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On this page please find all general English articles and press releases.18 March 2013 Along the Winding Road (2012), A Gathering Storm (2010), Breathing Space (2009)
06 June 2012 Much work lies ahead for head of states, if the Rio +20 summit will lead to more than fine words. But it can be done, if politicians want it. ActionAid Denmark’s Kirsten Hjørnholm Sorensen is currently in New York to follow the latest round in the world's heads of states meet in Rio de Janeiro for the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development.
04 June 2012 The project ‘Youth Innovative Participation in Civic Engagement’ has been successful in activating youth in civil society issues and in making impacts in their local communities. One of the project’s five groups has succeeded in fighting environmental issues in Al Russaifa, which has lead to the reopening of Al-Russaifa Park.
04 June 2012 For two intensive weeks 8 Danish nursing- and therapist students from Metropol University College visited the Middle East as part of their studies. Arranged by ActionAid Denmark’s project Global Contact the young students visited hospitals in the occupied Palestinian territories in order to learn about the health care system in an international context.
04 June 2012 In April ActionAid Denmark’s training unit conducted a training of 30 working children in Jordan. The training took place in cooperation with the ‘Social Support Centre’ that is providing education for adolescents in the labour marked. Two Global Platform trainers prepared a programme focusing on self-improvement, gender related issues, communication and critical thinking, and described the outcome as very successful.
14 May 2012 As an Inspirator in Nepal, I worked with ActionAid’s partner organization, the Muslim Community Development and Awareness Centre, seeking to educate and empower Muslim women to advocate, organize, and exercise their legal rights.
10 May 2012 Towards the end of 2011, ActionAid Denmark underwent its largest evaluation since 2003. The overall outcome of the evaluation was overwhelmingly positive, with remarkably strong results from the stand-alone evaluation of the People4Change capacity building support programme.
03 April 2012 ActionAid Denmark participated in a celebration of the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March in Amman. At the one day gender conference they presented the idea of training gender ambassadors in civil society organizations in Jordan.
03 April 2012 More than 40 representatives from various CSOs, NGOs, youth groups and activists across the MENA region met in a 3-days conference in Beirut to discuss possibilities and challenges for the future role of civil society after the Arab Spring.
03 April 2012 Innovative and critical teaching methods, the active creation of job opportunities for youth, and the institutionalization of youth councils in the local government structure. This was some of the issues that the 18 West Bank Youth Local Councils raised at a national Youth Summit in Palestine.
22 March 2012 A summer camp, in the Beqaa area, in Lebanon has led young participants to make a project on drug problems in their local communities. The youth has expressed their excitement over the project and has found it very helpful in daily life.
08 March 2012 ActionAid MENA is promoting the cooperation of CSOs. The wish is to create strong alliances between organisations and mobilize large numbers of youth.
05 March 2012 “As I got more involved in my academic studies it made me realise that I am a citizen who is equal to any official.”
05 March 2012 “The theme of citizenship should be separate from party politics and be more critical of the social and political envirnoment.”
05 March 2012 “I didn’t realise that as a citizen I have the right and the duty to inform myself and also to find out what is happening in our municipality.”
05 March 2012 “She knows that her mother went to look for her, that I turned the world upside down to find out where she is and I hope to continue doing so until the day I die.”
05 March 2012 “I didn’t go back because my mother said “here we’ll get by one way or another”. So I started a business which is what I live off now."
05 March 2012 “I didn’t know what a business plan was before but thanks to the training we have received I now know what a business plan is for.”
05 March 2012 “As a result of the training I now see things differently. I don’t want to be the same as before, I want to get out of this situation of underdevelopment in which we live.”
05 March 2012 “It’s like a raffle, you don’t know if you’ll win or lose. There’s something there but you don’t know if it’s real or just a dream.”
05 March 2012 “We all came to an agreement, without undermining anybody. We took into account everyone’s opinions and suggestions, and agreed that we would work together on the coffee.”
05 March 2012 “We have put in the effort and put into pratice what we have seen to be successful ways of producing on other plots of land or in other places.”
15 February 2012 A film about Activista’s work in Nepal: Youngsters stand together for a better future.
24 January 2012 ActionAid Denmark has undergone the largest evaluation since 2003, and the conclusions are predominantly positive.
05 December 2011 Enjoy your coffee while you have it. Cause in the future a good cup of mocha will be harder to come by – and the cost will rise. Climate changes are demanding a great sacrifice.
21 November 2011 Many families in Rafael in eastern Zambia only had enough food to eat one meal a day three years ago. Today they have converted to conservation farming which has improved their livelihood hugely.
09 November 2011 Palestinian girls should be able to express themselves and the stories of their daily lives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through new technology
03 November 2011 New inputs have come to Palestinian partner organisations. Ane, Camilla and Amy are ActionAid Denmark's new Inspirators in the West Bank.
18 October 2011 The two first weeks of October was a time of theater and performance for civic engagement in Amman. Development workers, youth activists, actors, clowns and other artists from the region were gathered to discuss and explore the possibilities of engaging youth through performing arts
10 October 2011 A lot of things are happening in these months, including the arrival of six new trainers, who will be working to train young people from all over the region.
03 October 2011 RAPOLITICS is a Danish association that works with urban musical expressions, appreciative communication and democratic awareness among young people in Denmark and the Middle East.
27 September 2011 Activists from ActionAid Denmark dived into a milk-pool Tuesday the 27th at Nytorv in Copenhagen to protest against the EU’s agricultural subsidies and their damaging effects on poor farmers in Bangladesh.
27 September 2011 Massive subsidies in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy are putting local farmers in poor countries out of business, reveals a new report by ActionAid.
27 September 2011 Every year the dairy giant Arla Foods is exporting huge amounts of milk powder to Bangladesh. A new report from ActionAid criticizes the export: It creates unfair competition in Bangladesh, where local farmers are forced to lower their prices, thereby hindering their ascent out of poverty.
12 September 2011 Meet Shatha Daqaq. She has since July 1st been Youth Officer for ActionAid in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Born and raised in Palestine, she sees it as the goal for her country to develop a healthy civil society of its own.
11 September 2011 In July the Global Platform in Amman was filled to capacity. Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian and, for the first time, also Egyptian youth gathered for a three week educational course, Training of Trainers (ToT). Two of the participants, Ibrahim & Nasma, take stock of their stay.
08 September 2011 Meet ActionAid Denmark's new Youth and Capacity Development Adviser in MENA, Anindita Dutta Roy.
24 July 2011 For ten days, 16 members of youth organizations and young people from the MENA region have participated in an intensive course about teaching life skills and enhancing youth participation through sports.
19 July 2011 26-year old Abdurahman from Jordan attended the Global Change Course in Copenhagen. Read his account here
23 June 2011 A new narrative report outlines the activities and results of ActionAid Denmark's regional youth programme in the Middle East and North Africa in 2009-2010. The report includes many interviews with young Arabs and Danes participating in the programme.
19 June 2011 The Inspirator program is showing excellent results in Honduras and Nicaragua.
19 April 2011 “Why should we fight wasta when we would all benefit from it anyway if we got the chance?”, said a critical participant when the campaign topic was introduced at the leadership training in Amman.
18 April 2011 Two days of intensive workshopping in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) method at ActionAid regional office.
10 April 2011 Interview with Nicola Bay, Middle East Director of ActionAid Australia
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
31 March 2011 Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.
13 March 2011 The Music for Change project in Jordan has finished its pilot period and is now ready for the next phase.
22 February 2011 Activista has now come to the Middle East. The first Activista event was launched in Amman, Jordan, with great enthusiasm and large attendance.
16 February 2011 Interview with Nadeen Fares, programme manager of Reaching Beyond the Wall, a new project in Gaza
16 February 2011 Global Contact is launching a new initiative with professional volunteers, as four Danish nurse interns have just arrived in Hebron
25 January 2011 Meet Lucas in Gaza, Suma in Nairobi, Kenya and Adam in the Kibera slums. Explore how they work - all examples of ActionAid Denmark's new personnel program in developing countries.
20 December 2010 A group of Danish volunteers together with young Palestinians have started out debate meetings in Hebron, Palestine. Youth from Palestine and Denmark have attended the meetings.
17 December 2010 ActionAid – Action on Rights: Human Rights Based Approach Resource Book.
08 December 2010 It is important that ActionAid is in the Middle East and is taking part in strenghtening the movement for social change that is in the region, Trine Pertou Mach, chairwoman of ActionAid Denmark, believes.
02 December 2010 SABMiller is evading tax in developing countries like Zambia, an ActionAid report has stated. But Zambian Breweries, a subsidiary of SABMiller strongly rejected the allegations made through a widely publicised report released on Monday saying it lacks accuracy and merit.
01 December 2010 ActionAid Zambia calls for accountability in the fight against HIV/AIDS and for the protection of Human rights
10 November 2010 ActionAid Denmark appoints Lesbia Morales from Nicaragua as new country director to Nicaragua and Honduras. She has long-term experience from development work in both international NGOs, civil society organisations and government institutions.
01 November 2010 Civil society organisations in three counties of Southern Sudan have come together in a network focused on civic education. Together, they will co-ordinate to improve the relationship between local authorities and civil society and to avoid duplicating activities.
31 October 2010 31 participants, five from Syria and 26 from Jordan were participating in a Global Platform training over four days on how to facilitate participatory processes.
”One of the topics that came up during the training was about finding solutions on how to engage young people in their local communities around the Middle East,” Hanaa Jumaa, one of the eight voluntary trainers facilitating the four days workshop, said.
”One of the topics that came up during the training was about finding solutions on how to engage young people in their local communities around the Middle East,” Hanaa Jumaa, one of the eight voluntary trainers facilitating the four days workshop, said.
25 October 2010 When members of the parliament in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan, wants to know what is happening in their constituencies, they either have to spend hours on bumpy dirt roads – or they pick up the latest issue of the Maruba Newsletter.
18 October 2010 In Mugwo Payam, Southern Sudan, the local government consults a civil society organisation before they introduce new policies or make development plans.
05 October 2010
02 October 2010 A group of young Jordanians are forming a local Activista network of young people aiming at fighting hunger.
21 September 2010 MS partners in Yei, Morobo and Nimule in Southern Sudan celebrated the International Day of Democracy with dialogues between the people and their elected representatives.
10 September 2010 CEFORD and Yei Community Resource Centre have developed a new board game teaching the participants about democratic values and citizen's rights in Southern Sudan.
10 September 2010 Community Education Resource Centre in Nimule has established a closer link and dialogue with the community.
10 September 2010 A women's association and a youth group have successfully put women and youth on the agenda in Terekeka County,
10 September 2010 Information officer Janne Bruvoll will leave Southern Sudan for Denmark in October 2010.
10 September 2010 When MS Sudan leaves by the end of the year, all assets will be handed over to its partners – in cash or kind.
10 September 2010 Two representatives from MS Sudan's partners took part in youth project in Denmark together with 17 participants from Central America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
02 September 2010 The president of the local community Committee in Jebal al-Hussein in Amman would like to create a project similar to the Zarqa project ’Youth Voices through Alternative Media’ in her area.
