The Foundation Lettera27 participates in Festivaletteratura Saturday 12 and Sunday, September 13th, 2009 at the Episcopal Seminary in Mantua with three meetings on the knowledges of Africa on the Move: language schools, voices to increase content on literature, art, history and news about the African continent, inside Wikipedia, the largest free online encyclopedia. Who are […]
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DR Congo: fury over European-African energy plan
Fury at plan to power EU homes from Congo dam World Bank supports controversial $80bn project Plans to link Europe to what would be the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam project in the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo have sparked fierce controversy. The Grand Inga dam, which has received initial support from the World Bank, would […]
South Africa: drug fears over 2010 Fifa world cup
International criminal organisations could use the 2010 Fifa world cup, to be held in South Africa by June next year, for selling large amounts of drugs as over 400,000 sport-crazy visitors are expected to enter the country. The alarm was recently launched by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and South Africa’s […]
Ghana: call for missing girl
We copy and paste here the text of a call for a missing little girl in Ghana. The message was sent to the members of the “Future of Africa” group on Facebook. “We need your help to find missing 7 year old Ghanian Girl!
4th night for solidarity with the refugees
Milan will host the forth night for solidarity with the refugees. The meeting will be in piazza Oberdan, Thursday 3rd September from 8pm in the capital of Lombardy region. What follow is the pres release with quotes from some of the organisers. We are again all togheter in the name of solitdarity and welcome for […]
Tribute to Sodis for water disinfection
Solar water disinfection (SODIS) has been around for quite some time now and with approx. over 340.000 users in Africa alone, this low budget water disinfection “technology” is a smart approach. In areas where piped drinking water just isn’t available or of questionable quality, solar water disinfection is a cheap and effective method for decentralized […]
DR Congo: Caritas hospital inaugurated
On Friday, August 28 2009 the Bishop of Goma, Faustin Ngabu, has inaugurated the Caritas hospital. The project was financed by a Spanish NGO while a project carried out by the England and Wales arm of Caritas has playes an important part.
South Africa: people await their gender medallist
It was a big time for miss Caster Semenya in the 2009 Berlin athletic Championship. For the International Amateur Athletic Federation, however, her gender identity needed to be tested. A move many South Africans do not welcome for anything. Some have cried foul for discrimination against the athlete.
Frattini article on development's aid
Below the article of the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, published by the daily L’Osservatore Romano on July 10 2009 with headline “Public-private partnerships against poverty.” In preparing the meeting for the Italian Presidency of the G8 there has been a great interest to the words of Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, president of Caritas […]
"Let's rethink aid to Africa" – Aoudou
It is time to rethink the method of allocation of aid to Africa. By my humble opinion, until now the approach used by financial funds, has proved ineffective. Yes inefficient and unnecessary. When you hear that some institution granted such financial aid to any African country in a specific area (e.g. education, health etc.) we […]