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| 11/6/2009 |
INVITATION FOR IDPs CONFERENCE |
| A Grand IDPs CONFERENCE will be held in Spring Night Marriage Hall near Balana Restaurant Tehkal Peshawar to promote the rights of internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and to accelerate efforts for their safe returns. |
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| 27/5/2009 |
Launching Ceremony of “The State of Pakistan’s Children |
Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) is
launching its annual report “The State of Pakistan’s Children 2008” on
May, 27 2009. Islamabad Hotel, (Old Holiday Inn) Islamabad from 3:30
p.m-6.00 p.m.
SPARC is one of the only civil society organizations in Pakistan
specializing in advocacy on child rights, supported by awareness
raising, research, capacity building and service delivery since 1992.
The report aims to give a clear idea on prevailing state of child
rights in the country and covers vital issues such as Health,
Education, Child Labor, Juvenile Justice, Violence, Situation of
children in Disasters like IDPs and Role of Media in child rights.
Chief guest: Mr Syed Mumtaz Alam Gilani (Federal Minister of Human
Rights)
Mr. Qindeel Shujaat (Executive Director, SPARC)
Ms. Fazila Gulrez (Editor of Report, Manager Creative and Media Unit
SPARC)
Mr. Rafiq Khan (National Programme Manager Child Protection)
Dr. Pervaiz. A. Hoodbhoy (Dean, Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam
University)
Ms. Konstantine Abolenskey (Charge de affairs, Embassy of Switzerland)
Dr. Sissel Volan (Minister Counselor Development, Royal Norwegian
Embassy)
We hope that you will participate in this launch by and help SPARC in
giving children of Pakistan a fair chance to a healthy and fulfilled
life.
Best Regards
Mr. Kashif Mirza
Asst, Manager Communication
SPARC - Islamabad
Cell: 0300- 2193086.
051-2291 553 | 051- 2291 559
qashif.mirza@gmail.com
www.sparcpk.org
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| 23/5/2009 |
Aman Tehreek |
Keeping in view the current situation that the operation against terrorism is going on in some areas of N.W.F.P. Even the militant’s threats are also received here in Peshawar by different extremists and the security situation is so pathetic in all the areas of our beloved Country Pakistan.
In this regards a very active Tehreek (movement) is working to highlight the issue of peace which is not the concerns of specifically any organization or group. But it is the demand of the time for the survival of all human beings and as a citizen of Pakistan. All the people belong to different field of life are the members and part of this Tehreek. All of us want peace (Aman) in our country and we want ourselves secured and safe generation to generation for better future.
For this purpose Khwendo Kor is performing the leading role in (Tehreek). Being a focal person of Aman Tehreek Here I formally invite you all to Actively participate in this Tehreek to make it fully supported , successful and facilitate its voice to be heard at the higher level.
Details of the Event;
All the participants are encouraged to wear White dress (for male) and colored dress with White shawl (for female) complementary to show peace and solidarity.
Venue: Nishtar Hall Peshawar
Time: 2:00 PM PST (New)
Date: 23rd May
Day: Saturday
Your participation is highly appreciated and considered a step towards peaceful NWFP and Pakistan
For Further queries please feel free to contact me
Regards,
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Nazia Ijaz
Human Rights Coordinator
Khwendo Kor |
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| 28/11/2008 |
2009 STARS Impact Awards |
Applications are now open for the 2009 Impact Awards.
Organisations working with children in Africa or South Asia are
invited to apply.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 STARS Impact
Awards recognising organisations working in children's health,
education and protection.
Each Award carries US$100,000 of unrestricted funding as well as
consultancy support. For information on previous Award recipients
and this year's finalists, please visit our website.
All information regarding the application process and the
eligibility criteria is available at www.starsfoundation.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 28 November 2008.
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| 20/10/2008 |
Fundraising Course |
Fundraising Course
Greetings from Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai, India!
On behalf of the organizing committee, it's our privilege and pleasure to invite you for the fundraising course "Principles and Techniques of Fundraising" at Madurai, Tamilnadu India.
The course is spread over a period for 5 days, a Non – Residential programme from 20th to 24th of October'2008. We have eminent international speakers, Kim M. Gattle, The Director of Development and Communications and Eva. E. Aldrich, The Associate Director, Public Service and 'The Fund Raising School' of 'The Center on Philanthropy' at Indiana University, U.S.A. who would bring you the real pearls of wisdom, from their years of practical fundraising experience.