- I would like the kids in Jebal al-Hussein to do film and radio here too, the committee Chairperson, Afaf Safadi says.
- I would like the kids in Jebal al-Hussein to do film and radio here too, the committee Chairperson, Afaf Safadi says.
25 August 2010 Aboard the Middle East Expedition cross-cultural bridges were built, cross-cultural friendships arose and both Arabs and Danes learned that their opinions matter and that ideas can turn into real projects.
15 August 2010 A girl is sitting on the floor with her hands covering her face, while another girl is walking around reciting a poem, she has written to her fiancée working far away in Iraq as a doctor.
”You and me and the silence, just the silence. The prettiest language is the language of the eyes, but it is also the most difficult when it comes to love. We see each other but we never see anything. I just need to hear one word, just one word. Tell me you love me, it is all I need.”
”You and me and the silence, just the silence. The prettiest language is the language of the eyes, but it is also the most difficult when it comes to love. We see each other but we never see anything. I just need to hear one word, just one word. Tell me you love me, it is all I need.”
12 August 2010 Kenya has done it! Citizens have overwhelmingly voted in a new constitution. The new constitution heralds a new beginning for the country. It addresses political patronage, gender disparity, negative ethnicity and land grabbing; issues which have afflicted Kenya since independence.
01 August 2010 People laughed, cried and cheered when the play ”Ehna Meen” (”Who am I?”), was shown in the Royal Cultural Centre in Amman.
A group of young people born in Zarqa and still living there were telling their own personal stories on stage through storytelling, theatre, dance performance and break dance.
A group of young people born in Zarqa and still living there were telling their own personal stories on stage through storytelling, theatre, dance performance and break dance.
22 July 2010 Civil society in Yei, Southern Sudan gathers all its strength to prepare the voters for historic referendum. MS supports civic and voter education initiatives.
21 July 2010 Women from more than 50 villages in Zambia’s Central Province gathered together last week to give a piece of their minds to their chiefs. Nervous but certain the women asked for better rights and access to land. For most of them it was the first time to kneel down before their chief and express their concerns.
09 July 2010 After courses carried out by one of MS Mozambique´s partners, poor villagers got knowledge and courage to confront white South Africans with the trouble their constructions of lodges on a beach in Southern Mozambique had caused to the local community.
02 July 2010 When MS leaves Sudan in December, the organisation’s partners will lose an important supporter. Therefore, MS offers a number of courses which will help the partners take care of themselves.
27 June 2010 On the 26th of May the official launch of MS ActionAid Denmark’s program in Zarqa took place. The aim of the day was to create awareness of the work of MS and its strategic partners in Jordan.
16 June 2010 This spring the Regional Office of MS ActionAid Denmark (MS) in Amman turns into a Global Platform for the MENA region. This expansion will lead to many new activities and opportunities for cultural exchange and training of young people from all over the world.
04 June 2010 Activista is coming to America – or at least to Latin America. Eighteen youths have met to create the basis for a more vivid movement for activism on the continent.
04 June 2010 Video with comments and reflections on the first Latin American Activista seminar, May 2010.
25 May 2010 The first weekend in April 2 young Palestinians and 2 young Syrians travelled to Copenhagen to participate in the 6 day long International Leader Training Seminar organized by MS. Here is a postcard from the four young Arabs.
21 May 2010 The civil society organisations CEAP now serves three counties with relevant information through its Maruba Newsletter.
21 May 2010 The voter education done by the MS Sudan partners reached more people and areas than expected.
21 May 2010 Training advisor Camilla Ankerstjerne will leave Southern Sudan in June.
21 May 2010 In connection with the annual meeting, all partners took part in a civil society marketplace at Kegulu Centre outside Yei town and had to present themselves.
21 May 2010 In February, MS Sudan invited its partners for its last annual meeting. The closure of the MS Sudan programme was the main topic discussed.
21 May 2010 During a civic engagement workshop, the partners of MS Sudan came up with many ideas on how they can work with the new elected leaders of Southern Sudan and the states.
20 May 2010 Mary Banda has fought and won over a Zambian tradition that gives women less rights to land than men.
20 May 2010 Not all is well in the Zambian justice systems. The soon to be published findings of the Access to Justice project highlight some shortcomings in the way the justice system functions, starting from the Police, Legal Aid Board, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, all the way to the Courts (both local and traditional) and prisons around the country.
20 May 2010
Despite the drop in international food prices since 2008 food prices in Zambia continue to grow. MS Zambia has produced a report which explores the reasons for this.
Despite the drop in international food prices since 2008 food prices in Zambia continue to grow. MS Zambia has produced a report which explores the reasons for this.
20 May 2010 The mining for manganese in Luapula Province in Zambia is a mixed blessing to the people of the province, reveals a new report done by Civil Society for Poverty Reduction in Luapula.
20 May 2010 The mining for manganese in Luapula Province in Zambia is a mixed blessing to the people of the province, reveals a new report done by Civil Society for Poverty Reduction in Luapula.
20 May 2010 Early marriages continue to be a barrier against development in Luapula Province in Zambia, as girls from as low as grade 5 and grade 6 are married of by their families.
20 May 2010 Though SACCORD has temporarily regained its NGO-status after a six-year battle with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the future of the Zambian organisation is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.
20 May 2010 Three years ago Humphrey Zulu was a volunteer for the Anti Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) in Zambia. Then, he helped the organisation in the Voter Education Campaigns. Today he works as their Youth Mobilization and Campaigns Officer.
19 May 2010 MS ActionAid Denmark's "inspirator pilot programme" holds great potentials and is a sharing of ideas and experience that can provide highly needed capacity building of partner organisations across borders and add value to our development programmes, says the ActionAid country directors from Uganda and Zimbabwe.
05 April 2010 My stay in the Burj Ash-Shamali Camp in Tyre, Lebanon, involved everything from warm new friendships, frustration about the miserable conditions within the camps and magnificent cultural and religious experiences.
24 March 2010 Can a girl make it as a rapper? Can a man be accepted as a belly dancer? Around 25 young men and women gathered Thursday evening to break down stereotypes about the two sexes.
15 March 2010 In five weeks, the Democracy Bus supported by MS reached more than 7500 Sudanese with information about democracy and the elections expected to take part in Sudan in April 2010.
11 March 2010 ActionAid is distributing tarpaulin sheets to 3,000 families – 18,000 people – in earthquake-struck areas of Haiti.
10 March 2010 Since the start of February six young Danes have been placed in the MENA region in three different organizations which all aims at empowering youth.
08 March 2010
25 February 2010 The 4th of February 30 young people ended the third round of shows with a great performance in the largest center of culture in Zarqa. The 30 participants have participated in setting up the show, writing the lyrics and the texts.
25 February 2010 In the newsletter for March 2010, the director Kristian S. Petersen reflects on civic ations in Tanzania.
25 February 2010 In February 2010, Miri Davidson worked as an intern for the Information Officer of MS Tanzania. This involved both working in the office in Dar es Salaam and a field trip to Kiteto District. The experience enabled her to gain a small but valuable glimpse into the large, complicated world of NGO-driven development.
11 February 2010 PAC encourages the partners to make use of the abilities and support MS Sudan has given them and promises to do their best to secure funding beyond 2010.
11 February 2010 Due to unfulfilled funding expectations and a merger with ActionAid International, MS Denmark has decided to close the MS Sudan programme.
11 February 2010 A Democracy Bus is bringing civic educators, musicians and actors to villages in three counties in Southern Sudan with information about democracy and elections.
10 February 2010 Development of organised smallholder coffee enterprises and the introduction of sustainable agricultural practices are improving the livelihoods of 1700 farmers in Southern Tanzania. A farmer-to-farmer extension system, market linkages and access to credit are key elements of the initiative.
10 February 2010 Bagamoyo District Council and MS Tanzania are partnering with pastoralist organisation NARAMATISHO to improve the livelihood of livestock keepers. Establishment of milk collection centres has led to better incomes which go directly to the Maasai women, empowering them in their daily lives.
10 February 2010 Pernille Bærendtsen is leaving Tanzania for Copenhagen after almost five years working for MS in East Africa. Here she is interviewed by a colleague for the newsletter.
01 February 2010 July 1st 2010 will be a historic day for MS Tanzania. Sixteen former staff members will the position themselves in their new chairs in the offices of ActionAid International Tanzania.
28 January 2010 MSTZAADK’s Land Rights programme was reviewed in September 2009 as part of MSAADK's review of its land rights work. The review in Tanzania was the last country programme review following reviews in Zambia and Nepal earlier in 2009.
24 January 2010 In the beginning of the new year 25 Jordanian school teachers from the town of Zarqa chose to use a week of their vacation on learning how to use sport as a tool in developing social skills. The target group is the youth of Zarqa who will through their teachers learn about conflict resolution, team building and self-confidence.
21 January 2010 The international community must act to ensure the safety of women and girls following the earthquake in Haiti, ActionAid said today.
13 January 2010 ActionAid has appointed Canadian national Joanna Kerr, 42, as the next new international chief executive, based at its headquarters in South Africa.
01 January 2010 From 1st January 2010 the MS Uganda country program will be managed and administered by ActionAid Uganda in close consultation and cooperation with MS ActionAid Denmark and ActionAid International.
23 December 2009 Check our big gallery with lots of pictures from the climate debt agents' many missions during the COP15 Summit.
16 December 2009 New video with the climate debt agents. Produced by ActionAid during the COP15 in Copenhagen.
15 December 2009 Canada became the target of a spoof media story by ActionAid and the Yesmen as progress to reduce its emission levels is so slow.
14 December 2009 ActionAid today backed the African group’s call for the Kyoto Protocol to be strengthened.
10 December 2009 As negotiators in Copenhagen struggle to break the climate deadlock, eyes are turning to Brussels, where heads of states and governments today meet for the European Council. The EU was expected to play a leading role in Copenhagen but so far little ambition has been shown.
09 December 2009 North of Amman is the city of Zarqa located. Zarqa is the 2. biggest city in Jordan and was originally a Palestinian refugee camp. This area is dusty, warm and dry most days of the year. Here the lack of water is a daily challenge and not just a blog post.
27 November 2009 Se the Activista video with worldwide impressions from World Food Day 16 October 2009.
27 November 2009 Spokespersons from MS / ActionAid, posted information workers and student-activists from our Global Change education blog on climate crisis and climate debt during the COP15 Summit in Copenhagen.
17 November 2009 MS ActionAid's climate debt agents dressed in red suits took action during the last Pre-COP meeting before the COP15 Climate Summit starts in Copenhagen in December.
17 November 2009 The halls of Mount Smash north of Beirut are now empty once again. But for five days they were occupied by 55 young Danes and Lebanese doing leader-training workshops, campaigns, energizers and having lots of fun together.
11 November 2009 In February and March 2010, MS Sudan and a number of its partners will visit local communities in the Greater Yei area in a tour called ‘Democracy Bus’.
11 November 2009 A number of civic and voter education materials are ready to be used by MS Sudan partners and other interested organisations. And more are to come.
04 November 2009 With global climate changes causing unpredictable rainfalls, and with traditional farming methods lowering the quality of the soils, Zambian farmers are looking for alternative methods to be able to survive.
