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Editor's Comment:Let's Find a Natural Alternative to Plastic
As soon as Networker David Gray sent in this story from the Episcopal Cafe newsletter it got me thinking. It probably strikes a chord with anyone wanting to do their bit to save the world's resources. The whole issue of the mis-use of plastic bags and indeed all things plastic is not going to go away. Neither are the plastic bags for that matter - they will probably remain in land-fill sites for ever and a day!
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GLI Networkers Join Forces
Two GLI staff members recently visited China's Sichuan Province, scene of May's devastating earthquake. Jeanne Zhu from GLI's Shanghai office and Fancy Zhu from our Tokyo base linked up with four GLI Networkers from the Province involved in post-disaster reconstruction work. Read more |
Pan-African Awards Launched
GLI Networker and MD of Teach A Man To Fish Nik Kafka tells us that the organisation's Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education has been launched. The competition has prizes totalling 10,000 dollars with 1,000 dollars going to the most entrepreneurial education programmes in each African country. Read more |
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Volunteers Wanted for LGT Venture Philanthropy Organisations
New GLI Networker Pia Lassak tells us about LGT Venture Philanthropy, an organisation seeking volunteers to support their various organisations in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Closing date for entries is September 14, 2008. Read more |
Adore Society Newsletter
Thanks to Tamilnadu-based GLI Networker V Murugan for sending us the latest issue of the Adore Society newsletter. Adore is a grassroots organisation working with children, HIV/Aids victims and women empowerment in Pondicherry. Read more |
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Goodwill Social Work Centre Case Study
Dr Christopher Daniel, a long-standing GLI Networker, a Member of GLI's International Advisory Board and Executive Director of the Goodwill Social Work Centre in Madurai, India, sends us his detailed case study on their community technology services project. Read more |
Planning on Sustainability: Nicaraguan Self-Sufficient School Start-Up
Pioneering coffee company La Bastilla lays the groundwork for Central America's first Financially Self-Sufficient Agricultural High School. For many companies Corporate Social Responsibility is something of an afterthought. Read more |
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Let's Slow Down and Learn to Share
New GLI Networker Ntambi Sadat is involved in the work of BodaBoda. This organisation is dedicated to eradicating poverty among the young and vulnerable communities in Uganda. Here, in a short, sharp and thought-provoking piece, Ntambi highlights the importance in the modern world of love,compassion and sharing. Read more |
Co-operation the Key in Aftermath of Sichuan Earthquake
Thanks to GLI Networker Michael Rank for sending us this article. It is on how NGOs in China are facing up to the problems caused by the Sichuan earthquake and how some positive relationships between the government and NGOs have been established. It's penned by Jia Xijin, Associate Professor at the NGO Research Centre at Tsinghua University. Read more |
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