Project Title: ‘Supporting the reinforcement of the ban on Child FGM through the provision of alternative livelihoods to vulnerable women to support social change at grass root level’ Name and Position of Representative: Hawa Samai-Chief Executive Officer Email address: amnet.sl@gmail‚com Total Amount Requested: AMNet and Partners: UN WOMEN: Target Location: Western Area No of beneficiaries: Direct: 200 Indirect:20000-Girls and parents Date of Submission: 14th July 2012
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What are conflict diamonds? Conflict diamonds – also known as blood diamonds – are diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses. They have funded brutal wars in Liberia‚ Sierra Leone‚ Angola‚ Democratic Republic of Congo and Côte d’Ivoire that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people. Diamonds have also been used by terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda to finance their activities and for money-laundering purposes. Did someone Die for that Diamond
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Courage and Discovery: Analysis of A Princess Found “YOU ARE A PRINCESS!!” screamed her uncle. “You can be a Paramount Chief one day! Your grandfather was one and your uncle is one!”.For a twenty eight year old American biracial woman who just wanted to find her birth father‚ that is a lot to swallow! The two tales across 7548 kilometers that eventually become one‚ is the memoir of Sarah Culberson’s‚ A Princess Found‚ is about the longing for an identity beyond skin color that is well
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The Amistad With any movie there is always a purpose and objective. The viewing process of the movie is to support literacy and to asses personal strengths and inspire personal growth. With the movie The Amistad the objective of the movie was to remind individuals of the progress that has been made since the slavery times of the past. It helps to remind people that there is much more change still to be made when it comes to situations that directly deal with the issue of race. Intentionally or not
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and many new deposits have been discovered and developed and some of the old major deposits are being renovated. South Africa‚ Ghana‚ Zimbabwe‚ Tanzania‚ Zambia and the DRC dominate the African mining industry. Whilst countries such as Angola‚ Sierra Leone‚ Namibia‚ Zambia and Botswana rely heavily on the mining industry as a major foreign currency earner. Unfortunately several African civil wars are funded by (and often caused by) some of these commodities‚ in particular diamonds. The potential
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Blood Diamonds outline i. Title (critical analysis of Blood diamonds) a. Blood diamonds refers how the collection of diamonds are possessed from rebels who murder and enslave their own innocent people to mine the diamonds in Sierra Leone. The diamonds are later sold illegally for ammunition for the rebel known as RUF. The title of relates to the film by the presenting how corrupt businesses and leaders use their powers to excavate diamonds from a country’s ongoing civil war and only escalate
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Long Way Gone Study Guide / Discussion Questions / Writing Assignment Suggestions Chapter Questions: Chapter One: What did the old man in Kabati mean when he said‚ “We must strive to be like the moon”? Is this advice that could apply to you? Why or why not? Chapter Two: Beah moves around in time as he tells his story‚ flashing forward and backward. What is the effect of this technique? Do you appreciate it‚ or would you prefer that he stuck to strict chronology? Why or why not? Chapter Three:
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she obtained her M.D. in 1981‚ Jemison interned at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center and later worked as a general practitioner. For the next two and a half years‚ she was the area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia where she also taught and did medical research. • Following her return to the United States in 1985‚ Jemison made a career change and decided to follow a dream she had nurtured for a long time. In October of that year‚ she applied for
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Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds‚ which are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to finance conflicts‚ and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world. During Sierra Leone Civil War in 1996–2001‚ the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebels. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war‚ including the rebels’ amputation of people’s hands to discourage them from
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2014: disease’s early growth May 26th‚ 2014: Sierra Leone confirmed its first deaths from the virus. JUNE 17‚2014: Ebola has spread to Liberia’s capital of Monrovia‚ with a health official saying seven people have died there. People demonstrate JUNE 18‚2014: A World Health Organization report attributes 337 deaths to the Ebola virus‚ making this outbreak the worst recorded in history. July 29‚2014:Doctor leading Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight dies 9. JULY 31
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