04 November 2009 On October 16th, the annual Civil Society Day march took place in Lusaka, Zambia. See pictures from the event here.
03 November 2009 In 2005 construction began on a rural health centre in Zambia. 4 years later it still wasn't finished. But then the villagers had an idea.
03 November 2009 Sometimes it takes a dramatic event to make serious changes in your life and priorities. Sometimes it just takes a workshop in Zambia.
03 November 2009 Morgan Mwangala, a volunteer of the Youth Association of Zambia, has just returned from a study trip on climate responsibility in Denmark.
03 November 2009 Lukulu district in Zambia's Western Province has previously received most vegetable supplies from Mumbwa and Lusaka. This year, however, the story is different.
03 November 2009 In Zambia, many are not aware that diseases can be caused by cold dry weather. ActionAid Zambia has set out to improve the health of children, suffering from weather related illnesses.
30 October 2009 Before and during the climate summit, MS ActionAid Denmark will be present with red-dressed climate agents, reminding the rich countries to pay their climate debt.
28 October 2009 MS Sudan and its partners have now fully engaged in voter education activities. The focus is on innovative and participatory methods.
27 October 2009 According to the commissioner of Yei River County in Southern Sudan, civil society has an important role to play in the development of the country and he therefore appreciates the work of MS and its partners.
26 October 2009 According to MS, the government of Southern Sudan must give high priority to the development of local democratic structures if democracy is to make sense for the individual Southern Sudanese.
24 October 2009 In Kajo Keji in Southern Sudan, the MS Sudan supported Kajo Keji Resource Centre has taking the initiative in creating a voter education coalition.
15 October 2009 Thanks to a women association supported by MS Sudan, the women in a remote area in Southern Sudan are taking control of their own lives.
29 September 2009 What is citizenship, and is it at all possible in a country like Jordan? These question were raised when the MS ActionAid Denmark office in Amman invited youth to discuss citizenship.
16 September 2009 The political parties promised to be tolerant towards each other as they took part in the celebrations of the International Day of Democracy in Yei River County.
03 September 2009 Many parts of Zambian life are influenced by tradition. In some cases, however, Zambian traditions are in direct violation of women and children’s rights.
03 September 2009 After a school debate on democratic leadership, the students at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Yei, Southern Sudan, went to the county office and complained about their headmaster. As a result, the headmaster was fired.
02 September 2009 Review recognizes MS Central America’s efforts in Trade Justice. The programme is “in fact successfully tackling one of the main challenges of small farmers and producers.”
02 September 2009 Six Sudanese youths have participated in an international youth camp in Masindi, Uganda, organised by East African Network in Sports & Development.
01 September 2009 The Zambian president, Rupiah Banda, has given his assent to the NGO-bill on August 28th, thereby finalizing the process of passing the much debated law, which many say will be detrimental to a free Zambian Civil Society.
01 September 2009 Recently, more global corporations are looking at Africa in a different way, not seeing the hungry, but rather, noticing the extensive land mass.
01 September 2009 In order to gain influence on development in your local area, you need to be where the decisions are made. And that is exactly where MS Zambia Partner Luapula CSPR is now.
27 August 2009 Dialogue is the only way to change things, said one of Jordan's famous imams, when 19 Danes from the MS Next Stop project met him for a two hour discussion about Islam.
21 August 2009 Myriam from Lebanon participates in the MS ”Tracing Climate Responsibility” project in Denmark. Her hope is to raise awareness about climate issues in her home country.
17 August 2009 From Dar to København to Jylland to hitchhiking as a climate detective.
13 August 2009 Several people in the audience began to cry when the young participants in a theatre project in one of Jordan's refugee camps gave a selected audience a preview on their show.
09 August 2009 Only a fraction of the thousands of the CSOs working in Jordan are capable of writing professional funding proposals.
27 July 2009 For three months Danish Lene and Camilla have been teaching English at a school in Zarqa. The city is known to be one of poorest and most conservative areas in all of Jordan.
20 July 2009 MS' activities in the Middle East have expanded. MS MENA is now focusing on youth in one of Jordan's poorest areas.
17 July 2009 MS Sudan supports resource centres because access to information is crucial in strengthening local democracy in Southern Sudan.
30 June 2009 The Zambian Government intends to revive the much criticized NGO Bill during the next sitting of parliament on July 14th.
30 June 2009 The 2009 Global Corruption Barometer recently launched by Transparency International (TI) shows that Zambians have little faith in their officials and politicians.
30 June 2009 Traditional leaders in Chipata in Zambia are now giving women land
30 June 2009 Eight young volunteers from Denmark recently finished a 3 month stay in Zambia. It turned out to be a very good – if sometimes challenging – experience.
30 June 2009 While Civil Society is essential to promote land security for the poorest, it is vital that central government implements a pro-poor agriculture policy to compliment these efforts.
30 June 2009 Great uncertainty prevails among the rural villagers in Kawambwa district in Zambia. Government and traditional leaders have earmarked their land to establish a farm block.
29 June 2009 Nina Bak Nielsen from Fjerritslev in Denmark has lived her life in ”African style” the past three months. It is not an experience for the faint of heart.
23 June 2009 The Nepal government has unofficially declared the exemption of loans that has been taken by generations of Haliyas (bonded labourers) in the far-western region.
22 June 2009 In continuation of previous changes to our Danish website, we have given our English pages a face-lift including both cosmetic and structural changes and also changes regarding the content.
20 June 2009 "Bright Green Youth" is a youth climate camp starting August 8th as a joint cooperation between Danfoss Universe and MS ActionAid Denmark, involving 500 young people from 45 countries.
15 June 2009 A political earthquake is needed in order to reach a just deal in Copenhagen in December – concludes ActionAid climate coordinator Tom Sharman at the end of UN climate talks in Bonn.
15 June 2009 Humphrey Pole Pole visited Denmark in April 2009 and MS Action Aid Denmark’s actionmagazine met him at the entrance stairs to the Danish parliament as the Africa Commission presented its recommendations for elimination of poverty in Africa.
11 June 2009 19-year-old Maja Tandrup Pedersen, originally from Gelsted in Denmark, has been teaching young people in Zambia for three months – even though she isn't very much older than her pupils.
11 June 2009 The first partner in MS Tanzania/Action Aid Denmark’s new partner portfolio, which was in the process of being revised, is CORDS. On Friday May 15 the Director of CORDS, Lillian Looloitai, signed the partnership agreement between CORDS and MS Tanzania/Action Aid Denmark.
08 June 2009 A film about ActionAid's support to a climate adaptation project in the poor and densely populated delta area in Bangladesh which will be hit hard by global warming and climate change.
08 June 2009 Malou Christensen and Catrine Gangergaard went directly from graduating their high school in Denmark to Zambia in Africa, where they are now living and teaching.
07 June 2009 Rats, scorpions, and 14-year-old married girls, are just some of the things Jonathan and Sinne from Denmark have had to get used to while living in northern Zambia for the past three months.
02 June 2009 Astrid Knudsen and Marie Jæger, two young Danish women, have become experts in body language, after living among the Bemba people in northern Zambia for the past three months.
28 May 2009 Emmanuel Kisota is Akiye by tribe. They used to live in baobab trees and from what nature could provide them. Now, their livelihood is threatened by land grabbers.
21 May 2009 Yei Community Resource Centre has had a busy beginning of 2009 so far and as a new activity, the centre offers election exercises.
15 May 2009 A unique initiative known as the “Democracy Caravan” is now in Masindi, trying to resuscitate the idea of public trust by using community theatre to increase citizens’ participation in public life.
12 May 2009 Papiya had no support when her husband left her. Traditionally, women are not allowed to own land in that area in Tanzania. But Papiya went to the village council and was assigned a plot.
04 May 2009 Interface meetings between the district leaders and the taxpayers, is an opportunity to demand for information and accountability
30 April 2009 Morogoro Paralegal Centre (MPLC) uses a network of volunteers and paralegal district offices to empower women and children living in rural areas of Morogoro region. The centre provides the information and support needed by poor women and children to realise their rights in the areas of property inheritance, domestic violence and sexual abuse.
29 April 2009 From January to April 2009 Janne Jørgensen visited Tanzania to research for her finals in Educational Anthropology. The frame was 'Conceptions of Democracy within the organisational structure of MS Tanzania' and as an appendix to she went to Njombe Agricultural Development Organisation (NADO) - one of MS Tanzania's partners.
28 April 2009 Many poor villagers in southern Nepal do not have ownership of their land.
23 April 2009 A new network supported by MS Sudan has inspired women and youth in Ombasi in Southern Sudan to organise themselves.
07 April 2009 Traditionally, Sudan has had a strong civil society. But since 1989, civil society has been increasingly restricted by the government.
07 April 2009 In this analysis of civil society in Southern Sudan, MS Sudan Programme Officer Don Bosco Malish argues that the civil society sector in the region must become more effective and better coordinated.
03 April 2009 Female farmers of the Lukafi Farmer's group have doubled their yields by discarding traditional farming methods. But it is not only farming traditions, which have changed.
03 April 2009 When local development is decided by a central government, not much good comes of it. In Samfya in Zambia, citizens are fighting for their right to be heard.
03 April 2009 In Zambia, Chipata District Farmer’s Association has come up with a new and innovative way of ensuring equal access to land for women.
03 April 2009 Women do not usually decide much in Zambia. But things are changing in Luangwa, where a concerted effort to include women is paying off.
18 March 2009 The International Land Coalition (ILC) will hold its 2009 Conference and Assembly of Members in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 21-24. The event will be hosted by MS partner CSRC.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
17 March 2009 Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.
10 March 2009 Critics argue that imposing policies, sequences of reform, and spending priorities has done more harm than good ...
10 March 2009 ... the donor support has become much more effiecient, and with time, the end result will serve the MDGs.
10 March 2009 We become part of a large, international network, which empowers poor to participate in the development of their own countries.
10 March 2009 ... despite the Danish support, the agricultural associations have not led to success.
19 February 2009 It generally takes 2-4 years to acquire a titled land plot in Petauke, Zambia. But the worst problem is the misinformation and mismanagement of legal procedures.
19 February 2009 In the area of gender policy, Zambian president Rupiah Banda is clearly not following former president Mwanawasa’s legacy, as he had promised.
19 February 2009 MS Zambia Partner, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), has helped a woman reunite with her children in their shelter for battered women.
12 February 2009 Rose Jena is chairwoman for the advisory council for MS Zimbabwe and participates in the "Women for Influence" initiative.
12 February 2009 Ednah Bhala is director of Musasa Project, fighting gender based violence, and she participates in the "Women for Influence" initiative.
12 February 2009 Cleopatra Ndlovu is director of Women in Politics Support Unit and participates in the "Women for Influence" initiative.
12 February 2009 Video statements from three strong women in Zimbabwe, all part of the "Women for Influence" project - Cleopatra Ndlovu, Ednah Bhala and Rose Jena.
12 February 2009 Signe Juel Rasmussen tells about her work as a global volunteer, teaching street kids in Tanzania.
12 February 2009 Rosa Ølgaard tells about her work as a global volunteer, teaching kids in Uganda.
12 February 2009 Global volunteers tell their stories working in Tanzania and Uganda and about a Next Stop tour to Syria and Lebanon.
