Behind the Mask is an organisation that aims to empower and support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Africa. It is looking for an Executive Director.

Gun Free South Africa is looking for a Western Cape Regional Organiser who has a passion for peace and against violence; who does not own
a gun and is committed to remaining gun free at home and at work.

The Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) is an internationally recognised centre for policy, research, training and information dissemination on elections and democracy in SADC countries. It is looking for a Research Director.

Tourism Buffalo City (TBC) has been given R2,5 million by USAid to develop a tourism strategy. This was announced at the tourism Indaba held in Durban last weekend.

Eskom donated a computer with Internet access to a 18-year-old Breidbach girl who was diagnosed with the incurable disease, Friedriechs atoxia, -- thanks to the Reach For A Dream Foundation's efforts.

Imbono Yethu Project has received R140 000 from the Uthingo Trust, a voluntary social investment fund established by the operator of SA's National Lottery, Uthingo Management.

UNOPS-SEHD is seeking expressions of interest from qualified candidates as
senior managers to lead the promotion and development of four Local Economic Development Agencies in different districts of Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Limpopo.

Fighting between Liberian government forces and armed opponents was reported on Monday to be moving closer to the capital, Monrovia, humanitarian sources told IRIN. Attempts by humanitarian workers to conduct a rapid needs assessment among the internally displaced people (IDPs) were delayed due to the security situation. But it was estimated that some 6,000 IDPs had reached Ganta in Nimba County while another 5,000 had reached Totoka, south of Gbarnga. The total number of IDPs in Liberia was estimated to be at least 40,000.

Farraja Kotta is a 16-year-old Tanzanian girl who has just finished her O-level education. But on Wednesday, she had the honour of speaking on behalf of African children in an event on promoting children's participation, held at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children in New York.

Angola is one of the worst places in the world to be a child. One child in three dies before the age of five and only 30 percent of those who survive ever make it to school, a new rights monitoring group said on Wednesday.

A research study on the needs of children with disabilities in South Africa is being conducted by Samaita Associates on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Organisations that have programmes or projects that benefit disabled children are invited to participate in the study. The deadline for submissions is 17 May 2002.

Zambia's human rights record has been slammed in a new report by a local human rights NGO, with the police coming in for particular criticism. Afronet executive director Ngande Mwanajiti told IRIN their newly released report, entitled 'Zambia Human Rights 2001', found abuses in freedom of association, freedom of expression and misconduct over the organisation of last year's election.

On 3 May, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) launched its annual review of press conditions in Southern Africa "So This is Democracy?" This is the eighth year that MISA has published the report covering press freedom violations in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Five College African Scholars Residency Program works to strengthen intellectual capacity in African universities and to enrich Africa-focused scholarship at the Five Colleges and internationally. It does so by bringing junior and mid-level African scholars, employed by and teaching in African universities and with active research projects with an African focus, for 5- and 10-month research residencies at Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, neighboring institutions associated in the Five College Consortium centered in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Development Action Group (DAG) is a leading urban development NGO in the Western Cape that supports and implements community housing and development projects and processes, and that works towards the creation of an enabling, community sensitive policy environment. It is looking for a Receptionist.

PAD is an independent body registered as a development Trust in the terms of the Trust Act. PAD is an umbrella coordination organisation of the rural associations representing communities, in particular women of economic active ages and post formal schooling youth. It is looking for a Director.

Umhlaba Development Services is a development consultancy
company providing a range of support services to NGOs, donors, and government departments. It is looking for a Financial Services Consultant.

South African Network of Trauma Service Providers (SANTSEP)has published its guidelines for proposals.

Creative Associates International, Inc., known locally as CREA SA, has been
contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a programme of grants management and technical assistance in support of the USAID Democracy and Governance Program in South Africa. CREA hereby announces the availability of an Annual Program Statement.

The value of the Border Community Chest in helping so many deserving organisations throughout its region was illustrated again on Tuesday when the distribution committee decided to make annual grants for 2002-3 of just under R200 000.