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11/19/2007
Tämänvuotisen Auta Kanssamme -keräyksen teemana on kahden edellisen vuoden tapaan ”Joululahja kehitysmaan lapselle”. Marras–joulukuussa toteutettavan Fidan ja helluntaiseurakuntien perinteisen keräyksen tuotto käytetään kahden koulurakennuksen kunnostamiseen Laosissa.
Read moreFrom: Fida International ry |
08/07/2007
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank’s "model" hydropower project - Nam Theun in Laos - is fast becoming a replica of past dam mistakes, says a new report.
Read moreFrom: The International Rivers Network |
07/10/2007
More than 7,000 Hmong refugees in Thailand are in danger of being returned to Laos, where they fear political persecution for cooperating with the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Emmanuel Drouhin explains.
Read moreFrom: Médecins sans frontières Related: [Thailand] [United States] |
03/30/2007
The Lao military is using the excuse of a long-concluded war to continue attacks on a destitute population of Hmong jungle-dwellers, says a new human rights report.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International USA |
11/28/2006
Espoo on vuoden 2006 UNICEF-kaupunki. Vuoden aikana Espoossa kerätään varoja erityisesti UNICEFin ohjelmiin Laosissa ja Karjalassa. Keräys sekä ohjelma jatkuvat vuoden viimeiseen päivään saakka, mutta ohjelmallinen huipennus kuullaan 29. marraskuuta Juhlakonsertissa "Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen".
Read moreFrom: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys Related: [Russian Federation] |
09/26/2006
Los abusos por parte de los diversos cuerpos policíacos, así como por parte de las bandas, persisten en agravio de los indocumentados centroamericanos a su paso por territorio mexicano
Read moreFrom: Diario CoLatino Related: [Central America] [Migration] [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights] Image: Heriberto Rodríguez (www.uanm.mx)
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08/17/2006
Con la Santa Misa, cantos populares, colocación de ofrendas, testimonios, oraciones comunitarias, rifas y el deguste de pastel y horchata, fue desarrollada la actividad en horas de la noche, lo cual permitió que de una manera muy sentida los y las asistentes compartieran la alegría de celebrar la vida de Monseñor Romero y su gran aporte en la concientización del pueblo salvadoreño.
Read moreFrom: Diario CoLatino Related: [Human Rights] [Religion] [War and Peace] Image: Romero mural
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05/30/2006
A new Lao Television drama developed from child trafficking case studies follows the life of a trafficked teenage girl and teaches the country's youth to "Be Smart, Be Safe."
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Image: UNICEF has aided Lao efforts to educate youth about human trafficking.
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05/12/2006
Enlazando Alternativas 2, EA2, evento paralelo al encuentro de los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de América Latina y el Caribe y los de la Unión Europea, inauguró sus actividades
Read moreFrom: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina Related: [Development] [Environment] [Civil Society] |
01/17/2006
The Lao Women’s Union has opened their country's first shelter for women and girls who have suffered abuse through domestic violence or trafficking.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Related: [Children] [Justice and Crime] |
06/15/2005
Laos National Radio recently hosted a workshop familiarise radio technicians with designing digital radio studio production system in Vientiane, capital of Laos, from 2 to 13 May 2005.
Read moreFrom: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector Related: [Capacity Building] [ICT] [Civil Society] |
07/09/2004
Project backers have failed to make an economic case for the Nam Theun 2 energy export scheme in Laos, says a new report by Toronto-based Probe International. The US$1.1-billion dam project would require large-scale flooding and resettlement of thousands of poor farmers - and would be more costly and less reliable than other generating options to serve neighbouring Thailand.
Read moreFrom: Probe International Related: [Canada] [Thailand] [Agriculture] [Energy] [Land] [Economy] [Finance] [Rivers] [Governance] |
05/19/2004
VCD modules that promote learning and reflection have been developed for migrant girls crossing the Mekong River into Thailand, as well as other groups of at-risk youth. This pilot, developed under a project of the US-based Education Development Center, seeks to demonstrate how VCD
Moretechnology - already very popular in the region - can help these girls before they find themselves in compromising situations. Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [East Asia] [Thailand] [Capacity Building] [Education] [Culture] [ICT] [Civil Society] |
04/05/2004
The use of ICT in non-formal education programmes to foster participation of disadvantaged people in literacy, basic education and continuing education activities is at the centre of projects in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan that UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All has launched with funds from Japan.
MoreFrom: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector Related: [Indonesia] [Sri Lanka] [Thailand] [Uzbekistan] [Capacity Building] [Education] [ICT] |
01/30/2004
Un finanziamento di 60 milioni di euro per una miniera di rame in Laos è stato recentemente approvato dalla Banca Europea per gli Investimenti (BEI). Le organizzazioni internazionali denunciano: si rischia una catastrofe ambientale, il finanziamento è stato concesso senza alcuna valutazione di impatto.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat, CRBM - Campagna per la riforma della Banca Mondiale, World Bank Related: [Credit and Investment] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] Image: Barche sul Mekong
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01/29/2004
La Banca europea per gli investimenti (BEI) ha approvato nel tardo pomeriggio di ieri un finanziamento di 60 milioni di euro per il contestato progetto della miniera di rame di Sepon, in Laos, di proprietà della compagnia australiana Oxiana. La notizia è stata accolta con estremo sfavore da parte delle Ong internazionali, tra cui la Campagna per la riforma della Banca mondiale, che nel dicembre scorso erano riuscite a far rinviare la decisione e che oggi denunciano la mancanza di una valutazione di impatto ambientale.
Read moreFrom: CRBM - Campagna per la riforma della Banca Mondiale Related: [Development] [Finance] [Codes of Conduct] Image: da www.crbm.org
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01/16/2004
Various factors make education difficult for girls from ethnic groups in Lao People's Democratic Republic. However, there is inspiration at the nearby Nongpet secondary school. For example, Phongsamay, 18, is one of many girls preparing for university entrance exams.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Related: [Children] [Education] [Population] [Poverty] [Human Rights] [Gender] |
11/27/2003
Joulukuussa 2003 Euroopan Investointipankin hallitus päättää, lainaako se Laoslaiselle Seponin kuparikaivokselle 60 miljoonaa euroa. Kaivos sijaitsee tärkeällä sademetsä- ja jokialueella ja siitä syntyvä jäte uhkaa tuhota paikallisen luonnon ja ihmisten elinkeinon. Maan ystävät kannustaa allekirjoittamaan vetoomuksen lainan hylkäämiseksi.
Read moreFrom: Maan ystävät Related: [Credit and Investment] [Pollution] |
10/03/2003
Ongoing conflict between military forces and minority groups, such as the Hmong, in isolated areas of Laos is resulting in the death of dozens of civilians, especially children, as the Laotian army has hemmed in communities preventing them from hunting and foraging for food, according to reports received by Amnesty International.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Food] [Human Rights] [Conflict] |
06/24/2003
The government is strengthening infrastructure related to information and communication technologies in primary, secondary and tertiary level schools to achieve 50 per cent e-literacy by year 2007. The effort will increase competence and nurture creativity.
Read moreFrom: allAfrica.com Related: [South East Asia] [Education] |



