn’t notice it slip into our library in the summer: we have a handy 17-page guide to Managing the Project Cycle .
Networklearning’s Key Information Sheet on Advocacy – what is it, why is it important and the 10 steps to success – is now available in Arabic (3-page PDF). » Download directly from the Library Simple Devices to Assist the Physically Disabled is a manual of drawings of simple aids for the physically handicapped that can be made anywhere. There is now a version with Arabic introduction and notes (59-page PDF). The pictures themselves are self-explanatory. » Download directly from the Library
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Networklearning recently took the step to become a stichting – that is an officially registered body (in the Netherlands, where our core team is based) – with a written constitution: setting out our fundamental goals, the means we’ll use to achieve them, and how our organisation will be managed.
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