In our endeavour to spread the knowledge of fundraising all across the globe, we have fixed a very convenient and affordable fee of Rs. 30,000/- (US$700) for the course. Please rush up to book your seats, as we would take only 40 delegates for this fundraising course.
Please see Attachment for the brochure.
Contact Person:
P. Sundar Raj
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The Course Co-ordinator,
Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre,
Lake Area, Melur Road, Madurai - 625 107.
Tamilnadu, India.
Phone: +91- 452-2588741, 4392741 extn: 3011, 3412.
Direct Line: +91- 452 – 2580243
Fax: +91- 452-2586353
e.mail: fundraising@meenakshimission.org |
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| 15/10/2008 |
Rural Women’s Day to be celebrated on October 15 |
To attract maximum attention of policy-makers towards issues faced by rural women, civil society members Wednesday joined hands to celebrate the International Rural Women’s Day falling on October 15.
In this regard, the Potohar Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA) called for collaboration at the first consultative meeting organised to discuss the matter. Representatives of civil society and others attended the meeting.
They suggested that through this platform, more and more rural women should be allowed to speak about their daily life experiences and the problems they face while experts should draft policy guidelines in the light of those tales.
They participants said that the two-day event would comprise several sessions focusing on diverse issues related to rural women like land rights and access to basic health facilities.
“It should be a combination of intense discussions on policy matters and entertainment activities like theatre and festival to celebrate the contributions made by these women for providing food security to rest of the country,” they said.
Talking to ‘The News,’ PODA Director Samina Nazir said that women constitute 50 percent of the population and from that percentage the majority resides in rural areas. “These women play tremendous role in the agriculture sector but unfortunately their contributions are missing from government records.”
She said that technology had surely crept into the agriculture sector in recent years but men mainly controlled that. “Women are still involved in the most tedious and labour intensive agriculture work like weeding, seed sowing or cleaning and storing grains,” she pointed out.
Ms Nazir regretted that the literacy rate of women in rural areas was only 27 percent and access to basic services was very limited. “To create a bigger impact this year we are seeking partnership from NGOs and donor agencies,” she said.
Highlighting the objectives behind observing the day at the national level this year, she said that there was a dire need to acknowledge the hard work of women in Pakistan. “The aim is to demand that the government of Pakistan adopt a policy for the rights of rural women and recognise their contributions to national economy.”
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| 22/9/2008 |
4 Days Training in Teaching Methodology |
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4 Days Training in
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Teachers are the guiding force that directs and shapes the destiny of a nation by educating future generation. By training our teachers in modern techniques, we ensure quality education. Keeping in view the importance of teacher training, Khwendo Kor has designed a teacher’s training course that will enable the teachers to meet the new challenges in quality education. |
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Training Objectives |
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q To provide basic teaching skills to the teachers
q To improve class room management skills and teaching practices of teachers
q To enable teachers to adopt modern techniques of teaching
q To enhance the skills of teachers needed to cope with a class of varied abilities |
q How children learn
q Coping with a class of varied abilities
q Discipline in the class room
q Phonics and word building through phonics
q Learning through games
q Stories and sequences
q Lesson planning
q Weekly planning
q Develop teaching aids
q Multi grades teaching techniques
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q Improved teaching style
q Improved class room management
q Improved quality of education |
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Methodology
Brainstorming, Group work, presentation, Role play, Lectures |
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Who can participate?
Teachers from community, government, private schools, teacher supervisors and education facilitators |
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Training Fee
Pakistani Rupees = 3,000 per participant
This will only cover the costs of food, tea, stationary, certificate and Trainer fee, while other costs like accommodation, transport etc will be covered by the trainees or their organizations. Khwendo Kor can facilitate them in this regard. |
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Registration
Registration form is available as attachment. |
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For registration and Queries Contact:
Humayun Khan
Human Development Manager,
Khwendo Kor
Email: humayun_engr@yahoo.com
Telephone: +92 -091 -5822255, 5818589
Cell: +92 - 0301- 8888486
For exact training date, please use above mentioned contacts |
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| 16/9/2008 |
3 days Multi-grade Teachers Training |
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3 days Multi Grade Teachers Training |
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This term is used to describe any class in which students of different grade levels are placed together for administrative reasons. Several other terms may be used in the literature to refer to a multigrade classroom. These include combination class, vertically grouped class, mixed age class, split-grade class, and double grade class (the latter two terms for classes containing only two grades). Therefore, teachers face a great difficulty in teaching methodology.Keeping in view the importance of multi grade teachers training, Khwendo Kor has designed a primary and middle multi grade teacher’s training course that will enable the teachers to meet the new challenges in quality education. |
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Training Objectives |
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q To increase understanding of primary and middle teachers on multi-grade teaching methodology.
