Good project management is essential for being an effective NGO. The Somali version of our PCM manual, Maareynta Wareega Mashruuca is now available for download in the library. Thanks to Abdinasir for this translation.
For organisations in the North with money who make good use of our publications, do consider making a donation via our new neat-looking ‘widget’, courtesy of Ammado. The donation widget appears on the license page when you click to download a manual from our library (or you can pay a visit to our Ammado profile page ). We have tested the system thoroughly and it works really simply and correctly, with a wide range of payment methods from just 4 euros. We do rely entirely on donations to cover the costs involved in our work and will appreciate every one, however small.
Opportunities for distance education are rapidly moving to a new level. In the last year, start-up ventures including several elite universities have released hundreds of quality, high-level courses online – for free. Update September 2014: 4th edition now available for download includes Twelve Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free.
A call to all of us working in the South – in Africa, Asia, the ex-Soviet countries, the Asian Pacific etc. It is time for us to look again at the Earth and the big issues around sex and reproduction. It is not only the job of the Health NGOs – it is everybody’s job.
When children are abducted the links of their citizenship get broken. These links need to be repaired in order for them to become active, valuable and meaningful members of the community again. Margaret Angucia’s 2010 thesis, Broken Citizenship: Formerly abducted children and their social reintegration in northern Uganda (308 pages), differs from other publications in that it presents the subject from the perspectives of the children themselves and the community.
Here at Networklearning we are asking you to think about Childhood Development following a recent issue on the subject in the Lancet (ref. 1). One aspect is the use of Vitamin A.
Networklearning invites all its friends and colleagues to take a little time to think about their country and its children under the age of five. Why? Because these little kids are the future of the nation. If they are not reaching their full potential, the whole country loses out. » Read Maeve Moynihan’s article: Early Childhood Development: the critical factors What is Advocacy and why is it important for such issues? » Find out the 10 steps to success – in just 3 handy pages. Download Nicolien Wassenaar’s new K ey I nformation S heet, KIS 4: Advocacy » Also new in the Library : Finding Mental Health after Conflict: This useful manual for anyone planning to help people who have been displaced or repressed is now available in Arabic , thanks to Elmubarak Eldaw (47 pages). » Plus two new guest publications: We have the newest edition for job-seekers of A Guide to Voluntary and Humanitarian Work (164 pages), generously donated by Bryan Walker. And Bryan has also made available the 271-page heavyweight Structures for the Displaced: Service and Identity in Refugee Settlements by James Kennedy.