12 February 2009 Marina Buch Kristensen tells about her work as an advisor in a NGO fighting corruption in Uganda, and Jasper Tumuhimbise from the NGO comments on her efforts.
12 February 2009 Luiz Chavez from Brazil tells about his work as an inspirator for a "Forum Theatre" group in Mozambique and Zaina Raja from the group comments on his efforts.
12 February 2009 Linda Ncube from Seychelles tells about her work with information and advocacy in Zimbabwe.
12 February 2009 Marina Buch Kristensen from Denmark, Luiz Chavez from Brazil and Linda Ncube from Seychelles tell their stories working with development in Uganda, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
15 January 2009 Nepal: Kapilvastu partner SSDC is preparing to built four new green schools in conjunction with MS, a Danish building company and the district education office.
12 January 2009 According to the Local Self-Governance Act of Nepal, project proposals from local women are supposed to be the driving force in the planning of activities for women’s development.
06 January 2009 Nepal: You don't have to be litterate or member of a women's group for years to take part in local democracy. In Banke one new women's group got money for a new road from local authorities.
14 December 2008 Chizilo citizens in Chipata District in Zambia are currently in a dilemma. They have been living and farming their area for a long time, but are now at the centre of an eviction notice.
13 December 2008 Bio-fuel production on a large commercial scale can jeopardise the livelihood of small-scale farmers. A new forum has been established in Zambia to protect their rights.
11 December 2008 On Sunday, 3 May 2009, MS fundraises nationally in Denmark in favour of poor women's access and rights to land in Tanzania, Zambia and Nepal.
22 November 2008 With the support of MS Sudan, the people in greater Yei area in Southern Sudan can now listen to public service radio.
21 October 2008 If you are living on the Chief's land, you might get evicted, but living on the state's land costs money. To the poorest people in Zambia, land access can be a question of life and death.
21 October 2008 The Zambian government's fertilizer support programme is rocked with corruption and takes resources away from the very farmers it intended to serve.
16 October 2008 Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort will pay a visit to MS TCDC on November 6th, where they are to attend a course in 'Good Local Governance'.
10 October 2008 Bardiya, Nepal: How can a green and earthquake safe school be built in 20 days? View the process or read the daily diary and tips.
01 October 2008 This is not a political rally but a scene from an unusual drama school, in a grimy hotel in Nakapiripirit...
17 September 2008 25 young Kenyans from 15 different communities are traveling the country to promote peace
15 September 2008 Nepal: BASE Bardiya is building a new climate responsive, cheap and participatory school in just 20 days.
05 September 2008 MS Kenya partner Yiaku People’s Association have been talking against Female Genitale Mutilation in several nationwide media over the past few weeks.
25 August 2008 Morogoro Paralegal Center (MPLC) has managed to get major funding (a strategic grant) from the Foundation for Civil Society focusing on women’s access to land in Mvomero
25 August 2008 MS-Tanzania shares experiences with partners and their collaborators in the districts: Farmers are sidelined by complicated planning procedures, guidelines in English and serious delay of money for activities
24 August 2008 Support to fertilizers in Zambia is increasing, but rising food prices and environmental and climate changes might negate the efforts to impact the living conditions of the poor.
24 August 2008 Zambian youth are not traditionally part of the decision making processes. But this is about to change.
24 August 2008 Has it been worth it, or should I have used my energy on another crop? This is a question many Zambian cotton farmers are asking themselves.
20 August 2008 From 19th to 29th of August 14 young democracy detectives are hitch hiking around Denmark. Two young Nepalies give their first accounts on the Danish democracy.
15 August 2008 Roger Chongo has begun giving his children pocket money. He also includes them in the planning for the farming of his land. This is because he has learned that democracy starts at home.
15 August 2008 With 80 pupils to a classroom, Chongwe in Zambia needed a new primary school. But there was no land availabe to build it, before the new Lands Committee looked into the matter.
12 August 2008 Report on Conflict Management in southern Nepal: The civil society organisations in Kapilvastu are fed up with donors coming as disaster tourists in their big white cars.
11 August 2008 Advocacy Forum urges all Nepalese NGOs working with Peace and Reconciliation to pressurize the government to include the voice of the people in their work.
01 August 2008 Seven months after the Kapilvastu riots in autumn 2007, 47 families still languish in shacks and tents-like houses. The violence could break out again any time.
01 August 2008 A small village school in a communal conflict-hit neighbourhood in southern Nepal tries out an internationally acclaimed life-skills education programme.
31 July 2008 EPA is about liberalisation of the economy through the reduction or elimination of tariffs.
31 July 2008 It is 3.8% of the national budget 2008 - 09 that is allocated to agriculture. Why this percentage?
31 July 2008 Women provide most agricualtural labour in Uganda, but they benefit the least.
31 July 2008 The failure of the cooperative movement in Uganda and its impact to development...
18 July 2008 Together we stand, divided we fall! This is the thinking behind the new NGO Insaka, launched by the Zambian NGO ZCSD this month.
18 July 2008 Honey badgers, ants and bee stings are some of the dangers faced by beekeepers in Itezhi- tezhi district of Zambia’s Southern province. But this is still better than meeting snakes and lions in the wild and having to cut down a lot of trees to get to the honeycombs
18 July 2008 The wishes for what the new radio in Itezhi-tezhi in Zambia will do, once it starts broadcasting, are many. But now the building is about to be finished.
17 July 2008 The effectiveness of development aid was under discussion at an international conference held in Canada organized by the North South Institute in June. It was concluded that the international aid architecture needs urgent reform.
17 July 2008 Land disputes are common in Zambia, sometimes even leading to threats of bloodshed among local chiefs, when they don't agree on the boundaries.
17 July 2008 Kuyovwana means 'helping one another'. And that is exactly what the members of the Saccord Kuyovwana group intend to promote among all the different stakeholders working with decentralization in Itezhi-tezhi district in Zambia.
17 July 2008 Women in the Kanyanja area of Chipata district in Zambia have realized the great potential when women unite to present their issues and concerns in a unified voice.
08 July 2008 MS Kenya partner MWADO mobilized members of the public to listen to the budget day speech delivered by the local Councilor
20 June 2008 With the entirely different geographical setting and people different from Palpa, the democracy bus started its first day in Banke district, near the Indian Border from Shree Jan Kalyan Secondary School of Badripur VDC.
19 June 2008 Kafue District Council in Zambia is in the process of supplying their Area Development Committees (ADCs) with office facilities. The offices have brought great benefits in terms of making the ADCs more visible to the communities, but the new visibility also carries a new load of responsibility with it.
17 June 2008 Mansa District Land Alliance (MDLA) in Zambia has held several awareness workshops about land rights for its member organizations and results are now beginning to show.
17 June 2008 As the democracy bus rolled through Palpa much was learned by villagers and campaigners and captured by Jakob Bak Pedersen - Development Worker, Palpa district.
17 June 2008 As the democracy bus rolled through Palpa much was learned by villagers and campaigners and captured by Jakob Bak Pedersen - Development Worker, Palpa district.
17 June 2008 As the democracy bus rolled through Palpa much was learned by villagers and campaigners and captured by Jakob Bak Pedersen - Development Worker, Palpa district.
12 June 2008 The objective of MS Tanzania’s country programme strategy is to reduce poverty. Here, two young Tanzanians give their personal perspective on poverty.
10 June 2008 If you want to raise awareness among women you also have to give them time to participate. Most women in rural Tanzania have heavy workloads. But time planning and new working methods can ease the burdens.
10 June 2008 CORDS, a partner organisation with MS Tanzania, works to 'translate' Tanzania's legislation on land rights into practice among the Masaai people.
05 June 2008 MS documents 'Education for Freedom' project by BASE Bardiya: A cool surprise.
31 May 2008 The MS board unanimously recommends to the upcoming General Assembly to sign an association agreement with ActionAid International.
28 May 2008 During March and April the three Topic Teams from MS Tanzania went on the road. The mission was to find potential new partners.
28 May 2008 MS Tanzania receives more than 50 Danish volunteers every year. One of them is Jonas Tofte who worked for three months as a volunteer in a nursery school in Kwa Mattias.
28 May 2008 In April Vera Mugittu went to Copenhagen as MS Tanzania’s representative amongst others to discuss the potential affiliation process between Action Aid International (AAI) and MS. She shares her impressions of the process here.
28 May 2008 'We learn a lot from each other,’ says Adam Kaombwe who has been MS Tanzania’s Volunteer Co-ordinator since October 2006. In average eight volunteers arrive every second month, and it is Adam who is responsible for their placement and stay.
04 May 2008 One year ago the Danish Labour Union LO collected 60000 d.kr. for radio programmes in Nepal. This year some of that money was spent on Labour day radioprogrammes.
22 April 2008 Maasai girls became adults without undergoing Female Genital Mutilation
16 April 2008 MS Mozambique´s third theme, Anti-corruption, will be constructed once the two others, Building Local Democracy and Democracy in Primary Schools, are established.
16 April 2008 Nepals historic elections to the constituent assembly.
10 April 2008 Locals are not making a direct contribution towards the running of their governments, they therefore do not regard the local governments as their own.
10 April 2008 Koboko women hold leaders accountable
10 April 2008 The decentralisation policy strategic framework is about devolution of power to improve service provision ...
10 April 2008 MS civic education project to focus on building partner's capacity on their partipatory approach
10 April 2008 The search of tools for MS partners implementing "Building local Democracy"
07 April 2008 Although politicians have signed a political agreement, disputes over land and resources on the local level have not been dealt with.
07 April 2008 Kenyans should stop pretending everything in the country is okay and should start learning again, Peace Consultant Dekha Ibrahim Abdi appeals.
07 April 2008 Although the government coalition has been formed Kenya still faces major challenges, stressed His Excellency Danish Ambassador to Kenya Bo Jensen.
14 March 2008 Om May 18th Danes will be going door to door to collect money for peace activities in Kenya
12 February 2008 In a community in Nicaragua, the mayor wanted to build a community house. But the citizens preferred clean water - and made the mayor change his plans.
11 February 2008 Sonam Wangchuk, who spearheaded the educational reform movement Operation New Hope in Ladakh, shares his experiences and insights.
31 January 2008 Adding practical experience from a developing country to your education can give essential experience, which could not have been gained at the school desk. MS Tanzania’s Danish intern for the last six months shares her experience.
25 January 2008 Represenatives from both national and international media were present when MS Kenya partner PeaceNet displayed statements from displaced women.
22 January 2008 Around 100 displaced women from the Nairobi slums met to raise their voices on the current crisis in Kenya during an event organized by MS Kenya partner PeaceNet.
18 January 2008 In case a credible and fair recount of the votes by an independent body proves impossible, Kenyans should be given a fresh vote
18 January 2008 European Parliament voted for cutting aid to the government of Kenya
17 January 2008 Denmark among 14 Western donors who threaten to channel all foreign aid to Kenya through civil society and private sector and not through government
07 January 2008 MS Nepal and Danish Center for Culture and Development (DCCD) conducted a visual workshop on democracy.
17 December 2007 During 2007 IT Adviser Jesper Mogensen launched a programme assisting MS Tanzania’s partner organisations to either build or improve their websites - a project in many stages.