q Enhance the quality of learning in the classroom by providing an opportunity for learners to benefit from a variety of teaching and learning strategies and classroom organization.
q To develop resources / materials that fit the multigrade class situation. |
q Proper methodologies for different grades
q Multi Grade Classroom management strategies
q Proper use of teaching av-aids
q Lesson Planning and Year Planning
q Syllabus Division and Daily planning
q Knowledge of child cognitive development and learning styles/modes(collaborative learning)
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q Teachers are able to teach children of different grades at a time.
q Teachers are able to plan daily and weekly activities.
q Teachers are able to divide the syllabus.
q The quality of teaching in multigrade schools will improve
q Learner participation and performance in reading, writing and mental mathematics will improve. |
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Methodology
Brainstorming, Group discussions, Group work, Case studies, Role play, Lectures, Demonstration and Stories |
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Who can participate?
Teachers from community, government, private schools, teacher supervisors and education facilitators. |
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Training Fee
Pakistani Rupees=3,000 per participant
This will only cover the costs of food, tea, stationary, certificate and Trainer fee, while other costs like accommodation, transport etc will be covered by the trainees or their organizations. Khwendo Kor can facilitate them in this regard.
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Registration
Registration form is available as attachment. |
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For registration and Queries Contact |
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Humayun Khan
Human Development Manager,
Khwendo Kor
Email: humayun_engr@yahoo.com
Telephone: +92 -091 -5822255, 5818589
Cell: +92 - 0301- 8888486
For exact training date, please use above mentioned contacts |
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| 1/9/2008 |
Essay-writing contest for students in September |
The Centre for Civic Education Pakistan will hold essay-writing contest for students across the country in September here to give them an opportunity to share their opinion on democracy and democratic citizenship in the country.
The essay writing contest was part of the Centre’s proposed democracy festival to be held on September 15 to celebrate the first ever World Day for Democracy, spokesman of the centre told APP on Tuesday. The three winners from each group i.e. college students and university’s would receive prizes worth Rs7,500, Rs5,000 and Rs2,500 respectively and their essays would be included in special publication, he said.
He said the contestants must respond to one of two questions:
1. ‘My vision of Pakistan as a democratic society and steps I can take to get there’ OR
2. ‘How I can be an active and effective Pakistani citizen in the age of globalization’.
College and university students aged 18 to 30 were eligible to furnish their short essays comprising 2,000 words in Urdu or English and must reflect their own experiences and views on the given subject, the spokesman added.
These essays could include their ideals, realities, or they feel the future of democracy in Pakistan, he said.
Moreover, the finalists would also receive a scholarship to participate in the ‘National Conference on Civic Education for a Democratic Pakistan’ that would take place in Islamabad on September 15, 2008.
He said all essays would be reviewed by the Working Group members of the Democracy Festival.
Email completed essays to contact@civiceducation.org. Or mail it on GPO box 1123, Islamabad.
He said that information of the contestant must include:
§ his or her full name,
§ birthday,
§ contact information (mailing address, email address, and phone number), and
§ name of educational institution
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| 27/8/2008 |
3 Days Training in Strengthening Community Organizations for development |
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Develop Human Resources for sustainable Development |
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3 Days Training in
Strengthening Community Organizations for development |
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Institutional development at the grassroots assumes core significance in the participatory approach to rural development. To strengthen the development work, use resources effectively, needs an organized community with skills and strategies.
This training provides you the opportunities to learn the skills of institutional development at the grassroots for community empowerment towards sustainable development. |
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Training Objectives |
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q To make the participants able for strategic planning
q To increase their understanding on sustainable and gender based projects designing
q To improve their skills for resource mobilization |
q Setting organization goal and objectives
q Organizational structure for strategic frame
q Project designing cycle
q Gender
q Steps for gender mainstreaming
q Funding sources
q Strategies to mobilize fund for achieving objectives
q Develop linkages |
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q Each participant will have to develop a strategic plan at the end of the training
q Simple projects designed by the groups
q Strategies for resource mobilization developed
q Developed Monitoring mechanism |
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Methodology
Brainstorming, Group discussions, Case studies, Role play, and interactive Lectures |
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Who can participate?
