tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12653548Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:05:43 +0000Global ActivismNGO DevelopmentTechnologyEducationVolunteeringHealthcareHuman RightsWater ResourcesAIDSAll African (Self Help) BazaarThis Blog contains <strong>Brief Articles</strong> on charitable organizations with ongoing projects in Africa or impacting the African Diaspora. We welcome any suggestions about organizations that should be featured.noreply@blogger.com (Oscar H. Blayton)Blogger332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12653548.post-2348129458506709052Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:21:00 +00002014-11-08T23:22:26.678-05:00International Medical Corps is in South Sudan as well.<br />
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Jamaica was the first country assisted by Food For The Poor.<br /><br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;">The Movement Building Boot Camp for LGBTIQ activists was held during 2011 and brought together a pool of diverse, young, creative and inspirational activists from Anglophone (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania) and Francophone (Rwanda, Burundi and DRC) countries in East Africa.</span><br /><br />
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Medeatrice is one of our 180,000 bosses. She is a farmer in Nyamirimbo village in Rwanda, and in this picture, she is carrying some farm inputs back to her house.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.12960000336170197px; line-height: 16.847999572753906px;">In 2013, DKT’s program provided over 2 million condoms, over 140,000 oral contraceptives, and more than 61,000 misoprostol pills for 100,245 CYPs.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">N</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;">est of Hope was formed in 2006 by six women with the aim to raise the standards of the poor and marginalized to help make better communities. The activities and contributions of the association is to help women who in turn help develop the quality of the life for all people, especially those in the rural communities of Cameroon.</span><br /><br />
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<a href=" NGO improving economic & social well being of the poor & unpriviledged in Cameroon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article was posted by Oscar H. Blayton at the
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"A recent survey conducted by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph (5 August 2013) has caused an uproar in the nonprofit sector in the United Kingdom (UK). It revealed that nonprofit sector executives from well-known global nonprofits funded by the British aid agency are pocketing up to £184 000 (approximately R2.7 million) per annum in salaries. In some cases, according to the ‘charity rich list’, nine of those charities paid about £300 000 pounds (R3.5 million) each to some of their employees in 2012. This has raised a public relations nightmare in the midst of aid budget reviews. Interestingly, this revelation has not been denied by the organisations in question but been defended vehemently."<br />
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"Solar power makes sense — if you can get it right. For many isolated rural communities, off-grid solutions are the best chance of accessing electricity. We assume too readily that such solutions have to be small-scale and expensive. Two major national projects from different world regions suggest this doesn't have to be the case."<div class="blogger-post-footer">This article was posted by Oscar H. Blayton at the
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Now in its second year, this September 28, the festival will bring musicians Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer together with 60,000 global citizens at New York's Central Park to call for accelerated action.</div>
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