MSF Report on Haiti: Despite Massive Aid Response, Huge Needs Remain

	The Field: Special Edition	January 2011
	Haiti One Year After
	Despite Massive Aid Response, Huge Needs Remain One year after a devastating earthquake, Haitians continue to endure appalling living conditions and a nationwide cholera outbreak despite the largest humanitarian aid deployment in the world. Read More >
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Jan 29 I Voices for children gala

Every little helps -- helping children of Ghana

Every little helps — helping children of Ghana

Dear Friends,I hope you are all well and happy. I wanted to let you all know about a project in Ghana that Lisa and I are leading for an organization called Orphans’ Heroes.

We are planning to build an environmentally friendly, low-energy, cost-efficient school for a village with 800 residents, 216 of which are children. The nearest school is an hour away and currently less than 20 of the older children attend school.

Andokope is in the Upper Volta region of Ghana, in an area where child slavery is a big problem. The people are incredibly poor and often have to make terrible choices — like whether to sell one child into slavery to feed three others or to watch them all starve to death.

The children who are sold are often sent to fish on Lake Volta and work long hours, often without being fed for days at a time. Having to climb out of a boat and into the crocodile-infested lake to untangle a fishing net is a terrifying thought for anyone. Consider most of the children cannot swim and you can only imagine their fear.

The plan is to make an environmentally friendly school using local materials. It will be low-cost, low maintenance and the goal is to make the school independent and self-sufficient within 5 years. We will use Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB) to construct the building and will use solar panels to bring light to the village, where there is currently no electricity. We will provide students with two meals a day and the chance to have an education. If the children eat two meals a day at the school, the burden of feeding them will be lifted from their parents and more families will remain intact.

You can get more information on the Orphans’ Heroes website: http://www.orphansheroes.org/Orphans_Heroes/Donate__Andokope_School.html

In Ghana, $5 provides health care for a child for one year, $12 can buy a bag of cement and $50 can buy a window and screens for a classroom, $1600 will pay for a compressed earth block machine (similar to this one).

We know that times are hard. Please consider donating whatever you feel you can to the school, a little goes a long way and we appreciate any help you can give.

Donated land for the school

If you would like more information about our plans, the technology we will use, how we hope to make it self-sustaining, etc. please feel contact me or Lisa. All donations are tax deductible for people who live in the US.

Please forward this e-mail to anyone you think might be interested and willing to help these children from poverty and slavery.

Wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous new year.

Love,

Lisa, Farhad & Mawunya

More to read:

• Child Slavery in Ghana?
• Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery
• Reports on child trafficking in Africa
• Africa’s bitter cycle of child slavery

Unicef help request for Haiti: She thought she could fly

The world's kids need our help. Make your tax-deductible gift today. Dear Farhad, She never did tell me her name or her age. She just told me that when the earthquake struck her home in Haiti, she thought it was God teaching her to fly. In fact, her world had been shattered, and her family was gone. Hers was but one of the real lives I encountered this year on my travels to see UNICEF at work. There are thousands of others whose stories I'll not share. But I worry most about the lives cut short: 22,000 kids who died every day from a preventable cause. Every 6 seconds, a child died from malnutrition. Every day, 400 children died from measles. They aren't statistics. They're kids. Just like the kids you know – only born in desperate places, victims of grim circumstances. And they need our help. For the world's neediest kids - donate now to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF – and help us reach our goal of $2 million by December 31. Every donation is 100% tax-deductible. No matter where I go, kids are kids. Sit on the ground, and a kid will climb into your lap. Visit the aftermath of a natural disaster, and you'll find kids playing with sticks and balls. Too often, what makes these kids' futures so different from that of our own comes down to luck. Farhad, will you join thousands of others who will donate to change these kids' lives? Your 100% tax-deductible gift will support the best child survival and protection team on the planet: Education – In the aftermath of war or natural disaster, children often feel safest in a classroom. UNICEF developed the School-in-a-Box kit so that a classroom could be set up anywhere to restore a sense of normalcy and help break the cycle of poverty. Emergency relief – Children are often separated from their families in the chaos after a disaster. UNICEF sets up child protection centers to provide these kids with a safe environment, clean water, shelter and help in finding their lost loved ones. Safe drinking water – When children are thirsty, it doesn't matter if a river is clouded and polluted, they'll drink from it. UNICEF's simple solutions like clean water tablets make it safe for children to drink when they are thirsty – anywhere, anytime. Every day of every year, UNICEF uses these proven, low-cost methods to save kids living on the brink. And it's working. The annual number of under-five deaths dropped from 13 million in 1990 to 8 million in 2010. Still, 22,000 children die each day from preventable causes. We believe that number should be zero. There is no reason why a child should die from a cause that has long been solved in the developed world. Help UNICEF save kids – donate to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF now and help us reach our goal of raising $2 million by December 31. No other organization has saved more children's lives than UNICEF. This holiday season – join us as we save even more lives. Together we are getting to zero. Warm wishes, Caryl M. Stern President & CEO U.S. Fund for UNICEF     Copyright © 2010 U.S. Fund for UNICEF 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038 All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Unsubscribe If this email was forwarded to you, please join us! Subscribe to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

