Full Coverage: Aid

29.06.2007 Il decreto extragettito approvato ieri dal Consiglio dei Ministri stanzia 260 milioni di euro per il "Fondo Globale per la lotta a Aids, Tubercolosi e Malaria": un impegno del programma pre-elettorale dell'Unione riconfermato pubblicamente in più occasioni dal presidente Prodi, ma finora inattuato. "Una notizia tanto attesa: una promessa mantenuta che da' concretezza all'impegno internazionale dell'Italia e alla sua credibilità" - commenta l'Associazione delle Ong italiane. E anche il Dpef, approvato ieri dal Consiglio dei Ministri, detta un'inversione di tendenza circa l'Aiuto pubblico allo Sviluppo (Aps): "è indifferibile un'azione correttiva volta a innescare una tendenza positiva dell'APS, attraverso un significativo aumento dei relativi stanziamenti con l'intento di avvicinarsi il più possibile all'obiettivo dello 0,51 per cento". Il Dpef chiama i Ministeri competenti (Esteri ed Economia e Finanze) a definire "obiettivi annuali per il triennio 2008-2010".

22.06.2007 During the week to honor and raise awareness about refugees, discover what the United States can do to help refugees in Africa, read a success story of refugees returning home, and learn more about what causes people to become refugees and the struggles they face.

21.06.2007 Untuk dapat bertahan dan unggul dalam persaingan ekonomi diperlukan skill dan karakter. Terkait dengan hal itulah Rumah Zakat Indonesia-Padang menggelar yang bertujuan untuk memberikan skill untuk dapat memulai sebuah usaha mandiri.

20.06.2007 Untuk membangkitkan kembali ekonomi Indonesia, diperlukan pembangunan sistem ekonomi kerakyatan. Ke depan, membangun ekonomi kerakyatan harus berlandasakan ekonomi jaringan.

19.06.2007

18.06.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (OneWorld) - Amid lingering doubts about Sudan's promises to cooperate with the world community, advocacy groups are reiterating calls for the immediate deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in the war-torn Darfur region.

15.06.2007 The UN is rushing aid to victims of landslides that were triggered by heavy rains in the Chittagong district in east Bangladesh. A government report indicates that large numbers of people have been buried and the figures are expected to rise as rescue workers continue with operations.

14.06.2007 Kemiskinan erat sekali kaitannya dengan perusakan sumber daya alam. Untuk itulah Dompet Dhuafa menggulirkan program wakaf pohon Karet di Desa Lubuk Tuba, Kecamatan Pseksu, Lahat, Sumatera Selatan. Pengalaman petani karet di Lahat, dalam sebulan mereka bisa panen getah 15 kali.

11.06.2007 GCAP sees the G8 summit 2007 as ushering in new global economic apartheid. The coalition of international NGOs also says that the $60 billion that has been pledged may not be honoured as three leaders - Putin, Blair and Bush - may not hold office for very long and their successors may not deliver on these pledges.

11.06.2007 Oxfam has said that yet another G8 summit has ended without any signs that the rich countries will fulfil their promises on aid to Africa. Though the nations have pledged on HIV/AIDS and other diseases, the commitment still falls short of the Gleneagles' commitments, says Oxfam.

11.06.2007 Global Fund akan kembali mengalirkan dana hibah bagi HIV/AIDS pada akhir Juni 2007. Namun, pengurus Global Fund Indonesia, yang didominasi pejabat Departemen Kesehatan, dikritik karena dinilai tidak transparan.

08.06.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 7 (OneWorld) - A prominent United Nations representative this week joined ranks with thousands of activists gathered in Germany to protest the economic and political dominance enjoyed by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries.

05.06.2007

01.06.2007 Young participants from the world are gathering for the Junior 8 Summit, an international youth conference in Wismar, Germany, that parallels the G8 Summit in June in Heiligendamm, Germany. The conference of seventy-four young people – eight from each of the G8 countries and ten from developing nations will focus on economic, health and other development issues.