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At meeting in Rome, UN officials stress link between food security and peace in Sahel Food insecurity in Africa's volatile Sahel region is closely linked to peace and stability there, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today, adding that short-term humanitarian efforts in the Sahel needed to be replaced with longerterm development. Addressing a meeting at the FAO headquarters in Rome – attended by the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on the Sahel, Romano Prodi, and other senior UN officials and mediators dealing directly with the Sahel crisis – FAO's Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, noted that the relation between food insecurity, hunger and the dispute over natural resources and conflicts was particularly evident in the Sahel. “There is a clear linkage between hunger and conflict; food security and peace in Africa,” Mr. Graziano da Silva stated in a news release. “Investing in food security in the Sahel is also an investment in a peaceful and more stable future.” The western part of the Sahel region, which stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and includes Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and parts of Sudan, Cameroon and Nigeria, is currently facing a swathe of problems, which are not only political but also involve security, humanitarian resilience and human rights.
Santosh Shukla, Advocate president@nai.org.in
Nothing Comes Easy in the Life According to Tom Walsh, it's kind of funny to keep watching people who want things to come easy to them in life. Many other people know of this tendency among human beings, so they keep selling them diet pills that let them eat whatever they want, job information that will make them rich with no effort, college "degrees" that require no study at all, and many other "easy" fixes to their problems, easy fulfillment of their desires. But over and over again these people who want the easy ways out are disappointed, for what they hoped and expected would help them simply has left them still with their problems and now with a little less money in their pockets and wallets. We've adopted the slogan "Nothing Comes Easy" for this year, mainly because we all knew that we would have a long and difficult road ahead of us--that is, if we wanted to accomplish anything significant. We definitely could have taken the easy road and doomed ourselves to a winless season, or we could have worked very hard to try to become more than anyone expected. That all comes from having a realistic perspective, I believe Saying that "nothing comes easy" isn't at all defeatist or cynical. It's a fact that's been proved over and over in life, as major scientific breakthroughs come after years and years of research and hard work; financial stability comes after years of sacrifice and effort; great movies and albums are made with the most effort and practice and planning and preparation. Colonel Sanders had to visit over 100 restaurants before he sold his recipe for fried chicken, and that came after years of perfecting that recipe. Richard Bach received over 70 rejections for Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and that was after all the time and effort it took him to write the book. History is full of examples of great successes and great results after a lot of effort and time. There are, of course, the exceptions--those people who have found success almost immediately, with almost no work involved. But they truly are the exceptions rather than the rule. And that type of success rarely is lasting, either. When we remind ourselves that nothing truly worthwhile comes easy, we can face our obstacles and problems with more equanimity, and we can be much more calm in the face of setbacks.
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Director Kabir Khan joins Jaipur bikers for AIDS awareness campaign
NAI Website launch on January 2013 INDORE: The new and saas based CMS (Content Management System) website of NGOs Association of India (NAI) will be launched on January 2013 with all essential categories and subcategories to enrich information for viewers. This is informed by the National President Shri Santosh Shukla, Advocate. Shri Shukla further told about the new website and features regarding potential information. He started that this website would have all necessary information that would help members as well as new visitors. This website could be helpful for NGO Members, Students of MSW and other voluntary associations to get maximum information about govt. policies.
JAIPUR: A bike rally was organised recently, on the occasion of World Aids Day, to create awareness about HIV and express solidarity with the people affected. Filmmaker Kabir Khan came to show his support and even participated in the rally. Bike-a-Thon 2012 was organized in the city, by an NGO that works for the HIV affected children. Kabir flagged off the rally along with the city mayor Jyoti Khandelwal. Leading a group of bikers, Kabir, riding pillion, released a bunch of red balloons in the air. Braving the morning chill, a large number of people, including children, reached Jawahar Circle, from where the rally kicked off. Later Kabir spent some time with the kids and even posed for the shutterbugs. When the kids got to know that Kabir was the one behind the Salman Khan starrer Ek Tha Tiger, they bombarded him with various questions. "Uncle, film kaise banti hai", "Uncle aap Salman se mile ho", etc. "When the organisers asked me to join them, I happily agreed. I am glad to see some of my friends supporting the cause," said Kabir.