Shoe away the war criminals: protest Gates and Clinton visit in Australia

SHOE AWAY THE WAR CRIMINALS!

Robert Gates (Bush-Obama defense secretary and former CIA deputy director) and Hillary Clinton (Obama's secretary of state) will be in Australia for talks with the pro-war Julia Gillard government. Even Gates admits that the US-NATO war and occupation in Afghanistan is not going well. RAWA has accused Clinton of lying when she says the Western occupation can continue while the women of Afghanistan are saved.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Australia is training militia connected to Uruzgan warlord Matiullah Khan. Perhaps that explains why Afghan president Hamid Kazai praised the PM for working with "warlordy types" when she visited Afghanistan last month.

Send a message to Gates, Clinton and Gillard that the troops have to get out of Afghanistan and Iraq ... and bring your spare shoes!

When: Monday 8 November 2010

Time: 1-2 pm
Where: Outside US Consulate, Martin Place.
Contact: MORE @ FB




Outside Parliament House, Canberra, when the farcical debate on Afghanistan was begun inside.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ORGANISING MEETING
6.30pm Monday November 8, 2010
Room 318, Level 3, Building 1
University of Technology, Broadway, Sydney
(near Central R'way station)
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Afghan feminist speaks


Malalai Joya on Afghanistan today
Tues, Nov 16, 5.30pm
University Hall, Level 2, Room 23 Building 4 (Faculty of Science)

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Ultimo, Australia

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rhuntley@netspeed.com.au


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A Few Short Farsi Jokes

آنگاه كه موسى در سرزمين قزوين عصاى خود را برزمين انداخت ندا آمد :

اى موسى! حالا اگر خايه دارى خم شو عصا را بردار

 

 

. چرخش روزگار ببین چیه: سوسک از موش میترسه،موش از گربه،گربه از سگ، سگ از مرد،مرد از زن،زن از سوسک.     ﻣﻴﺪﻭﻧﻲ ﻛﺎﺭ ﻋﻀﻠﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﻦ ﺧﺎﻧﻤﻬﺎ ﭼﻴﻪ ؟ ﺗﻨﻈﻴﻢ ﺣﺮﻛﺖ ﻣﺮﺩﻣﻚ ﭼﺸﻢ  ﺁﻗﺎﻳﺎﻥ        وا:دوستم داری؟ ادم:مگه چاره دیگه هم هست؟  (و این گونه بود که خداوند عشق را افرید)     اگه گفتي : "love is your face " يعني چي?? يعني جمالتو عشق است     میدونی چرا دخترها وقتی ار خواب پامیشن چشماشونو میمالند؟ چون تخم ندارند.     میدونی چرا بقالی سرخیابون به همه محرمه ؟ چون به همه شیر میده‎.‎       به آخونده میگن حاج آقاازشما کون گشادترم پیدا میشه میگه آره اونيكه ميگه حاج آقاالتماس دعا

 

 

 

 

سوراخ عقبى به سوراخ جلويى ميگه: ببخشيد كه ما خيلى سرو صدا داريم سوراخ جلويى ميگه:

اختيار دارين شما ببخشيد كه ما خيلى برو بيا داريم .

