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GLI News in News area
GLI and Goodwill Social Work Centre
sign Partnership Agreement
We are very excited to announce that on 6th October 2007 in Madurai, Tamilnadu GLI and Goodwill Social Work Centre entered into a partnership agreement to work together to provide services and capacity building programmes for GLI Networkers in Tamilnadu, now numbering 250.
Our thanks to all who have sent in their stories or news this month and a very special thanks to two GLI Networkers who have sent in fascinating items to share with us all - Jan Beeton and Mosleh Ahmed. Thank you for thinking of GLI Networkers and for taking the time to contribute to the website. It is very much appreciated.
Networkers' Picture Gallery in Get Involved
New picture of Jan Beeton at work
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ICT Opportunities in Share area
Cell phone technologies to address underdevelopment and HIV/AIDS
I am sending you this report that you may also be able to get out to others who would benefit from it on the use of cellphones in development - really exciting stuff!! Sent in by GLI Networker Jan Beeton
Inspire area
PLUS Foundation (Progressive Literacy & Utilitarian Services Foundation) TREE Project
We are delighted to publish this example from a GLI Networker of a sustainable tree planting project that will bring employment and regeneration to small farmers and their lands and help with Global Warming too.
News Stories in News area
Ecofinders Kenya: Eco-education with income from TeachAManToFish
A small scale project that's thinking big - funding free school places through green business education. Although TeachAManToFish has shown that schools really can cover all their costs from profitable education-oriented school businesses, many schools find they have to start on a much smaller scale.
Bathroom Design Competition for people with disabilities
This event is a Bathroom Design Competition with theme 'accessible restroom'. Hopefully, this competition will be a medium for public awareness about accessibility for all in designing facilities for wider society. Sent in by GLI Networker Faisal Rusdi
The Selvi Trust Update
News from the Selvi Trust at Idayamelur, promoting public health programmes, rural health services and family welfare activities as well as the successful Pulse Polio immunization programme.
People Friendly Police project launch blog
People Friendly Police project has launched a blog on their website - take a look.
How We Do It Guides in Share area
Capacity Building for Local NGOs - a guidance manual
Capacity building for local NGOs: A guidance manual for good practice.
This comprehensive manual on capacity building for local non-governmental organisations can be used for training and development or by local NGOs as a self-help manual. Each chapter is available to download separately. Sent in by GLI Networker Jan Beeton
Sustainable Development in Share area
Global Survey on Microfinance
I am grateful for 2-3 minutes of your time to complete a brief survey on microfinance. It is a global survey, so I would appreciate it if you can send it to your various networks to complete. From Darline Augustine
PhD student at the London School of Economics and Political Science
and also a Member of the Steering Group of Microfinance Club UK
Islamic Microfinance article
This is an example of Islamic Microfinance, which is being demanded in some of the Arab countries now, but has come up in a Buddist country. Sent in by GLI Networker Mosleh Ahmed
Microinsurance and Microfinance
a new Word Document on Microinsurance has been added to this item.
Sent in by GLI Networker Mosleh Ahmed.
Volunteer in Share area
Online Volunteering - UN Volunteers program
Online Volunteering is a great service set up by the UN Volunteers program to link volunteers around the world with international development non-profit organizations in need of their skills. Online Volunteers can help organizations stretch their on-site resources even further and to serve more clients. Link of the Month from TeachAManToFish August 2007 Newsletter. TeachAManToFish has had great experience with Online Volunteers from translators to web developers. For more information on Online Volunteering, click here
Volunteer Opportunties with RDAS
Volunteer Opportunities at the Rural Development Afforestation Society (RDAS) is an Indian government registered voluntary organization, founded in 1995. Its main purpose is to uplift the downtrodden communities in and Thiruvannamalai District in Tamil Nadu. The target population is about 370,000 men, women and children, living in poor and sometimes deplorable conditions, without much hope of a better life.
Food for Thought in Share area
Wonderful Photos by Regina Hansda!
Take time out to look at these photos by GLI Networker Regina and be inspired!
New GLI Networkers
September has been a quieter month, but we were happy to welcome our first networker from Colombia, the very committed and interesting Francisco Javier -see below. We now have more than 820 networkers from 54 countries. The new networkers came this month from only eight countries, with the most coming from China, but the quality, passion and diversity remains very encouraging. As always we welcome all our new networkers and we hope you enjoy reading about some of them and their continuing amazing diversity. (The full details of all new networkers can be seen on the GLI website, including their own websites where shown, on the most recent pages of networkers.)
Dinah Nomvulo Adonis - Women for Change, Pretoria, South Africa
This is a womens organisation.The majority are women whose children have died of aids. For others their husbands have died of aids.We have decided to form an organisation that cares for all the orphans of our community and surroundings.
V R Kennadi - Anbalaya Foundation, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India
Our working areas are Health Education, Environmental Awareness, Organisation of SHGs for Women, Unorganised Sector, Youth, Disabled and Income Generation Activities.
