Africa
SIERRA LEONE: Salesian Girls Shelter Provides Crisis Support and Care for Sexual Assault Victims
By MissionNewswire at May 17, 2013 | 8:38 am | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) The statistics are staggering. UNICEF estimates that close to 200,000 women, including young girls and older women, were sexually assaulted during Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war. And although the war has stopped, the sexual violence against women has not. Young women are at risk for sexual violence, trafficking and forced pregnancy among more...
MOZAMBIQUE: Salesians Provide Only Recognized Professional Teacher Training Program
By MissionNewswire at May 4, 2013 | 9:33 am | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked 172nd out of 182 countries on the UN Human Development Index with 54 percent of the population living in poverty, according to the World Bank. Poverty, combined with a shortage of trained teachers, has hampered efforts to open new schools. Currently, the Salesians operate the only more...
ALERTNET: Quarter of Somalis Still Rely on Aid Despite Weakening of Shabaab
By AlertNet at May 2, 2013 | 1:15 pm | 0 Comment
(AlertNet) - About a quarter of Somalia's population still need aid to keep them from starvation and rebuild their livelihoods, even though much of the country has been stabilized by a campaign to drive back Islamist militants, the United Nations said on Thursday. A United Nations report said around 260,000 people, half of them children, had died between 2010 more...
UNICEF: Children in Somalia to Receive New Vaccination Against Deadly Diseases
By UNICEF at April 24, 2013 | 5:23 pm | 0 Comment
(UNICEF) The Somali authorities have launched today a new five-in-one-vaccine against several potentially fatal childhood diseases which could save thousands of young lives. From today, Somali children will receive the Pentavalent vaccine, a combination of five vaccines in one against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), Hepatitis B and Haemophilus more...
ALERTNET: Central African Republic Crisis leaves 1 Million Children Out of School
By AlertNet at April 24, 2013 | 10:24 am | 0 Comment
(AlertNet / Reuters) LONDON - More than 1 million children in Central African Republic are not attending school because of the violent coup in March and chronic poverty, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. At least half the country’s schools are still closed, one month after the Seleka rebel coalition marched to the capital Bangui and seized power, the more...
MADAGASCAR: New Partnership is Closing the Digital Divide
By MissionNewswire at April 16, 2013 | 5:06 pm | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) The digital divide–the gap between those with access to technology and those without–is particularly apparent in Madagascar. Because of a lack of funding and limited access to technology, many youth have had no training in technology, including basic computer and internet skills. Youth with no technical knowledge or training are severely limited in more...
USAID: Saving Mothers: A New Initiative to Address Maternal Mortality
By USAID at March 14, 2013 | 7:01 am | 0 Comment
(USAID) “In Zambia, when women have delivered, we say ‘Oh, you have survived.’” This chilling reminder of the impact of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa came from Professor Elwyn Chomba, a Zambian government public health official interviewed by CSIS for a new video about the challenges of maternal mortality and a new initiative to address more...
SUDAN: Salesians Provide Education, Give Hope to Youth in Refugee Camp
By MissionNewswire at February 22, 2013 | 10:03 am | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) In 2012, Salesian VIS volunteers set up an educational refugee program to support youth in the Mayo Camp in Khartoum. The project was financed by Cerveteri Solidale Onlus and UNICEF. The VIS “Child Friendly Learning Space for Returnee Children of Mayo” Project seeks to educate 600 young refugees from South Sudan and areas which are affected by more...
UNHCR: Refugee Agency Prepares to Assist Possible Returnees in Mali
By UNHCR at January 31, 2013 | 2:23 pm | 0 Comment
(UNHCR) With the fast-evolving military situation in Mali, the UN refugee agency is readying itself to assist in the possible spontaneous return of thousands of conflict-displaced people in the north of the country. "We aim to open new presences in Gao and other cities in the north as soon as security conditions allow," said UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards, while more...
ALERTNET: Ethiopia Plans to Power East Africa with Hydro
By AlertNet at January 29, 2013 | 2:45 pm | 0 Comment
(AlertNet) Ethiopia is gearing up to export large amounts of clean power across East Africa in the coming years, starting with neighboring countries Djibouti and Sudan. But the ambitious plans have ignited controversy on several fronts. Ethiopia wants to increase its electricity exports - mainly generated from hydropower - as a reliable source of precious hard more...
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