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 Help
Flood Victims
Expressing
its deepest sympathy to the affected families, the
Ethiopian Embassy calls upon all Ethiopians and
Foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin to support
the on-going relief and recovery efforts at home.
Please help save the lives of children, women and
all the victims now. Any amount of donation is much
appreciated. We urge you to donate to Finfine
Branch of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Account
number:0171806 845300
100,000
Birr Donation to Flood Victims
From Washington Metropolitan Area
Ethiopians
Through Children's Eyes:
Ethiopia and Canada
The
following project was brought to our attention by
Angela Fairbank, of the ATA Canada Chapter in
Vancouver . Ms. Fairbank is a Marketing Consultant
on behalf of clients worldwide including
Africa.
To Angela: I am
writing to request further details on the events
your company is planning in Addis to mark the
millennium this Sept. Our organization is sending a
team of journalists to document the events for a
film project to be shown in schools in Canada as
well as for publication by our media partners here
in Canada (print, online and TV). You can find more
info on the project online here: http://www.whatsthe411.ca/index.asp?pageID=73
Tamara Dawit, Executive Directorm The 411
Initiative For Change
(T)647.438.9436, (E) tamara@whatsthe411.ca
www.whatsthe411.ca
Canadian culture
inherently includes being a global citizen. Canada
embraces multiculturalism, immigration, and
cross-cultural understanding. Canada is recognized
internationally as a peacekeeping nation, which
undertakes knowledge and cultural exchange to
foster increased understanding and cooperation
between nations and different ethnocultural
communities. 411 diverse youth multimedia team will
undertake a journey to explore how Canadian culture
and identity contrast with their peers in Ethiopia
on the Eve of the Ethiopian New Millennium.
See
Website for more
Canadian
Doctors Train Africans in Vital Surgery
VANCOUVER,
BC: "Our vision is to empower low income countries
to create an environment where the risk from
injuries is minimal and all people receive adequate
surgical care." Africa Travel Magazine's editors
shared an evening recently, with the founders of
CNIS Canadian Network for International Surgery,
which originated in Vancouver, BC, and whose theme
is."For the Life of Africa." web site:
www.cnis.ca
The following three points are emphasized on the
CNIS web site and in a brochure.
There
is an urgent need for medical practitioners with
surgical skills in Africa. As a surgical
organization CNIS not only wants to improve access
to surgical care, but also wants to reduce the need
for surgery. The CNIS is a 'learning organization'
and support increasing the knowledge and skill base
of our African partners. We learned of the good
works this group of dedicated doctors is doing, and
will be featuring them in our magazine and on
line
Doctors
Without Borders aids the suffering
Back
in 1971, a small group of French doctors was
winding up its work in Biafra, the devastated and
famine-stricken scene of the bloody Nigerian civil
war. Providing medical relief there had sometimes
been a tragically frustrating job. The experience
left the doctors determined to find a better way to
respond to health emergencies. What they wanted was
a way for physicians to minister to suffering
victims, unhampered by political, economic and
religious factors. Out of that resolve came
Medecins sans frontiers (MSF) known in English as
Doctors Without Borders. Today, this is the world's
largest independent, international medical relief
organization. MSF maintains 5 operational centers
in Europe and 14 national sections throughout the
world, including 1 in Canada.
From Canada World View. We will publish news about
your worthy cause . Fax 604-681-6595 or send
E-Mail.
A
Canadian, Dr. James Orbiski, is currently president
of the MSF International Council, which has its
headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The organization
has a threefold mission. First, it supplies
emergency relief in place where medical
infrastructure does not exist or is unable to cope
with the crisis. Second, it conducts medical
research, mass vaccination and other public health
programs in developing countries. Third, it serves
as the voice of the afflicted, speaking out about
the plight of the people it helps.
MSF's
operating principle is to provide help to all who
need it regardless of race religion, politics or
gender. Fulfilling that pledge require a measure of
sturdy independence. This is why MSF seeks
donations from international agencies, private
foundations and the general public. Since 1991, MSF
volunteers have served in Rwanda, Bosnia,
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Liberia, Angola, Sudan, Sri
Lanka, Colombia and elsewhere. They have responded
to human-caused and natural disasters-everything
from shooting wars and the collapse of civil order
to epidemics, famines and floods. The Kosovo crisis
brought the organization into action again. To
volunteer for service, make a donation or learn
more about the work of MSF,
E-mail:msfcan@passport.ca.
We
welcome your support for the following great causes
which focus on Africans including Free
The Children.
Visionaries
(
TV Series) www.visionaries.org
On seeing a Visionaries episode on television
recently, it was love at first sight. We decided
that this organization deserved to be front and
center in our magazines and on our web sites. The
Visionaries Institute of Suffolk University
presents its Seventh Season of Quality Television,
sponsored in part by The F. M. Kirby Foundation,
The Fitzpatrick Family, Delta Health Cooperative,
Lisa A. and David J. Robino, The Jackson Family,
Bob and Margot Keith International Development
Foundation in the United Kingdom, The Muslim
Educational Foundation
Sample topics in the series:
Elderhostel : It's 10pm - Do you know where
your grandparents are? Maybe they're trekking in
the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal...or
hitching a ride on a camel in Cairo...Perhaps
they're in Arizona fulfilling a lifelong dream to
fly an airplane...or in Monument Valley
volunteering on a Navajo reservation. There's no
end to the adventure on an Elderhostel program.
(more on the Visionaries web site).
Pathfinder Village: Shifting the lives of
people with Down Syndrome from fenced-in
institutions into the general community, allowing
them full and complete participation in society.
(more on the Visionaries web site).
Outreach International: In October 1998,
Hurricane Mitch wreaked unprecedented havoc in the
country of Nicaragua. Homes were destroyed, crops
were lost and thousands were killed. While many
families huddled in their cramped homes praying for
salvation, the small mountain
Many other great
causes are profiled including: Christian Solidarity
International, S.C.A., Yemin Order, Save the Tiger,
M.S.H., TBIN, AFCM World Neighbors, Boys Hope Girls
Hope, On Lok, Catholic Charities, WHOI, Foundation
for a Civil Society, Water for People, American
Friends Service Committee, S.E.A., Gould Farm, The
Caring Institute, Non profits' Insurance Alliance
of California, Connecticut Institute for the
Blind/Oak Hill, Childreach, Freedom from Hunger,
Accion, Christian Appalchian Project, Coral Reef
Alliance, Volunteers of America, Hadassah, PACT,
AmeriCares, American Liver Foundation, Refugees
International, Human Service, Alliance, Salesian
Fathers Christian Relief Services, AirServ, Alger
Foundation, The PMC, Group B Strep Association,
Maryknoll Sisters, Casas Por Cristo.
(more to come)
The Visionaries, Inc. (781) 356-6804
www.visionaries.org
About
Cross-Cultural Solutions
Cross-Cultural
Solutions runs 11 programs out of 12 countries,with
more than 100 staff members in 13 offices
worldwide. To date, the organization has brought
more than 2,500 participants to countries around
the world to work in sustainable community
development initiatives. Our programs are
year-round throughout Asia,Africa and Latin
America,and range from 2-12 weeks.
Lean
about Smile Africa and the Computer Recycling
Society
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Trip Earth.
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"Field Trip Earth." petition drive being led by the
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA).
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