Fw: Fwd: BAD FARSI

گفتن فارسی بنویسین ولی نه دیگه در این حد!  خداییش شما اینو چی می‌خونین: "امرجنسی با کس" واقعن چند در صد تشخیص دادین این عبارت یعنی Emergency box ؟!!

OH Brings Water to Villagers in Andokope, Ghana

Orphans' Heroes Brings Clean Water to the Village of Andokope, Ghana Andokope is a lovely traditional village about a 15-minute drive from the town of Hohoe.  There are over 800 people living in Andokope, of which 216 are children. Up until August 2010, villagers were walking two miles to collect filthy water from the river in buckets and bowls. This water was a breeding ground for disease. We are happy to announce that due to the generosity of donors Jon and Paula Ball of Los Gatos, CA, Robert and Susan Majerus of Greeley, CO, Kent and Patricia Mills of Windsor, CO, the Lindholm Foundation of Laguna Niguel, CA, and the Carrico Family Foundation of Greeley, CO, Orphans' Heroes was able to address this issue. In August 2010, a water pump was installed in a central location in the village. Thank you to Nicholas Victus of Hohoe, Ghana for coordinating and overseeing the project. Currently of the 216 children in the village, only a handful attend school as they have to walk very far to another village. Orphans' Heroes plans to build a school in Andokope. To read more about the needs of the villagers in Andokope, or donate toward the school, please visit our website at orphansheroes.org. The filthy water from the river that the villagers were drinking before the water pump was installed. The spacious site for the school in Andokope is centrally located in the village. Some of the children in Andokope, Ghana. Villagers are happy these days, as their walk to collect water has become much shorter. Two children who live in Andokope and are anxious to go to school. Artist Carly Allen-Martin Donates Proceeds to OH Long-time supporter of Orphans' Heroes, Carly Allen-Martin is a featured artist in today's Daily Candy, a free daily country-wide e-mail newsletter and website that is the insider's guide to what's hot, new, and undiscovered.   The past two years, Carly's work has been inspired by the children of West Africa, particularly from the Hohoe Christian Orphans' Home in Hohoe, Ghana.   Carly generously donates 20% of all the proceeds from her art sales to Orphans' Heroes to continue improving the lives of the children in West Africa.   In August 2010, Carly received the honor of being named Queen Mother of Hohoe and was assigned to work with the village of Segbedeme. The proceeds of Carly's current sales will go toward buying health cards for the children of Segbedeme.   To view more of Carly's beautiful work, please visit her website at carlyallen.com.       www.orphansheroes.org Orphans Heroes | P.O. Box 333 | Bedford Hills, NY 10507 | 914.234.4100 Orphans Heroes is a 501(c)3 organization. Contributions to Orphans Heroes are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.

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دوستان عزیز   تماشای این فیلم حدود یک ساعت طول میکشد. لطفا وقت بگذارید و ببینید. این فیلم‌ به همت  ایرانیان کانادا ، و کمک گرفتن از همه ایران شناسان، نهادها و موزه‌های غربی و با استفاده از لطف نرم افزار‌های دیجیتال،  تاریخ ایران  را به شکل جذابی بازسازی کرده است   From: tmail.com     IRAN'S HISTORY تاریخ ایران   درود بر هموندان گرامی   این فیلم که باز سازی تاریخ ایران به گونه ای فشرده است انقدر زیباست که هوش از سر می برد و انقدر مستند است که می توان با اسودگی خیال ان را دید و از ان اموخت   پایدار باشید     Salut à tous,   Voici le lien vers un documentaire extraordinairement beau et surtout scientifiquement fiable sur l'histoire d'Iran.   Bonne vision.     Hello to everyone,   Here you find a link toward a extraordinarily beautiful and scientifically reliable documentary on Iran's history.  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5356229498218843348&hl=en Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Learn more.

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