Khazan land development board will be another TCP: Lokancho Adhar PANAJI: Lokancho Adhar has opposed the s t a t e government's proposal to set up a khazan l a n d development board. Trajano D'Mello, president of the NGO, said, "We oppose the khazan land development board. The board will be another town and country planning department that will facilitate the selling of khazan land." He claimed that the exceptions made permitting such land use will be utilized to rampantly sell khazan lands. Apart from the khazan land issue, the NGO's letter addressed to chief
minister Manohar Parrikar, demands that the government honour its promise to recruit minorities in the police department. Recalling that P arrikar had, in the assembly, appealed to Christian youth to apply for the post of police constables, and had assured that he would ensure their absorption, D'Mello said he had received information under the RTI Act that 193 Christian youth have applied for the 690-odd posts of police constables. Even if all 193 applicants are recruited they will not constitute even 30% of the total strength of the police constables to be recruited, claimed D'Mello. He has also asked Parrikar to give more portfolios to deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza, as the CM had once said that the post of deputy CM is largely ornamental.
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Khadi to be promoted FDI as designer wear PATNA: Khadi will be now be promoted as a brand and a designer wear to popularise it among the youth, K h a d i a n d Vi l l a g e I n d u s t r i e s Commission (KVIC) chief said here.
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Shri Nagabhushan being honored by the President Shri Santosh Shukla, Advocate.
KHILADI 786 is standing true to its name as the film has been quite a 'Khiladi' in the digital space as well. Almost all the assets released on the digital platforms have crossed the '1 million mark' with ease. Going by the Bollywood norms, all the theatricals that have crossed 1 million views have made '100 crores business' at the box office. While many other films are touting about crossing the 1 million mark, KHILADI 786 has quietly taken over the number's game. Even the teaser of the film has over 2.5 million views and the song 'Balma' has crossed 2 million views. Releasing on the 7th of December, Khiladi 786 promises to be a complete entertainer and has managed to connect very well with the audiences.
win is rejection of politics of BJP: Kamal Nath
NEW DELHI: The government Friday termed its winning of the FDI vote in the Rajya Sabha as a "rejection of the politics of the BJP". "It is a rejection of the politics of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), I wish they were better losers," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told reporters outside Parliament House minutes after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government won the vote in the upper house. The government bagged 123 votes to the opposition's 109. Asked how the Congress managed to work the numbers in its favour in the upper house where it is in a minority, Kamal Nath said: "The content (of the issue) was political political parties decided in our favour." "I appealed to parties to recognise the BJP's political agenda and vote accordingly, and they did
that," he added. The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which prop the government from outside, bailed out the government Friday. The SP staged a walk out ahead of the vote, like it had done in the Lok Sabha, while the BSP voted for the government, as it had promised. "The BJP was trying to mislead people on the issue of FDI," said Kamal Nath, adding that the government had spoken to all the stakeholders. "We have given the states the rights to allow FDI or not." He accused the BJP of wanting to keep FDI "as a front to do their politics". The government would now bring in legislation to push through foreign investment in multi-brand retail, Kamal Nath said. Asked by reporters how it could be considered a victory as the numbers were below the half-way mark in the two houses, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said: "Parliamentary democracy says members present and voting, and we demonstrated we have majority in both houses."
Shri & Smt. Karan Runglall being honored by President Shri Shukla, Advocate
Shri Ashish Mishra being blessed by Pt. Vishnu Prasad Ji Shukla.
FTII to host workshop on NGO-operated community radios PUNE: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and the UNICEF will hold a two-day financial sustainability workshop on NGOoperated community radios. The event will be held at the FTII campus on December 8 and 9. A statement issued by the FTII said there were 16 community radio stations run by NGOs, educational institutions and Krishi Vigyan Kendras in the state. The community radio stations are faced with challenges in sustaining the stations and making them financially viable. There are also issues regarding content generation. "In an attempt to enhance the capacity of the community radio stations, the UNICEF in partnership with the Film and Television Institute of India have planned the workshop. R Sreedher, former director of CEMCA and a pioneering person in the field of community radios along with Fr Thomas Thekkaram will be the key
resource persons. Vandana Khare and Tanaji Patil will be contributing from the Unicef's side," the statement said. The objectives of this workshop are to enhance an understanding on the four
dimensions of sustainability programme/content, social/human, technological and financial - and develop sustainability plans for the community radio stations. Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial
and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters. Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. They are generally non-profit and provide a mechanism for enabling individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, to share experiences and, in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors of media. In many parts of the world, community radio acts as a vehicle for the community and voluntary sector, civil society, agencies, NGOs and citizens to work in partnership to further community development aims, in addition to broadcasting. There is legally defined community radio (as a distinct broadcasting sector) in many countries, the statement added.
President Shri Santosh Shukla, Advocate inaugurating a social function.
Shri & Smt. Karan Runglall along with Dr. Dilip N. Pandit.