17 December 2007 To support the Country Programme Strategy (CPS) MS Tanzania has made a gender strategy.
14 December 2007 Local democracy often has difficulties when it comes to land issues. The land legislation does not take into account that the public awareness of acts and procedures is very low most places – and that local authorities in general have limited capacity and funding for implementing the legislation.
14 December 2007 Hakikazi Catalyst in Arusha, Tanzania, has over the past few years been a strong actor in building local democracy. In some villages the results of these efforts are already visible: More villagers feel comfortable to speak during meetings and even women speak up and bring forward concerns or new ideas.
14 December 2007 Partnerships between civil society organisations (CSOs) and local authorities are the way forward for rural development. The policies – and partly the money – are in place. But Tanzanians, not at least people in rural areas, are poorly equipped to utilize their opportunities when it comes to decisions on development in their local communities.
14 December 2007 In late 2005 MS Tanzania introduced a new work structure based on a Topic Team Model (TTM) which has now run for little more than a year. The three people heading the topic teams were asked to look into the changes this has produced and the challenges they see for the future.
05 December 2007 Although tempers were soaring a peace meeting between rivaling Gabbra and Rendille outside of Marsabit took place in a good atmosphere.
04 December 2007 Mette Vibe Utzon visited MS Nepal as Good Will ambassador of MS' annual collection 2008. Read her blog here
03 December 2007 Corruption:- It scares both foreign and domestic investors away, impedes economic growth and increases inequality...
03 December 2007 The MS Uganda CPS 2008 - 12 rests on the assumption that there is a strong link between corruption and poverty.
03 December 2007 MS Uganda from January 2008 will allocate 30% of all activites to the struggle against corruption
03 December 2007 Coartem packaged in strips is free of charge and illegal to sell from private clinics in Uganda
03 December 2007 MS Tanzania is part of the Private Sector Civil Society Agricultural Working Group (PSCSAWG).
03 December 2007 The 2007 Anti-Corruption Week, which is organised by ACCU, will focus on Transparency and Accountability in distribution of essential medicines in Uganda
22 November 2007 Women are both instigators and victims of conflict. Hence MS Kenya partner MWADO in Marsabit try to resolve conflicts by appealing to local women.
22 November 2007 The views of Kenyan civil society were taken in to consideration when to Office of the President drafted a peace policy
22 November 2007 In Northern Kenya mutually reinforcing linkages between conflict, poverty and democracy must be broken for development to break through
22 November 2007 Young Maasai Daniel Spanana nearly got killed because of entering the neighbouring Samburu territory.
22 November 2007 Conflicts between rivaling Gabbra and Borana around Marsabit, Northern Kenya, have made thousands of people flle their homes. They now in camps as internally displaced people.
22 November 2007 In Isiolo, Northern Kenya, fightings have been avoided for the past few years. Peace practitioners credit the improvements to a revival of traditional methods of negotiation among pastoralists.
22 November 2007 Members of the Gabbra and Borana communities do not socialize much in Marsabit, a Northern town suffering from contunous clashes between the two groups, Ladies from both sides tell about their feelings for each other's tribes.
22 November 2007 Resolving conflicts must be a main priroty of the governement representative in Marsabit, Northern Kenya as peace is a precondition for development of that region, says District Commissioner Njenga Miiri.
19 October 2007 Two young people from the Pumwani slums, Nairobi, took part in celebrating the Global Democracy Day October 18th in Denmark
13 October 2007 Denmark happy with Uganda, but worried that half of the national budget was not being spent properly...
02 October 2007 Impact of the democracy handbooks and how MS Uganda continues to pursue the democracy projects
02 October 2007 Impact of the democracy handbooks and how MS Uganda continues to pursue the democracy projects
25 September 2007 MS is very sad to have to announce the death of Betina Dalgas, information worker at MS in Zambia since February 2007, who died on Thursday the 20th September in a tragic car accident in northern Zambia.
06 September 2007 They prefer calling themselves the green lung of the City, because despite being in the middle of Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, the people of Christiania live by their own rules and consider themselves autonomous. It is like a village in the city.
06 September 2007 One Cafe Uganda Original looks like achance for eastern Uganda farmers to break away from the chain of exporting only coffee beans at miserly prices.
28 August 2007 The civil society in Zambia has won a great battle. The much criticized NGO bill has been postponed indefinitely.
20 August 2007 Around 200 women from the The Maa community of Mukogodo Division, Laikipia district converged to learn about various issues such as sexual offenses and commercialization of livestock.
10 August 2007 The MS' board wishes to explore the possibilities for connecting with the Action Aid network. "It's about securing a future for MS", says Søren Hougaard, Chairman of MS' Board.
10 August 2007 Youth mock parliament is one of the activities in MS Nepal’s civic education campaign for democracy. In June 2007 Him Rights and MS engaged youngsters from various ethnic and social groups in this activity, which is much more than training.
01 August 2007 With the new drastic NGO bill waiting just around the corner, the civil society in Zambia and the international NGO’s have joined forces in a final attempt to stop the criticized law.
27 July 2007 There is corruption everywhere in Uganda, and it threatens to short circuit the country’s ambitious process of democratisation
15 July 2007 The youth is a delicate group to communicate with.
15 July 2007 Ugandans have grown up with conflicts. The Breakdance Project Uganda is trying to break the chain.
15 July 2007 The life of Amony Beatrice is a life of abduction and re-abduction, a life of loss and grief from both physical and emotional pain.
15 July 2007 I have always tried to be among the top students, says Susan Abbo.
15 July 2007 Traditional healers have been recognised as assets to the Ugandan Healthcare System.
15 July 2007 The situation for old people in tUganda and Denmark cannot even be compared, because while a Ugandan lucky to see his/her 70s is still struggling as a caretaker, a Dane in the same age bracket is being cared for like a baby.
06 July 2007 Renegade UPDF officer and former rebel leader Herbert Itongwa has gone missing in Denmark where he had sought asylum.
06 July 2007 Renegade UPDF officer and former rebel leader Herbert Itongwa has gone missing in Denmark where he had sought asylum.
14 June 2007 Nepalese Fair Trade and Danish design to be the ultimate Company Christmas present from MS.
11 June 2007 NGO’s are mature enough to regulate themselves. Government intervention is not welcome. That is the message from more than 40 civil society organizations in Zambia, as a reaction to the governments proposed and much criticized NGO Bill.
07 June 2007 MS Kenya partner PeaceNet most usually involve traditional leaders in conflict resolution. But the traditional mechanisms are affected by the judicial.
04 June 2007 Zambia has been waiting for a new land administration and management policy since 2002. Now the draft is here, and Henry Machina, who is the National Coordinator at Zambia Land Alliance, has taken a quick look at the draft, and he is not impressed.
04 June 2007 Charlie Soender Buchardt has been involved in a variety of different tasks as a volunteer in Isiolo under the MS Kenya programme. One of them was to work with orphans which has given him a unique understanding of the local culture.
07 May 2007 To the sound of drums under a huge mango tree a lot of farmers, guests, officials and security people made up the scene for opening of the Michael Lund Cashew Processing Centre in Tanzania on Saturday the 5th May. The ceremony was led by Prime Minister Edward Lowassa.
30 April 2007 Locals are positively surpriced by the difference that two volunteers from MS Kenya have made since they were placed in local organisations.
23 April 2007 Two of Kenya's World Champion 800 meter runners were in the frontline during a run against female circumcision partly sponsored by MS Kenya
11 April 2007 Global voices: The idea that donors can help us with our democracy does not work. But the donors can support women, Dalits and the people in the rural area, says Dr. Devendra Panday.
11 April 2007 MS country director eleborates on the future work of MS Nepal. Read the article from Magasinet March 2007
06 April 2007 MS and FDC mediating between women groups near Dhangadi. Members: We have learned from this.
03 April 2007 Who listens to local radio? MS Nepal and its partner Radio Lumbini published an interesting survey on Friday the 5th of April. Read the conclusions or download the report.
21 March 2007 Traditional rules for inheritance of widows and for female landownership constrains socio economic development of the poorest i Southern Nyanza.
13 March 2007 At MS partner Women’s Welfare Association women’s issues are a day to day topic. We joined them on International Women’s Day to talk about where the Nepali woman stands today.
28 February 2007 Poverty is on the rise in Kenya's Eastern Province. A new report from UN shows the urgent need to fight poverty in this part of the country where MS Kenya has just entered.
26 February 2007 Women and gender activists celebrate the successful signing of the Domestic Violence Bill - a milestone in the fight against gender based violence and protection of women's rights.
20 February 2007 In cooperation with a Danish Fair Trade company, MS-Zimbabwe has embarked on a new initiative aiming to create a Fair Trade market for Zimbabwean producers.
19 February 2007 Democracy is an enormous word. Basic democratic values that MS wants to work for, are decency and fairness, was the message to the MS kenya Annual Meeting
12 February 2007 President Daniel Ortega makes “alarming changes” and concentrate power, says MS partnerorganization.
08 February 2007 MS' new democracy focus, good governance in practice and surprising results of PAC elections were among the high lights of this years meeting.
28 January 2007 Beginning 5th February 2007 MS Uganda’s democracy project is playing its part in the new national thematic curriculum for Primary One.
24 January 2007 Eric Wainaina, famous Kenyan singer attracted hundreds of people to the MS Kenya stall at the World Social Forum Tuesday January 23rd
08 January 2007 Danida has granted US$ 525.000 to the MS-Mozambique HIV/AIDS project, “AIDS Activists in the Frontline”. The project will inform about HIV/AIDS and promote behaviour change in remote rural areas.
04 January 2007 Children and youth from the slums will perform at the WSF
04 January 2007 Tanzania Youth Coalition hopes to send 200 young Tanzanians to Nairobi for the World Social Forum in January
04 January 2007 Veteran activist Remberto Nolasco Pacheco from El Salvador shares his hopes and expectations for the WSF
04 January 2007 The third edition of the Zimbawe Social Forum held in September was reduced from a three day to a one day event. However in several regards the forum was bigger than ever.
04 January 2007 The WSF comes to Africa at a time when the continent is caught between the jaes of endemic poverty and a canvas of contradictionary forces.
03 January 2007 The 6th edition of the World Social Forum begins in Nairobi on January the 20th and runs through to the 25th 2007.
03 January 2007 At the World Social Forum MS Uganda will illustrate how to use a series of easy-to-digest civic education material about democratic and non-democratic practices.
01 December 2006 People should not be misled to think that the women movement in Uganda started with President Museveni.
01 December 2006 She never starts anything she has doubts about how to complete successfully.
17 November 2006 One of the intentions behind the first Social Forum in Mozambique was to create a platform for the civil society. Time will show if the participants succeeded in laying the first stone.
17 November 2006 The first Social Forum in Mozambique was held between 25th and 29th of October. Good will and enthusiasm were redeeming factors in a poorly planned event.
03 November 2006 A survey documenting the extent of human rights violations in the remote Turkana region of Northern Kenya is to be carried out. The project is supported by MS Kenya and Danish based IWGIA.
