Date of Conference: 4th - 6th September
Location: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: A registration fee of Ksh 2,500 is payable.
The registration fee must accompany the abstract form.
Information: For further details, abstract and registration forms please visit
our website at:
http://www.kapc.or.ke
Deadline for Abstact Submissions: 31st May 2001
Contact Information:Dr. D.H. Balmer
Executive Director
Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors
P. O. Box 55472
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-786-310, 784-254
mailto:[email protected]

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Salary : £20,574
Location : South Sudan, Sudan
Closing Date : 25 May 2001

Salary : £21,479pa - £24,129pa
Location : Nairobi, Kenya
Closing Date : 6 Jun 2001

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is organizing an international conference on 5 September 2001 in Durban, South Africa.

The Office of the High Commissioner has received some funding through the auspices of the European Commission to provide financial assistance to NGOs wishing to participate in the World Conference Against Racism (31 August - 7 September) and the NGO Forum (28 August - 1 September) in Durban, South Africa.

A project involving Arizona State University's Institute for Human Origins (founded and directed by Donald C. Johanson, best-known for his discovery of "Lucy"), documentary filmmaker Lenora C. Johanson, and Terra Incognita, this site is designed to teach a general audience about human evolution and the search for early hominid life in the field. The key feature of the site is an extensive (and very professional) flash-driven, online documentary which includes a number of pop-up sub-exhibits that provide additional information and resources on various topics. Other sections of the site include News & Views, which offers recent paleo news stories and expert views, and Resources, which includes a glossary, related sites, and media references. A Learning Center with activities and lesson plans is scheduled to be added this summer.

With the most comprehensive programme in its 54-year history, the World Newspaper Congress, to be held in Hong Kong from 3 to 6 June, will examine a
multitude of major current issues that have a direct impact on newspaper strategies, management and revenues. There is still time to register!

The promise of serving the huge philanthropy market has fed the rush of entrepreneurs and investors to create new digital products and services. After several years of rapid growth, however, the e-philanthropy industry has begun to experience a shakeout. Most notable has been the demise of Charitableway, which produced a Web-based system for handling workplace giving campaigns.

The Kellogg Foundation has released an updated version of their e-Philanthropy report, e-Philanthropy v2.001: From Entrepreneurial Adventure to an Online Community.

The decade of the 1990s returned a mixed score card for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Overall, the LDCs recorded only modest progress, but there were some encouraging experiences in social development and economic integration. The Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries presents an opportunity to review these experiences and agree on strategies to build on lessons learnt to accelerate the fight against poverty. These strategies must be centred on the realization of the rights of children.

Côte d'Ivoire's authorities hope to integrate some 20,000 Liberian children into the education system in the next school year, which starts in October, but first a number of hurdles need to be surmounted, participants in a workshop held to discuss the idea noted. Examining the technical and socio-psychological obstacles facing the proposed project and coming up with ways to ensure its success was the focus of the meeting, held on 7-9 May in the Ivorian capital, Yamoussoukro, 241 km north of Abidjan.

Under the Direction of Professor J. Gregory Dees, Pathways to Social Impact is a multi-year research project focusing on how social entrepreneurs can most effectively spread their innovations from one community to another. While there has been much talk about "replication" and "scalability" in the social sector in recent years, there has been little systematic, in-depth research to help social entrepreneurs make these decisions. Utilizing in depth case studies and data gathered from interviews and surveys, the study will explore the various strategies nonprofits employ to spread their programs and ideas effectively, ranging from information sharing to the establishment of wholly owned branches in other locations and the many possibilities in between.

Scientists at the Liege University in Belgium have reported that DDT, a pesticide that has been banned in Europe but is still in use in the
developing world to fight mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, is causing children in the developing world to develop earlier than their peers in the developed world.

Last day to apply: May 21, 2001. The PHR Fellow will work with a dynamic and growing Asylum Network, mobilizing health professionals to assist asylum seekers, especially torture survivors. Location: Boston, USA

The American Bar Association seeks a Director to develop, manage, and implement ABA legal reform technical assistance projects in Africa. A JD degree or advanced degree in international relations or relevant field and at least five years of experience in international technical assistance work, preferably with focus on Africa, are required. Salary is commensurate with experience and excellent benefits.

The primary responsibility of this post-holder will be to manage the current livestock project and drive its development through a process of community participation and enhancement of local skills. As a key contributor to the overall strategy and direction of the project, you will provide advice and guidance on social based livestock support and assist in the development of future objectives for the project. Location: South Sudan, Sudan Closing Date : 25 May 2001

The Maquila Solidarity Network presents a brand new education/action kit for teachers, students, union members and church group interested in getting involved in campaigns to Stop Sweatshops.

These Webpages have been created for NGOs who wish to participate in the lead up to the World Conference Against Racism by contributing documents, papers and other material they wish to share. If you send us your material in either English, French or Spanish (in electronic form) we will do our best to post it on these pages.

Zambia's political picture this week was dominated by the fall-out from President Frederick Chiluba's announcement on Friday that he would not seek re-election. The decision ended two weeks of political turmoil which deeply divided his ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).