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.ngo websites likely go live in "Administrative late 2013 or early 2014: Brian Cute
Reforms for Better Governanace"
In an interview, Public Interest Registry CEO Brian Cute spoke National Social Watch organized the workshop on economic level but not at a social front. Two sectors eabout creating and managing .ngo domains New Delhi: Brian Cute is the chief executive officer of Public Interest Registry (PIR), which is now working to usher in the .ngo domain. Cute's organization, PIR, has submitted an application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann)—to create and manage .ngo domains. Cute believes this is a critical step
in ensuring the online rights and opportunities of non-profits. In India, for the Digital Empowerment Foundation Manthan Awards (Mint is a strategic partner), Cute spoke on .ngo in an interview. Edited excerpts: How did this idea of a .ngo domain emerge? Icann, the organization that administers the domain name space or system, opened up applications for new addresses. Public Interest Registry, which operates .org, looked at this opportunity and said, 'What makes sense for us'. We are a not-for-profit ourselves and come from the NGO (nongovernmental organization) community. So we didn't approach that opportunity from a pure commercial…you know, what new addresses can we create and compete with .com and make lots of money. It was a completely different orientation, it was about our mission. Our mission is to serve the noncommercial community online globally, to provide them with tools and space online where they can promote their missions. So from that orientation, we started to think about what new addresses might bring
value to the community. We're not just offering .ngo, we're also offering .ong, which is the Latin-based language equivalent. So we've applied for both of those. And it became immediately obvious—'Okay, this is a string that might make sense.' That was actually my second question. There is a lot of scepticism about NGOs in India. Once we understood that this was a challenge, a problem, the question becomes how do you address that. So, .org by comparison is an open address. Anybody, an individual, a notfor-profit, even a commercial organization, can register in .org, and there's no requirement—it's open. So the notion of creating a verification mechanism in .ngo, meaning that if I apply for a name, I have to provide an indication, some data, some confirmation that I am, in fact, a legitimate NGO, is part of the solution. That's what we're going to deliver. That's not easy. How will you do that? There are a number of different mechanisms. At the top, this solution has to come from the NGO community and NGO community data sources; it cannot come from Public Interest Registry, we're a third party neutral registry. We can't become an arbitrator of who is and who isn't. But if you look across the NGO community, in India and globally, there's a multitude of sources. There are NGO associations that are known to be legitimate associations who have members, there are lists, in India, there are government lists. Are there any .ngo websites right now? No, this will, likely, go live sometime in late 2013 or early 2014. The application process is still happening. The evaluation of applications will take a little bit of time. There have been 1,400 applications for new addresses from around the world, 1,400 new extensions. So, think .com, .net, .org, .in; 1,400 new addresses.
"Administrative Reforms for Better Governance" at India International Centre, New Delhi. As a part of National Social Watch's broad agenda of promoting the accountability in the institutions of governance, National Social Watch came up with a Perspective Paper - "Administrative Reforms for Better Governance". Dr. N. C. Saxena, Member, National Advisory Council, prepared this paper. He shared the salient features of paper in the workshop to be followed by a panel and open discussion. The paper was released and distributed in the workshop. Eminent personalities like Dr. N.C. Saxena, member of National Advisory Council, Harsh Mander, Centre for Equity Studies, Prof. Vijay Kapur, Delhi University and Rajesh Tandon, Participatory Research In Asia were present at the conference. Dr. Bhaskar G. Rao welcomes the participants. Amitabh Behar introduced the National Social Watch to the participants. N.C. Saxena, Prof. Vijay Kapur, Mr. Harsh Mander, and Rajesh Tandon released the book. N. C. Saxena said that India is doing well at
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are doing well are (i) individual and (ii) corporate. Two sectors which are doing badly are (i) government and (ii) community sector. He further argued that the reason why some projects are successful and some are not is only because of the design of the programme. Our systems are very activity based not outcome based.
He suggested that let the panchayat collect the taxes and let it give 50 % to government, at the end of the day people will ask the panchayat what they did with their money so, there will be greater accountability. Harsh Mander mentioned that two things really worries him most firstly, civil servant's failure in communal and caste riots and secondly, government's increasing anti-poor character.