23 October 2006 The 2006 Anti-Corruption Week will focus on corruption in Universal Primary Education, one of the most corrupt sectors in Uganda
19 October 2006 The population’s lack of access to information is a major obstacle to development in Mozambique. MS Mozambique has given priority to the information work of its partner organizations.
12 October 2006 Women activists stage demonstrations against critics of the Domestic Violence Bill that seeks to protect women and girls from abuse.
10 October 2006 Malawi is hosting the 3rd edition of the Southern Africa Social Forum, which is attracting thousands of participants from the region.
09 October 2006 Communitie members are involved when MS partner organisation Christian Community Services carry out tree planting campaigns.
05 October 2006 Following a series of regional forum events, the national Zimbabwe Social Forum was held on 30 September 2006 in Harare.
01 October 2006 ... Now temperaments have cooled, but at that time, I am telling you, you were very lucky that you were allowed to continue, says the Media Centre Director
01 October 2006 ... we can not just sit and wait. Those organisations that are capable of carrying it out can continue provided they use the recommended material ...
30 September 2006 MS Uganda Democracy Launch
17 September 2006 Statement from the general assembly of MS on the 17th of September 2006
17 September 2006 Statement regarding the Middle East from MS’ general assembly on the 17th of September 2006.
14 September 2006 A combination of updated versions of the original democracy material and newly developed material from 2005-6
14 September 2006 A combination of updated versions of the original democracy material and newly developed material from 2005-6
14 September 2006 A combination of updated versions of the original democracy material and newly developed material from 2005-6
14 September 2006 A combination of updated versions of the original democracy material and newly developed material from 2005-6
14 September 2006 A combination of updated versions of the original democracy material and newly developed material from 2005-6
14 September 2006 A combination of updated versions of the original democracy material and newly developed material from 2005-6
08 September 2006 26 year old Sammy Kyamana is back in Kenya after having hitch hiked around Denmark as part of an MS project. He likes many things about Denmark, but he definately does not miss the food.
06 September 2006 A constructive mind-set by those responsible for development planning than what we are seeing today is what Northern Kenya needs.
31 August 2006 A new MS Uganda Director
17 August 2006 John Mulaa, columnist with Kenya's second largest newspaper, the Nairobi based Sunday Standard, writes from Washington DC where he is presently working.
17 August 2006 Interview with Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Martha Karua, a key member of the opposition politicians who struggled for the reintroduction of multi-partyism in the 1990s, and later formed a coalition movement that won power in 2003.
17 August 2006 Former head of Transparency International, Kenya, on the challenges facing Kenyan democracy.
08 August 2006 The pastoralist way of life is under increasing pressure all over the world. Last month pastoralists gathered to adress challenges and discuss ways forward.
08 August 2006 Is the Peace talks in jeopardy? MS Nepal's Information Officer Binay Dhital shares his latest thoughts on the political situation in Nepal.
31 July 2006 Democracy project ready to be launched
25 July 2006 A change in the political climate has highlighted the need for change in the election system in Nepal. Professor Joergen Elklit shares his thoughts on the challenges facing Nepal
18 July 2006 Environmental problems are widespread in Mozambique, and they could have serious consequences for the well-being of the population in the future.
14 July 2006 The president of El Salvador Antonio Saca more than suggests that two policemen killed in a demonstration were victims of the leftist FMLN party.
06 July 2006 Impact of the democracy handbooks and how MS Uganda continues to pursue the democracy projects
06 July 2006 Impact of the democracy handbooks and how MS Uganda continues to pursue the democracy projects
05 July 2006 The biggest progress of MS Uganda is in relation to the democracy work, while poverty reduction is an area where not much progress has been made
05 July 2006 NGOs have a responsibility not to get carried away with good intentions and undermine people's initiative and the prospects of development in the long run.
05 July 2006 Already in 1989 a World Bank Report stated that money spent on personal assistance could be used better. Why are international NGOs and donor countries still making use of personnel assistance?
05 July 2006 Most relationships have a long standing effect on our lives. So has MS....
20 June 2006 Education Access Africa runs seven resource centres in northern Uganda. In 2005 they had a total of 140.000 users , - a number which clearly speak of a need.
20 June 2006 Gulu Community Vocational School is an alternative for the children who never got a change in the formal school system.
20 June 2006 MS has been present in Uganda for more than a quarter of a century... but what has been the impact of MS' presence and what are the key events?
19 June 2006 The government scraps agreement on distribution of debt relief – Small and poor municipalities in the rural zones pay a high price.
16 June 2006 All over the continent, the Day of the African Child was celebrated yesterday, June 16th in memory of the peaceful demonstration of children in Soweto, South Africa, 30 years ago.
16 June 2006 All over the continent, the Day of the African Child was celebrated yesterday, June 16th in memory of the peaceful demonstration of children in Soweto, South Africa, 30 years ago.
05 June 2006 In June NGOs from all over the country met to exhibit their work and demonstrate the important role of civil society in development.
01 June 2006 Video interview with Shudarson Subedi on DHRC's work for disabled in Nepal.
31 May 2006 The Nationa Danish Performance Team in Gymnastics visited Uganda in March 2006 - see our gallary
19 May 2006 What we cannot achieve multilaterally, we snatch bilaterally – this is the logic of EU and USA commercial policies in Central America, says a Mexican activist.
17 May 2006 Increasing violence has lead to a remilitarisation of Guatemala, says Rogelia de Carmen Soto Chacon, new MS programme officer.
27 April 2006 Four years after Partima Gautam’s arrest her father has given up hope that she is still alive. Human rights organisations has not been able to find any information.
27 April 2006 Arjun Lonia was arrested twice for being a suspected Maoist. With help from HURON he can now call himself a free man.
27 April 2006 Nepali politicians escape illegal detention thanks to diligent work by human rights organisation HURON.
24 April 2006 Monday April 10th will go into the calendar of Kenyans but more so into the diary of the pastoralists who usually name seasons after events.
10 April 2006 New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development is not the way forward for African economies, says Kenyan trade expert Oduor Ongwen
16 March 2006 The National Danish Performance Team in Gymnastics will visit Uganda from March 23rd to March 31st. The highlight of the tour is the workshop and the performance in the IDP-camp of Otwal 25th March.
14 February 2006 MS Uganda's democracy posters were never meant to be part of the election campaign. They are not partisan political and do not depict any persons in or outside government in particular.
04 February 2006 Young painters increase awareness on hiv/aids as a reality in Guatemala. Development worker Kisten Madsen tells about the experience.
27 January 2006 During his election campaign, Manuel Zelaya, new president of Honduras, promised to empower citizens. Now voters are reminding him of his promises.
27 January 2006 A struggle between the different wings of the leftist FMLN is bound to ensue, but not before the elections of 12 March, says Jaime López, director of the Salvadoran NGO Probidad.
23 January 2006 Thousands of houses have collapsed due to heavy rainfalls in Mozambique. MS’ partner, the environmental organisation AMA, is working to prevent erosion.
10 January 2006 The sixth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation recently concluded in Hong Kong drawing mixed reactions. Success or failure?
18 December 2005 MS partners in Hong Kong; We make a positive difference.
16 December 2005 ANPPCAN is working for children's rights in Kenya, running a counselling service and a radio program among other activities. Interview with Charles Marwa.
15 December 2005 Cashew farmers in Tanzania have formed a cooperative to cut out middle men and keep the money in the village. Interview with Moshi Mnaki.
15 December 2005 MS Denmark and MS Tanzania are undergoing processes of changes. The new year of 2006 will see some changes in the way MS Tanzania will be working.
09 December 2005 It was not until ten days after the election that the candidate of the ruling Nationalist party, Porfirio Lobo, admitted defeat
09 December 2005 The 148 Members of the WTO are meeting in Hong Kong during 13-18 December 2005, in a bid to bridge the gap between them to complete Doha Round negotiations by the end of 2006.
09 December 2005 Officials from 149 countries are set to meet in Hong Kong for a heated round of WTO talks. The challenge is to get beyond rival national interests and cut out a fairer system of global trade.
05 December 2005 On November 21st the Kenyan population rejected the constitution proposed by their government in the first referendum carried out in the country’s history.
30 November 2005 The draft for a new Zambian Constitution is a progressive document, says human rights organisation. The question is if the political leaders have the courage to implement the draft.
15 November 2005 Zimbabwe hosted Southern African Social Forum (SASF) October 13-15, gathering more than 3000 civic activists and social movements from all over the region.
04 November 2005 The G8 leaders promised debt relief and increased development aid to Africa. But is it enough? Or is it too little too late?
24 October 2005 Elections coming up. This and the coming month will put focus on democracy and civil participation here in Tanzania.
16 October 2005 Nuria Gatell, MS development worker in Guatemala, writes diary from communities hit by flooding and mud shred provoked by the tropical storm.
29 September 2005 Handicapped are among the most vulnerable in Mozambique, often victims of prejudices and abuse with violated civic rights. But MS's partner ADEMO works to improve their situation.
26 September 2005 Electoral fraud will bear consequences for Danish development assistance, says visiting Danish development minister Ulla Tørnæs.
13 September 2005 MS partners in Central America use the WTO as a stone to throw at the 'free' trade agreement with the United States.
09 September 2005 Zimbabwe is hosting the second Southern African Social Forum on 13-15 October 2005.
01 September 2005 From a legal point of view the Christian Nation Declaration in the Zambian Constitution is discriminatory, inconsistent with the Constitution itself and poses a potential source of conflict among the Zambian people, says Professor C. Anyangwe of the University of Zambia School of Law.
01 September 2005 Civil Society in Zambia has finalised its input to the National Development Plan (NDP), which will outline the framework for national development for the next five years. The priority for Civil Society has been ensure, that the NDP will aim at reducing poverty levels.
01 September 2005 Let’s promote a gender sensitive atmosphere
01 September 2005 None of the five parties participating in the Honduran elections has published its campaign budget.
01 September 2005 The Electoral Law states that thirty percent of the candidates on the party slates should be women, but no party complies.
01 September 2005 Parties stay in power thanks to 'blind vote'. However, in the opinion of journalist Manuel Torres, civil society in Honduras is gaining ground.
24 August 2005 MS Nepal support international youth networking by sending two Nepali civil society activists to Summer University in Croatia. Se the lessons learned.
24 August 2005 Diaries from Parshuram Yadab and Sheetal Shresta - two young Nepalese who attended a Summer University in Europe in July and August 2005.
19 August 2005 Corruption is a deep rooted problem in all parts of the public sector in Mozambique.
17 August 2005 The Danish government intends to cut back 32 million DKK on appropriations which Danish NGOs so far have spent every year raising the public awareness in regard to development aid and development issues, the newspaper Jyllands-Posten reports August 17th.
08 August 2005 MS Kenya has been accused of incitement and subversion. The reason being MS Kenya's support to land rights activities.
29 July 2005 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark has told MS that the Danish organisation ISRA is eligible for receiving funds again since Danish police cannot substantiate accusations of terror support.
26 July 2005 Yaya Konaté is not just “any” Development Worker. He is the first south Development Worker on contract with MS Mozambique.