Nabil Ahmed - St Albans, UK
I am a researcher (with a background in Anthropology and Economics) who is interested in issues of poverty and inequality.
Ian Robinson - British Council, Beijing, China
Assistant Director, British Council Governance Team, China.
Babatope Ogunsakin - Youths Accord Movement, Lagos State, Nigeria
I am passionate and concerned about my generation especially in the area of passing positive information to them through whatever means I can. I am the Co-ordinator and Founder of Youths Accord Movement which is presently my project through which I hope to influence my generation more.
Glen Jager - The Valley Trust, South Africa
The Vision of The Valley Trust is Communities in which people take responsibility for improving their own health and quality of life in a democratic society. Our purpose is to create and hold processes that will enable this to happen.
Simon Laman - Earthwatch, UK
I am the Event Officer for the environmental NGO Earthwatch. (See their linked website for their thriving Capacity Building Programme and their Priority Research Areas, Sustainable Resource Management, Climate Change, Oceans and Sustainable Cultures.)
Andrea Stachnik - TradeRelief, London, UK
We are a new up and coming charity hoping to encourage economic development and employment in the developing world.
Wang Hongfeng - Beijing, China
I am doing the Master program at the University of International Media and have volunteering experience with several NGOs in Beijing. I have joined Global Links Initiative as a volunteer.
Francisco Javier Insignares Vizcaino - e-Recycle Colombia, Atlantico, Colombia
During my MBA, I studied the effects of e-waste in Colombia in future and confirmed that my country is in serious danger from e-waste. Annually Colombia produces and stores about 4 million tons of non-usable electric and electronic equipment at home, and drops in public areas another 2 millions of e-waste. These equipments contain very dangerous elements to human health and the environment. In Colombia we have no systems to regulate or to process this kind of waste. So I have co-formed an NPO to collect and process the non-usable electric and electronics equipments produced or imported by my country in a responsible way. I have successfully developed programs to educate my local community on the imminent necessity to recycle these elements at the end of their useful life. I have now received my first container of e-waste to recycle and am working with people displaced by violence and community mothers to do this. I would now like to know of institutions and foundations orientated to help this kind of social entrepreneurship. We need to obtain technology and knowledge to increase our automation and efficiency level.
I Rosalee - Society for Integrated Development, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India
I have been working for the welfare of downtrodden people for the past 19 years.
Yujin Chong - Korea Foundation for Working Together, South Korea
I do freelance training and consulting with NPOs, state and educational institutions.
M Johnson Appadurai - Jows Welfare Society, Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India
Our organisation's aim is 'to serve downtrodden peoples' dignity'. We also work for HIV Awareness, child rights,the disabled and the eradication of child labour.
Victor Ojionye - Thuthuka Community Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa
We are a Non Profit Making Foundation whose main objectives are to improve the life of our rural communities, provide skill development centres to create jobs and reduce crime in the society. We also adopt schools in rural areas and provide them with necessary facilities.
Alan Josling - UK
I am a retired accountant interested in using my knowledge and experience to make a contribution in the not-for-profit sector.
Ime Asanga - Nigerian Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Lagos, Nigeria
I am a legal practitioner by profession and the Executive Secretary/CEO of NACEVO. We connect, develop and represent the sector's leaders to increase the sector's impact and efficiency. We also promote transparency, professionalism and accountability in the third sector.
S Amuthashanthy - Thiyagam Women Trust, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
I am a challenged woman, born with one hand. Facing the Challenge has become the way of my life since birth.Of course it added strength and faith in my life. The only handicap is to depend on others. For physically challenged we do not want any compassion or consolation.We want opportunity to express our talents and earn our livelihood. If the opportunity is given, we will prove our ability. In October 2005 I resigned my bread-winning job and decided to work full-time to make my dream a reality and founded our Trust. We now run a tailoring unit with 15 disabled women providing job training and also earning.We also run free tuition centres for poor children in five remote villages. To wipe every tear from every eye of my challenged sisters is my passion. I have a vision to reach out to more and more challenged women in villages. I was born with one hand but here I found numerous hands to join me in selfless endeavour. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Dharmender Sharma - Chengdu, Sichuan, China
I come from India and have worked for the last 13 years in different education related NGOs in India and China. I have just finished a 3 year assignment with the Trace Foundation in Sichuan. I would love to work on innovative projects on education or preschool education.
Guo Phil - China Center for Dependable Strengths, China
Giftedly imaginative and creative, easy-going and charismatic, idealistic and with deep thoughts.I have strong passion and commitment to things of caring about non-profit career and sustainable universal development.
Rajendra BDR Thapa - Centre for Social Consciousness & Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
I have worked in volunteer organisations such as Reiyukai, Leo Club and NRDC. Now I am very keen to develop my nation as well as society in terms of spreading consciousness that may be either development or preventive.
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