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3rd National Workshop of Muslim NGOs next month MOEMIN is organising 'Third National Workshop of Muslim NGOs' working in the field of Education; Social sector; Women empowerment & C h i l d We l f a r e ; H e a l t h a n d E c o n o m i c Empowerment and rural development from 1820th January 2013 at and it has sent out the following letter to NGOs: Dear Friends, NGO's has a major, crucial and vital role in the empowerment and development of a community and country at large. In this world of competitiveness, chanelisation of the state affirmative actions, monitoring of the disbursements of the welfare funds and constant interaction with the welfare agencies are the key factors on which every responsible community focuses its attention. MOEMIN is organising “Third National Workshop of Muslim NGO's” working in the field of Education; Social sector; Women empowerment & C h i l d We l f a r e ; H e a l t h a n d E c o n o m i c Empowerment and rural development from 1820th January 2013 at Abdur Rahman Auditorium, India Islamic Cultural Centre, Opposite Mausam Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Although the Muslim community, is economically, socially and educationally backward in comparison to the other communities of our country, it has fewer number of NGO's working for the empowerment and social upliftment of the community. It is observed that most of the NGO's of the community, registered with the central & state governments, are un-organised and they either lacks infrastructures, proper guidance and have negligible information about the welfare schemes of the various government departments OR faces indifferent attitude of the bureaucracy in getting even a marginal share in the government welfare funds and in getting permission, affiliations and registrations of new institutes of learning. It is observed that the present UPA government has initiated a number of welfare schemes for the minorities and there is a substantial increase in the favorable disposal of the applicants and increase in the permissions to start new Professional Institutes and Centers of Higher Learning. However much needs to be done. The Community's initiative in proper petitioning for allocation of welfare funds to the community development projects, constant monitoring of the minority friendly welfare schemes & state affirmative actions and a continuous dialogue with the policy makers has great relevance & importance, in today's ambiance.
Keeping the importance of the issue in mind raised above, MOEMIN has successfully organised two 'National Workshops of the Muslim NGO's' working in the field of education, social welfare, women empowerment and health sectors from 22 – 24th December 2006 & from 4-6 January 2008 in New Delhi in which around 325 delegates representing 365 NGOs from 19 states and 300 delegates representing 275 Muslim NGO's has participated. Number of Central Minister and from officials of various ministries and government welfare bodies has graced the different sessions of the Workshop to disseminate government policies
and interact with the participating delegates in both the Workshops.We would be further grateful if you send us a detail brochure containing the area of their organisation's activities; names of the institutions run by organisation along with the strengths of the students in each institution; status of the participation in number of welfare schemes, if any, in last three years & information about the initiative your organization has taken in getting the Central or State Government welfare Schemes and the details of the difficulties you have faced in getting the schemes sanctioned to your organization. This would help us to prepare a detail report and action plan for remedies for presenting before the Workshop. To restrict the participation to the genuine NGO's, it has been decided to request a nominal delegate fee of Rs. 600/= per participant. Maximum of two delegates would be welcome from one organisation. The registration fees in form of a demand draft/pay order can be sent in the name of "Movement for Empowerment of Muslim Indians" OR "South Asian Council for Minorities". For Registration Form email at navaidhamid@gmail.com Navaid Hamid (General Secretary) MOVEMENT FOR EMPOWERMENT OF MUSLIM INDIANS (MOEMIN) Hand phone: +91 98116 43929
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NGO wants 100,000 volunteers UN environment agency launches initiative to to spread inclusion message help Africa adapt to impacts of climate change Dec 5 is International Volunteer Day NEW DELHI: Targeting exclusion and poverty, an Indian NGO is aiming to motivate 100,000 volunteers and one million citizens in the next five years to ensure inclusion and equality for all in the areas of health, education, livelihood and disability. "Since 2008, we have motivated 4,780 Indian volunteers and 11,000 active citizens to serve as force multipliers. We plan to raise this to 100,000 and one million by 2017 as part
our new strategy for the country," Ratna Viswanathan, executive director of VSO India, told IANS ahead of International Volunteer Day. While volunteers refers to those who work full time for a year or two on
specific projects, active citizens are those who spread the message of inclusion alongside their daily work, explained Viswanathan. The NGO, part of Britain-based charity VSO International, sends 30-40 volunteers to African countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania principally to work in areas like disability. "Our overall goal is to support poor and marginalised people and significantly improve their quality of life. In implementing our new strategy, we are always trying to find new and imaginative ways to connect people to take sustainable action and deliver programmes of inclusive growth," said Viswanathan, who served 21 years in the Indian Audit and Accounts Service before the development bug bit her. "We believe that it is only by working at local, regional and national levels with a range of partners from government and civil society that we can make a sustainable impact," added Viswanath.
empowering underprivileged youths was launched here Wednesday by Microsoft India, which also awarded cash grants worth $350,000 to the country's NGOs. The 'YouthSpark' centre launched under Microsoft's new global initiative has been set up in East of Kailash in south Delhi and is the first among 10 similar centres that will be coming up across the country over the next 18 months for youths between 16 to 24 years. "The theme of this centre is IT and likewise each centre will focus on one trade led enterprise − like retail,
particularly as most African economies depend on climate-sensitive sectors such as water, agriculture, fisheries, energy and tourism. “Yet the region lacks the capacity and resources
needed to face the challenges of climate change – a problem that could have major economic consequences,” stated UNEP. The AAKNet aims to support climate change adaptation in Africa by providing services such as aggregating knowledge in addressing pertinent climatic risks and sharing information across regions and countries, and providing tailored support to countries in developing strategic planning processes for climate change adaptation.