26 July 2005 Mario Godínez, general co-ordinator of CEIBA is one of the many Guatemalan activists that have been receiving anonymous threats lately.
26 July 2005 The perpetrators are persons close to the government and economically influential circles, says Ana Gladys Ollas of the Unity for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.
26 July 2005 The Guatemalan youth group H.I.J.O.S. refuses to forget and forgive. It pays dearly for that.
20 July 2005 MS receives grant of 7.6 millions DKK from Danida after 20 years of civil war has ended in Southern Sudan
30 June 2005 At their last sector meeting, 21-23 June 2005, MS-Zimbabwe Partners criticized the National Aids Policy of being gender insensitive and gender oppressive.
30 June 2005 It is the small farmers and not the “agronomist” who must solve the existing problems, says Carlos Ruiz, the new MS Programme Officer in Honduras.
29 June 2005 The update covers a period from first of March until the beginning of June 2005.
23 June 2005 High social vulnerability, unequal income distribution, high poverty rates and a lack of political answers are challenges the EU highlight in their initial analysis.
20 June 2005 In teacher Urmila Jaisi’s classroom in robot-like discipline has been replaced by group work, creativity and many more smiling children.
16 June 2005 - fundraising and marketing efforts are put in focus
15 June 2005 CHIPAWO launches the first TV program for and by the deaf in Zimbabwe. "Handspeak" is a weakly serie and includes sign language, news, drama, discussions
13 June 2005 MS Nepal is welcoming Kamasu Digo Bikash as our new partner. Kamasu is the Tharu word for workers and the short form name of the organisation.
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27 May 2005 After the tropical storm ‘Adrian’ crossed Central American over El Salvador, there were fortunately only minor damages to report among the population and the environment.
20 May 2005 One thing is the vision; another thing is the practicalities of democracy. Women Welfare Association have had their first election to the board
15 May 2005 Radio Lumbini lend a loving hand to the displaced people in Kabilvastu by organising a solidarity concert. The concert accumulated more than 157.000 rupee to help the victims
12 May 2005 Statement from NGOs in Kenya
18 April 2005 The government of El Salvador admits that there are poor people but fails to mention that a very small group lives in conditions of extreme wealth.
15 April 2005 Kenya is in the process of getting a new constitution.
15 April 2005 On 8 April 2005 CHIPAWO hosted a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of H. C. Andersen at the National Art Gallery in Harare.
12 April 2005 Former corruption buster Githongo speaks
10 April 2005 Federation: The first East African Community didn't work. The new one will develop into an East African super state if the politicians get their way
10 April 2005 Kiswahli: In spite of local obstacles, cultural reluctance, and the frequent use of English, East Africans still have their own common mother tongue
10 April 2005 Terror, rebels and robberies:Tourism in East Africa is an important factor for income. But it is a badly tainted image the three countries put in front of the tourists.
10 April 2005 Ambitious: A roadmap has been laid out for the EAC. East Africa will be one super-state in five years and elect a common president in eight years. Is that really realistic?
10 April 2005 Figures: Statistics on our East African lives
10 April 2005 Security: A common defence force for East Africa is a logical regional answer to the global question of terrorism.
10 April 2005 Customs union: The first steps towards a common market in East Africa are taken.
10 April 2005 Lake Victoria: The big lake shared between the three East African countries is a constant area of conflict.
10 April 2005 Do it yourself: With the current focus on business, Ugandans, Kenyans and Tanzanians may very well look in vain for benefits from the EAC.
10 April 2005 Danish refelctions: The EAC will come across obstacles and create heated debate. That's why it is so important to make EAC a popular union, says Danish politicians.
07 April 2005 CoCivica, a network of Salvadoran NGOs, will organise information caravans to eighteen municipalities during Global Week of Action.
07 April 2005 In Central America some eighty percent of the food aid provided by USAID and the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
14 March 2005 The MS partner CEIBA describes the agreement as a cul-de-sac and a "butchering knife stuck into national sovereignty" as native seeds will be driven out of the market by new genetically modified types.
02 March 2005 Protesting against Parliament’s haste to pass bills on free trade and mining, representatives of Guatemalan civil society occupied the entrance and exit doors of Parliament for 10 hours.
15 December 2004 More than 35 local organisations participated in the 16 days campaign against gender-based violence reaching out to thousands of women, men and children across Zimbabwe.
07 December 2004 The Kenya - Central America exchange, facilitated by MS Kenya and MS Central America, aspires to take joint action in the struggle of the poor against the multinationals.
01 December 2004 MS-Zimbabwe calls upon all partners and friends to join in the fight against HIV/Aids. Read our appeal in commemoration of the World Aids Day focusing especially on the challenges experienced by girls and women.
26 November 2004 The North-South Advocacy Group opens spaces for political advocacy for a “forgotten region and people”, said an indegenous representitative at the GISN General Assembly in November. MS and several of its partner organisations are members.
26 November 2004 Members of the United Nation's Security Council urges Uganda's President Museveni to en the insurgency in the country's northern parts. The conflict has displaced 1,6 million people.
18 November 2004 This disease is an unrecognized problem for disabled people worldwide
18 November 2004 Jairos Jiri seeks to challenge the fact that most of the HIV and AIDS programmes being implemented in the country do not target people living with disabilities.
17 November 2004 MS-Zimbabwe was happy to support Zimbabwe Social Forum 2004, which turned out to become a real success, proving the vitality of a wide range of civic actors.
16 November 2004 In the 4th challenge to democracy in Guatemala Lone Hvass highlights the role of the parliament - ideally as well as realistically. According to a MS partner, parliament is not the centre for national political debate.
16 November 2004 Frelimo has been in power for nearly thirty years. And the former guerilla movement, Renamo, has been the only real opposition party, since 1992.
10 November 2004 Conference on Nepal in Conflict, 18-19 November 2004. Which possibilities does different actors have for contributing to sustainable development and peace in Nepal
08 November 2004 Extensive and not always well-managed control of the voting tables made of the Nicaraguan municipal elections a marathon – at turtleneck speed.
04 November 2004 The Nicaraguan Network for Democracy and Local Development is using an approach that focuses on municipalities to strengthen citizen participation.
03 November 2004 Zimbabwe is one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV/Aids epidemic. An estimated 3000 people die each week. Read more about the epidemic and its impact on the development in Zimbabwe.
02 November 2004 This year MS-Zimbabwe Annual Meeting focused on HIV/Aids under the theme "Lets fight HIV/Aids together now" .
29 October 2004 What does a fearful ostrich from a children’s tale have to do with HIV/AIDS?
29 October 2004 Since we all die in the end does it really matter how? And if you can not change the course of things - how can you prevent getting AIDS?
25 October 2004 Kenyan anthropologist Matildah Musumba is development worker in El Salvador to merge the campaigns "Central America is not for sale" and "Africa is not for sale".
14 October 2004 Yem Kumari Thapa is a member of ‘Women Welfare Organisation’ (WWA) in Palpa. For a period Yem Kumari was absent - working off a debt, she was not able to pay, in Bombay.
14 October 2004 Women Welfare Association (WWA) and Yem Kumari Thapa, on the difficult work of rehabilitating victims of trafficking in Nepal.
28 September 2004 The media heaped praise on the new Salvadoran president – both for free and through paid advertisements. A propaganda campaign, says MS partner CoCívica after comparing the electoral promises to reality.
23 September 2004 On 24 September 2004 the BaTonga Museum, presenting the life, history and culture of the Tonga people in Zimbabwe, was officially opened. Read the story of the museum here.
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25 August 2004 Danida approves the international gender network, which is to be coordinated by the Nicaragua South-North Advocacy Group.
16 August 2004 A new NGO draft bill will endanger NGO work on human rights in Zimbabwe. The new draft bill raises concern in both Zimbabwe and the MS headquarter in Copenhagen.
10 August 2004 An English introduction to the August 2004 issue of El Eslabón which is published in Spanish.
10 August 2004 Salvadoran and Honduran adolescents join the struggle against HIV, AIDS and adult prejudice.
06 August 2004 In July MS's Aids advisor Kirsten Madsen organised a workshop in Guatemala. Here follows impressions from the workshop.
05 August 2004 Hiv/Aids advisor Kirsten Madsen is currently visiting a series of MS programme countries. She has visited East Africa and Central America and will soon be on her way to Mozambique.
20 June 2004 In June 2004 MS-Zimbabwe and its partners had the pleasure to receive a visit from HIV/Aids adviser Kirsten Madsen. Read more about her training and meeting with partners.
15 June 2004 In June 2004 Zimbabwe held its first National Aids Conference which was attended by more than 700 people. Read more about this grant event.
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15 May 2004 The evening school teacher and his dream for his new born child.
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29 April 2004 The 26 years old Ugandan teacher Kilambus Charles tells of the three months he spent as an abductee of the rebel army.
15 April 2004 If a religion is to be judged on its role in conflict this should logically be done on the basis of its sources, not on the basis of extreme acts of a tiny minority of its self-proclaimed followers.
31 January 2004 Since June 2003 Mette Frost Bertelsen has been working for MS as an analysis adviser in the organisation IPADE in Nicaragua.
29 January 2004 Chico Peña is a volunteer in COMUS, an organisation that works with reconciliation and advising in 40 communities in El Salvador.
23 January 2004 A Keynote Address by Willy Mutunga on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of MS, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 23, 2004. The address is a discussion about how two significant actors in the civil societies of the two countries view the issues of development collaboration, terrorism and human rights.
16 January 2004 This year’s Anti Corruption Week is close to fulfilling its goal of ensuring public access to information. This is the success of a well co-ordinated advocacy campaign
15 January 2004 Sundari and Mata: Two damai girls seeking change in the village
03 December 2003 Victoria Alson, an hiv-positive, works as adviser on hiv and aids for the organisation Kindlimuka - a partner of MS in Mozambique.
02 December 2003 Lise Præstegaard works as MS development worker supporting an environmental and health group in the city of Nampula in Mozambique.
21 November 2003 Alphonce Mutaboyerwa is leader of the human rights centre in Mwanza in Tanzania - an MS-partner since 1958.
21 November 2003 Fred Munagomba Musisi runs IATM - 11 dance groups that perform plays against corruption in Uganda.
20 November 2003 The diocese of Bishop Nelson Onono-Onweng is a partner of MS-Uganda working for peace and reconciliation in the northern Uganda.
18 November 2003 Michael Bech teaches journalism to MS partners in Tanzania. He sees it as his biggest challenge to be able to get close to the people in question.
13 November 2003 Donors were impressed by coherent signals from when the Nicaraguan government and representatives of civil society met with international financial institutions and donor nations.
13 November 2003 A misunderstanding resting on baseless allegations against the Director and Administrator of the Zimbabwe programme of Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (Danish Association for International Cooperation) has attracted media attention in Denmark.
02 November 2003 Hanne Lene Petterson, a development worker from MS in Uganda, sees herself as a stranger and therefore has the advantage to be able to interrupt and ask questions.
24 October 2003 There are only few female candidates in the upcoming elections in Guatemala. Based on the forum "Women on their way to power", Lone Hvass reports about female candidates from different parties.
