Migrant workers in Southern Africa contribute to the development of their host countries but cannot rely on laws to protect them from exploitation and discrimination, migration specialists told IRIN. Their plight was under discussion this week in Pretoria, the South African capital, by representatives from business, government and labour, brought together by the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO).

We need someone to organise and deliver Mango's highly-rated training courses. You will work closely with the Training Director, providing training to our International and Southern NGO partners. This includes delivering Mango's core courses and developing in-house courses. It is expected that you will spend up to 12 weeks each year facilitating finance training events in regional centres around the world, often working alone.

Ashoka is seeking a Senior Program Manager to direct its Citizen Base Initiative (CBI) and contribute to the growth of Ashoka South Africa.

The Hamlet Foundation has a vacancy for a Personnel Assistant. The position requires some Public Relations skills and fund-raising experience.

The Non-Profit Partnership is looking for a trainer, who will be responsible for developing training material for the programme, conduct workshops for NPO's in all 9 provinces and prepare evaluation reports.

Visions in Action is seeking to fill the position of International Volunteer Coordinator, which involves coordinating volunteer orientations, arranging interviews and placements with local NGOs.

Adisata Ibrahim, a class five student from Ghana tells her story of how an NGO programme in educating girls in rural areas made her join a school. And with flexible hours, education did not come in the way of Adisata helping her mother in household chores.

Some 12.6 percent of children under the age of five years in parts of southern Mauritania suffer from acute malnutrition, according to a study released this week by World Vision, an international non-governmental organisation.

Provincial administrators of Burundi's ministries of education and interior joined local officials on the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the inauguration on Wednesday of a collection of "vital data" on all primary school infrastructures in the country, the UN agency reported.

OSISA, a philanthropic non-profit grant making foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at the following address: www.osiafrica.org This new look website is filled with information on OSISA, its vision, its mission, its activities, areas of operation and program guidelines.

The grim reality of life for AIDS orphans and the urgent need to provide them with alternatives to poverty and prostitution does not seem to be getting through to world leaders, said UNICEF chief Carol Bellamy, who has called the global response thus far "grossly inadequate."

With the completion of the third annual Nelson Mandela Invitational golf event at Pecanwood the amount donated to the two charities benefiting from the event over three tournaments has officially passed the astonishing figure of R5 million. The money has been shared between the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Player Foundation.

With people facing hunger in most parts of the country, Zanu PF supporters have reportedly taken advantage of this to sway the electorate to its side as well as punish the would be supporters of the MDC. In Chimanimani, Zanu PF supporters were allegedly caught red-handed rewarding voters with allocations of maize, moments after they cast their votes.

The IRC seeks a Field Coordinator for its Sierra Leone program based in Kono to act as the senior staff member and represent IRC in an official capacity in the district.

You will be responsible for developing and co-ordinating SCUK's child soldier programme in the DRC. You will provide technical expertise and assist teams in planning and implementing new and ongoing activities, developing and delivering training in the interim care of former child soldiers and reintegration strategies.

The latest Statistics SA report on income distribution (Earning and Spending in SA) underlines one benefit of the transition to democracy: government's earnest effort to track developments relating to poverty and inequality. Beyond that, however, the report makes depressing reading. Its key finding that income inequalities worsened between 1995 and 2000 underscores the need for more vigorous action to create jobs. Perhaps the most shocking finding is that, in real terms, the average African household has seen a 19% fall in income, while the average white household has enjoyed a 15% increase.

ACORD is searching for an exceptional individual to become our next Executive Director. The person appointed will continue the process of change we have been undergoing which involves changing the focus of our programming to working with the excluded in Africa and social movements in both the North and South and using advocacy and research as tools for change. The Executive Director is responsible for the strategic leadership and overall organisational management of all areas of ACORD's work. We have started relocating the Head Office from the UK to Africa and will be completed by end 2003 whilst increasing the status, skills and responsibility of our Programme Managers to strategically manage their programmes.

Responsible for specific fundraising targets as well as developing the AME capacity for Resource Development and Communications. Includes setting specific fundraising targets and ensuring that these are implemented and achieved; supporting and encouraging efforts of national organizations to build sustainable Resource Development and Communications programs; providing direction for achievement of AME's vision for national office in-country fundraising; directing external relations for Africa and Middle East Area including government relations, media and donor relations.

The 2003 programme of Mango's financial management training for NGOs is now available to view on our website. In the coming year, we are delighted to introduce some new short courses in response to popular demand. The training programme will be delivered in regional locations around the world, including Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Thailand, Jordan and the UK.
Our current programme of events (ranging from 1 day to 2 weeks in duration) caters for a wide range of needs in the relief and development sector, and can also be adapted for 'in-house' training events.

With a population just shy of 10 million people, Zambia is at a crossroads in coping with a series of overlapping crises. Arguably the most devastating among them is the rapid spread of HIV, currently infecting 20% of the country’s entire population. As a result, scores of children have been directly affected. NetAid invites you to give young girls in Zambia the priceless gift of education. Your valuable donation can be given on behalf of a friend or family member who will be notified of your present.