It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) – a global initiative held annually in March. This year, to help create awareness for this disease that few talk about, Barry Hilton is collaborating with Be Cancer Aware (BCA). At a media brunch held in Johannesburg on Friday 23rd March, Barry Hilton shared the impact of losing two dear loved ones to cancer. Here he discussed both the emotional and the financial impact of having them diagnosed with the dread disease. Barry lost his mother to cancer in 2002 and again endured a similar reality when his brother informed him that he had... Continue Reading
By Alfred Tembo – SHURUGWI: Kingdom of the Netherlands has teamed up with Caritas Gweru and Shurugwi Partners in a project aimed at empowering women and children in grassroots communities. The two non-governmental organizations which are working hand in hand to compliment government efforts to alleviate poverty in the drought, empowering children and women and attainment of standard primary education in the drought stricken rural villages of Shurugwi by attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a recent visit to Chikato area, which falls under Chief Nhema, shout-africa.com witnessed the challenges that the marginalized people are facing. Addressing members of “Chikato orphans and women’s economic and... Continue Reading
Harare: An HIV/ AIDS activist on Tuesday questioned the commitment to funding HIV prevention research targeted at women but encouraged young female scientists to complete ongoing initiatives. “The most unfortunate thing about most of these researches is that if it is anything to do with women and girls, there is little funding that goes towards that and the research at times does not finish,” said Mary Sandasi, director of the Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN). Sandasi (in picture) was addressing a Food for Thought discussion session held at the United States Embassy Public Affairs Section auditorium on Tuesday. “From... Continue Reading
……March 22 event will be held at the St. Regis New York – NEW YORK, NY – FACE Africa, a Boston, MA-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to clean drinking water and empowering women in rural Liberia will host its third annual Clean Water Benefit Gala on Thursday, March 22nd at the St. Regis New York. The evening will feature a cocktail reception, dinner, art auction and entertainment. Funds raised at this year’s event will support a new initiative to provide access to clean water and sanitation facilities to the entire county of Rivercess, one of the poorest and least developed... Continue Reading
….Launches Single Management Structure – By: WASH R&E Network – In a bid to bring about harmony in its operation as an international non-governmental Organization, OXFAM has launched a Single Management Structure under its GO-LIVE Program. The launch of the Single Management Structure according to Authorities at the Organization Monrovia Office brings the 15-member Confederation under one Administrative umbrella. Under the new Management Structure, Oxfam Great Britain name will be changed to Oxfam International Liberia with the aimed of creating that spirit of oneness in its operation around the world. The program which was held under the theme: “OXFAM, One Voice,... Continue Reading