20 October 2003 Notes by DanChurchAid from meeting in Copenhagen, translated by Lone Hvass.
16 October 2003 Elections in Guatemala are approaching, read this update from our correspondent about polls, economic policy, vote buying, the candidature of Rios Montt and the different electoral observers initiatives.
01 October 2003 The update covers a period from first of March until the beginning of June 2005.
11 September 2003 Thousands of desperate coffee workers are threatening to return to major intersections and the roadside along the Pan-American highway in northern Nicaragua.
22 August 2003 Lone Hvass writes a comprehensive background article with personal impressions from the recent riots taking place in Guatemala - as a supplement to the interview with press man Ruben Zamora.
18 August 2003 MS development worker Erika Brenner reports about the third coffee worker march in a row, about the present free trade negotiations with the US - and about a recent coffee competition with a Nicaraguan winner.
14 August 2003 While Yagya Raj Chaudhary together with a group of former Kamaiyas is currently launching delegation campaign in Kathmandu to put pressure on the government to provide land to ex-Kamaiyas, thousands of ex-Kamaiyas at the same time have occupied land in Kailali and Bardiya districts.
25 July 2003 Video interview with El Periódico founder Rubén Zamora by Lone Hvass and Peter Bischoff, conducted during the violent pro Rios Montt demonstrations in Guatemala City July 24th and 25th 2003.
25 July 2003 Video interview with Rubén Zamora - English transcript total part 1-4.
02 July 2003 Erika Brenner meets URNG Executive Committee Member Amaro Cifuentes Lopez in Xela.
02 July 2003 Lone Hvass outlines candidates, problems and the position of civil society organisations before the upcoming general elections in Guatemala in November 2003.
02 July 2003 To the second summit of the heads of states and governments of the African Union, meeting in Maputo, Mozambique 4-11 July 2003.
01 July 2003 African Civil Society Declaration on NEPAD: "We do not accept Nepad! Africa is not for sale!"
17 March 2003 Members of the Danish NGO Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke deliver flowers of sympathy to Kansler Schröder.
26 February 2003 Local elections turn out to be a veritable massacre of the small parties. Six out of eleven will be disappearing, as they did not succeed in getting the three percent required.
26 February 2003 Photo gallery from the 2003 local elections in El Salvador.
10 January 2003 After the most peaceful and fair elections ever held in Kenya, the Danish Association for International Cooperation, MS, asks Danish politicians to again increase development assistance to the poor East African country.
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13 December 2002 Ex-President Arnoldo Alemán is no longer able to avoid justice. A narrow majority of the Parliament left his fate in the hands of the legal system. “History will acquit me”, says Alemán.
29 November 2002 The Northern Conflict costs Uganda 256 million Dollars this year, shows a study carried out by international NGOs
29 November 2002 The Northern Conflict costs Uganda 256 million Dollars this year, shows a study carried out by international NGOs
29 November 2002 The Civil Society Forum created a platform for future action in peace building. And gave space to sound self-criticism
29 November 2002 The Civil Society Forum created a platform for future action in peace building. And gave space to sound self-criticism
29 November 2002 The public dialogue on the last day of the Forum plead for accountability, visionary approaches and solidarity in conflict resolution
29 November 2002 The public dialogue on the last day of the Forum plead for accountability, visionary approaches and solidarity in conflict resolution
19 September 2002 Tension is growing in Nicaragua as the new majority removes Board of the Parliament and increase possibilities that Alemán will have to face trial.
12 September 2002 Development worker Preben H. Rasmussen describes lifes as it is seen during the last five days of the crisis, next to the Inter American Highway, in the camp just South of Sébaco.
11 September 2002 Ten of the accused are placed under custody for further investigations. Ex-president Alemán and daughter escape justice because of parliamentary immunity, but popular pressure is increasing.
11 September 2002 Just like last year, queues are these days part of everyday life on and along the Inter American Highway in Northern Nicaragua. One queue of landless coffee workers and another of vehicles.
10 September 2002 Northern Nicaragua has two realities these days. The picturesque with green landscapes and hills – and the ugly with poverty, hopelessness and hunger. You never know what awaits you down the hill, after the curve.
10 September 2002 Images from roadside camps and blockings.
13 August 2002 Civil society says it out loud: “The IMF deliberately pretended not to see what was happening. To me, what is happening now, is a cover-up for sins committed in the past, of which the IMF also holds responsibility”.
07 August 2002 August 7th, 2002 will be remembered in Nicaraguan history as the day a former President and most of his closest family was officially charged on suspicion of money-laundering.
29 July 2002 The fight for justice on a painfully long winding road is tedious but nothing is sweeter than when it finally settles for you. Ourselves and partner organisation OSILIGI (Organisation for the Survival of the Il-Laikipiak Masaai Indigenous Group Initiatives) have been fighting for the rights of over 200 pastoralists community in Kenya who have lost lives, limbs and property due to careless disposal of live bombs by the British military who come to train in Mukogodo and wamba divisions of Kenya.
19 July 2002 A deal was struck today between the Ministry of Defence and the lawyers representing some 228 Masai Bomb victims for them to pay £4.5m plus costs for the injuries, and deaths, arising from the British Army's use of the practice ranges at Archers Post and Dol Dol in central Kenya. In paying the money, the Ministry of Defence accepted limited liability for the injuries and deaths occurring.
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16 January 2002 Video clips with views on democracy by people in Southern Sudan and Uganda.
14 January 2002 Two events during 2001 present MS with new challenges. The first event is the terrorist attack on people in the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11. The second event is the outcome of the Danish elections November 20, resulting in a right-wing government with a different Danish perspective on global issues than in the past.
04 January 2002 MS is saddened by the news that our old friend, Anil Agarwal, has passed away after a prolonged illness, 54 years old. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Anil Agarwal was the Chairperson of the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment.
15 December 2001 Government accused of creating conflicts among ex-kamaiyas.
24 November 2001 Police intervened in a protest demonstration staged by the freed Kamaiyas demanding 10 Katthas of land as part of their rehabilitation on Nov. 24 leaving as many as 15 freed Kamaiyas injured.
12 October 2001 The Globalization by People strategy presupposes asking those who control power in the world to accept sharing it with the most vulnerable nations. A little odd, frankly!
10 October 2001 This report documents the situation of the kamaiya bonded laborers based on a field visit conducted in September, 2001.
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22 August 2001 Politicians show little interest in the crisis in Central America, but 350 private organizations suggest a solution than can make Nicaragua less dependent on the global coffee market.
25 May 2001 This report documents the situation of the Kamaiya (bonded laborers) based on a recent field visit in Bardiya and Banke and information collected from other districts.
28 February 2001 Demonstration Friday the 2nd March in front of Novo Nordisk in Copenhagen.
28 February 2001 Danish journalists, authors, NGOs, unions and individual citizens express their concern over the slow investigation of the murder of Carlos Cardoso.
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20 January 2001 At a time when thousands of liberated Kamaiyas languishing in several camps in the five districts of the western Nepal are getting more disappointed by the lackadaisical attitude of the government towards their proper rehabilitation
10 January 2001 Message to MS in the South Annual Meetings 2001 by Christian Friis Bach & Bjørn Førde
09 January 2001 Update via MS-Nepal, from Mahendranagar on January 9th 2001
25 November 2000 Two months after being declared `free,’ kamaiya families are yet to adjust to the new realities. And, the government has done little to support them in their need of hour.
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28 October 2000 The landlords in Kanchanpur and Kailali have been showing their political strength in the past week.
24 October 2000 With the government failing to speed up the rehabilitation programme even about three months after the July 17 announcement that freed the Kamaiyas, the "freed" Kamaiyas are once again in agitating mood.
20 October 2000 Kohali Chaudhari, along with her 7-member family, was forcefully evicted by her landlord a week back.
16 October 2000 Dashain, the greatest festival of Hindus in Nepal brought joys to many but for some others it did not matter much.
26 September 2000 It is unfortunate that bonded labourers (Kamaiyas) who were liberated about three months ago from the exploitation of landlords should find themselves in so precarious a position.
22 September 2000 A team of the representatives of the Local Development Ministry, World Food Programme and German Organization GTZ recently visited various freed Kamaiya camps in Kanchanpur district.
19 September 2000 The freed Kamaiyas identification and rehabilitation central coordination and monitoring committee that met here on Sept. 18, 2000.
12 September 2000 The government is planning to distribute land to homeless former kamaiyas(bonded laborers) and start a rehabilitation project for them beginning the winter season this year.
11 September 2000 What has transpired from the present situation of the former Kamaiyas is that with the government announcing on July 17 the liberation of Kamaiyas from bondage the freedom has rendered them homeless, jobless and for that matter helpless.
07 September 2000 Despite whatever relief plans have been made for the Kamaiyas in Kathmandu, their life seems to have improved little on the ground.
01 July 2000 Freedom has come with a price for Kamaiyas and an indifferent government is only part of the problem.
25 June 2000 Zimbabweans go to the polls this weekend to elect a new parliament. The elections follow months of violence and confrontation between President Mugabe’s old ruling party and Morgan Tsvangirai’s new opposition party.
23 June 2000 This week in Copenhagen, representatives from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from 50 countries in every corner of the world met to prepare for a world summit on sustainable development called for by governments at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.
16 June 2000 On June 20-22nd, 70 representatives from NGOs around the world will meet to discuss, how the efforts to solve the global environmental problems and create sustainable development can be strengthened.
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01 October 1998 Since ´91, ethnic violence has erupted with a ferocity and mind numbing regularity, not seen before in Kenya’s 30 years of relatively peaceful independence. The core of the conflict is the issue of land.
01 October 1998 The medieval slavery system is still alive in Nepal in Asia. The isolated agricultural workers in the far west have for years been exploited ruthlessly but now there seem to be some hope for the workers and their liberation.
01 October 1998 Despite the livestock sector contributing 18 percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), pastoralists in Usangu Plains claim they are up against harsh resistance from local authorities and farmers.
01 October 1998 Eighteen years after the birth of the new Zimbabwe, the majority of the poor still await a much promised solution to the imbalanced land distribution. Land is becoming an ever more debated and controversial topic.
01 October 1998 For the first time ever, more than 120 organisations – national as well as foreign – have joined forces and resources to inform about the new Land Law in Mozambique.
01 October 1998 Tremors are shaking the ground below the village of Mapeleng, causing a shake-up of social and physical village structures at the same time. Changes in the wake of realising Lesotho’s ambitious water project.
01 October 1998 The Land Act is causing millions of Zambians to be deprived of land and livelihood without any form of compensation. Its another apartheid, says an outspoken Zambian land activist, in her personal comment to the situation.
01 October 1998 In chief Chiawas area on the banks of Zambezi River the village leaders do not worry too much about title deeds and foreign investors.
01 October 1998 A woman’s security in Uganda is determined by her ability to have access to land. But the new Land Law, which was passed by Government on the 2nd of July, did not bring forth the changes, Uganda’s women were hoping for.
01 October 1998 An ultimatum by the Kilosa district authorities has been issued to all pastoralists in the district to move to selected areas although authorities admit they are unfit for animal husbandry.