Social organizers, Field staff, Managers, Mid level development professionals,
The training is open to all professionals of the NGOs, CBOs and other community groups |
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Training Fee
Pakistani Rupees = 3,000 per participant
This will only cover the costs of food, tea, stationary, certificate and Trainer fee, while other costs like accommodation, transport etc will be covered by the trainees or their organizations. Khwendo Kor can facilitate them in this regard. |
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Registration
Registration form is available as attachment. |
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For registration and Queries Contact |
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Humayun Khan
Human Development Manager,
Khwendo Kor
Email: humayun_engr@yahoo.com
Telephone: +92 -091 -5822255, 5818589
Cell: +92 - 0301- 8888486
For exact training date, please use above mentioned contacts |
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| 20/8/2008 |
2 Days Training in Gender & Development |
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Develop Human Resources for sustainable Development |
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2 Days Training in
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This training aims at increasing awareness among the staff about the constraints and problems that disadvantaged groups are facing with special focus on women. This will clarify that how the roles and responsibilities affect access to resources and decisions.
The goal is to create a holistic and integrated approach that will bring men and women together as equal partners for sustainable development. |
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q To understand concepts like access, constraints and control over resources
q To know different gender issues faced by men and women
q To develop strategies for gender integration in development |
q Understanding women in development and gender & development
q Exploration of gender defined roles, tasks, and responsibilities
q How gender effects access & control of resources
q Organizational concepts for gender aware planning
q Discussion of a case study
q Creating strategies for integrating gender issues in development work |
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q Increased staff understanding on gender & development
q Staff can differentiate women in development and gender & development
q Improved staff planning i.e. it is now reflecting gender issues
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Methodology
Brainstorming, Group discussions, Case studies, Role play, and interactive Lectures |
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Who can participate?
Social organizers, Field staff, Mid level development professionals,
The training is open to all professionals of the NGOs, CBOs and other community groups who want to improve their work and provide more benefits to the poor community. |
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Training Fee
Pakistani Rupees = 2,000 per participant
This will only cover the costs of food, tea, stationary, certificate and Trainer fee, while other costs like accommodation, transport etc will be covered by the trainees or their organizations. Khwendo Kor can facilitate them in this regard. |
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Registration
Registration form is available as attachment. |
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For registration and Queries Contact |
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Humayun Khan
Human Development Manager,
Khwendo Kor
Email: humayun_engr@yahoo.com
Telephone: +92 -091 -5822255, 5818589
Cell: +92 - 0301- 8888486
For exact training date, please use above mentioned contacts |
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| 21/6/2008 |
Father’s Day to be celebrated on 21st |
The Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) and the World Population Foundation (WPF), Pakistan, have decided to join hands to celebrate World Father’s Day on June 21.
Based on the theme ‘My Father — My Source of Knowledge,’ the main focus of the event is to encourage fathers to provide right information to their children at the right time. The event will also serve as a platform for imparting knowledge on effective parenting techniques, a subject on which an interactive poster and documentary will be launched.
By observing World Father’s Day, the organisers hope to highlight the role of a father in the upbringing of children. The event will provide an opportunity to bring children, mothers and fathers on a same platform as the involvement of both parents in educating their children on the need to adopt healthy lifestyles is essential for improving the quality of children’s lives.
Pakistan currently has the largest group of youth in its
history, with nearly 54.2 million individuals aged between
10-24 years. By 2025, this number is expected to rise to 64.8 million. Young people everywhere have aspirations and want to activity participate in their societies.
They are the key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation. Young people in Pakistan are the most vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions, and sexual violence. This scenario makes it imperative for parents to play in role in providing their children with the right kind of information at the right time.
In order to share the current situation of issues related to youth in Pakistan and to determine what can be done to improve the situation, YAN and WPF have planned a briefing at WPF’s office on June 16, well ahead of the World Father’s Day event scheduled on June 21 at Holiday Inn.
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| 27/5/2008 |
Int’l workshop on water network starts |
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THE Lahore College for Women University will hold a three-day international training workshop on “Water Networking for Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas” from May 27. According to a press statement, the workshop is being organized in collaboration with the UNESCO/ISESCO. Its objective is to develop and maintain international network on the water networking particularly in the rural areas to sort out practical solutions to the water problems faced in these areas. Scholars and participants from all over the world including Nepal, France, Morocco, and Iran will attend the event.
The researchers from various countries, national NGOs and government departments will present their research work on different issues related to water and poverty alleviation with special focus on women during these three days.
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