NGO launches crusade against drunk driving
New Delhi: An NGO has launched a campaign to make people, especially youth, aware of the vulnerability of drunken driving, especially in the festive season. The festive season is considered to be the most dangerous as it witnesses the maximum number of fatal accidents, which rise relatively with the increase in sales of alcohol. A campaign against drunken driving has been launched by Campaign Against Drunken Driving to reach out to the common man with the message of “don't drink and drive” this season. Beginning December 7, as a part of the National Road Safety Week, the campaign will culminate on January 7. hospitality, automobiles etc.," Sanket CADD founder Prince Singhal said, “The rising liquor Akerkar, managing director of sales and the incidents of drunk driving tragedies is a Microsoft India, told IANS. Offering training on basic IT skills, spoken English, personality development and job preparedness, etc. from each batch of students, a select few will be trained in a simulated set−up, and encouraged to start their own group enterprises. "We expect this YouthSpark centre will allow 80,000 youth to be trained over three years − of which we expect 65,000 to find employment through placement drives and alliances with potential employers − and 15,000 to start their own enterprises," said Jean−Philippe Courtois, president, Microsoft International. Two local NGOs, who would be training the youths at the centre −− Aide et Action and Aga Khan Rural Support Programme −− were allocated $250,000 for the year. The government has set the target of skilling 500 million people by the year 2022. So, nurturing employability and the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst youth has never been more imperative, said Akerkar.
Microsoft's centre for underprivileged youth in Delhi NEW DELHI: An Information Te c h n o l o g y ( I T ) b a s e d s k i l l development centre working towards
UNEP launches new initiative to support climate change adaptation in Africa and enhance sustainable livelihoods and food security. 6 December 2012 – The United Nations today launched a new initiative to support communities across Africa in adapting to the impacts of climate change which, if left unaddressed, could have major consequences for lives and livelihoods on the continent. The information portal known as the Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network (AAKNet), launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), will serve as a hub for knowledge, research, successful initiatives and collaborative partnerships on climate change adaptation. “It builds on ongoing efforts around the continent to mobilize existing knowledge and provide robust solutions to the major impact of climate change on lives and livelihoods in Africa,” the UN agency stated in a news release. Disasters such as severe droughts in the Sahel in 2012 and the Horn of Africa in 2011, noted UNEP, have brought into sharp focus the serious impacts on water, land, soil and other resources linked to climate change on the continent, and the need to build resilience to such pressures. Global warming is expected to pose serious challenges to sustainable development,
proof that it is on a rise, thus this campaign has been put in place to constantly remind road users not to drink and drive.” “People in the age group of 15 to 50 years will be targeted, right from school students to pub goers,” he added. According to the statistics, every year about 1,42,000 people are killed in road accidents in India, of which drunk driving kills over a lakh on New Year's eve. Hence, the rate of fatal accidents increases by 22-25 per cent. The campaign would incorporate various activities that would also include, presentation of a one-minute film and a song stay alive, don't drink and drive that would be played across pubs. Besides these, the campaign would also organise community walk in various parts of Delhi and youth cycle rally in North and South campuses of Delhi University.
NGO inspires disabled people celebrate their unique talents BANGALORE: They are not different but we still call them differently-abled, special children, physically challenged and what not. However, his soulful painting and his donation to Astha, an NGO that works with such people stirred a lot of emotions amid many others who were seated at this event. Astha organized an event where artists who are physically challenged performed various types of art to celebrate their day on the eve of World Disability Day on December 3. The event took place in Bangalore. Manjibhai painted by holding the brush between his teeth. A school troup of disabled children and youth Sree Ramanashree performed the song and dance act by Sounds of Soul. The event was hotsed by Mount Carmel
College where students were not just mesmerized but applauded the performances of those, who are termed the disabled or different-abled by our society. Manjibhai lost his hands when
he was just 10 years in a sugar mill and runs his own school of painting in Ahmedabad. He only had one line to say—If I can paint without my hands, you can do whatever you want in your life.
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