….inspiration to theatre corridor at Helen Joseph Breast Clinic – Abbott Oncology has sponsored the design and painting of a brilliantly coloured, inspiring mural on the walls and ceiling of a corridor at the Helen Joseph Breast Clinic. It’s the route along which patients are wheeled to the operating theatre and the purpose of the image is to encourage, instill confidence and faith, and inspire. For Abbott, this helps fulfill a strongly held company philosophy – caring. In June, the Abbott team took up brushes and helped to paint the mural at the hospital. “It was an inspiring experience for... Continue Reading
DAADAB, 31 July 2012 (IRIN) – Large quantities of foodstuffs and other goods were destroyed by a fire on 29 July at the main market in one of the camps making up Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya. “The total extent of the damage from this devastating fire is impossible to assess in detail at this early stage. However we can confirm that 80 percent of the market was destroyed. There was also some minor damage to surrounding residential blocks, not by the fire itself, but by looting when they had been abandoned by their fleeing residents,” said Mans Nyberg,... Continue Reading
The small squad of Zimbabwean Olympians who are hoping to do the southern African proud at this year’s London 2012 games, get a final send off from their diasporian compatriots tomorrow (Thursday 26 July 2012) at a fundraising dinner in their honour. The event, organised by the Zimbabwe Diaspora Olympics Support Network (ZDOSN) will be held at the Stratford Old Town Hall on Thursday evening, with a programme packed with entertainment, eats and presentations. Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to the UK, Gabriel Machinga has urged corporate and sporting stakeholders and “Zimbabweans and Africans of all walks of life “in the UK, to... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera -HUMAN rights defenders in Tanzania were in the hiding at the Kibaha Conference Centre in Kibaha to discuss how they should mitigate their working strategies following a wave of indecent attacks to them. The meeting which was conducted for three days was meant to assist human rights defenders (HRDs), to analyze a new wave of threats and what it could implicate in general in the political scenario in Tanzania. Apart from preparing their strategic plan the HRDs analyzed events of indecent attacks to them and other people who have become ‘unpleasant’ in the eyes of some unscrupulous... Continue Reading
By Misheck Mberi – Firstly, may I take this opportunity to thank you for inviting Shout-Africa.com to participate in this interview so as to explain to our audience who and what your organisation is about. 1) Let me start these proceedings Arcard, by asking why you as a Tanzanian citizen elected to be involved with your organisation (TECDEN) Its because of my passion to contribute to the realisation of the rights and needs of young children (0 – 8years) in Tanzania. It is the role of the National secretariat to ensure that TECDEN achieves its vision of a Tanzania where... Continue Reading
