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Fewer charities saw income fall more than a quarter in 2010/11But John Mohan, Third Sector Research Centre’s deputy director, says the overall picture for 2010/11 is worse than in the previous decade |
Livelihood security in a changing climate: Insights from a program evaluation in Timor LesteThis report draws on the findings of a recent CARE Australia evaluation focusing on the effectiveness, impact and sustainability of CARE programming in Timor Leste in relation to climate hazards |
Training: Haiti: Community Participation and Management in WASH Programs Organisation: DPMI
Country: Haiti
Registration deadline: 09 Feb 2012
Training date: 13 Feb 2012 to 17 Feb 2012
Course Overview -… |
Training: Uganda: Community Participation and Management in WASH Programmes Organisation: DPMI
Country: Uganda
Registration deadline: 19 Jan 2012
Training date: 23 Jan 2012 to 27 Jan 2012
This course 5 day… |
TED: Sheila Nirenberg: A prosthetic eye to treat blindness - Sheila Nirenberg (2011)At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals from a camera direct to the brain. |
Ecuador: Ecuadorian Government's Attempt To Trademark Twitter Tag Portends Censorship, Warns Blogger
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas The Ecuadorian blogger who coined the tag “30S” or “30-S” to follow tweets about the police protest on Sept. 30, 2010, came out against… |
Vacancy: Finance internBackground on ACTEDACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious… |
Vacancy: Programme manager (transition and recovery)Background• Open to internal and external candidates |
Vacancy: Senior emergency programme managerBackgroundHelpAge International helps older people claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty, so that they can lead dignified, secure, active and healthy lives |
Vacancy: Chief, information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction division, D1Job Opening Number: 11-ECO-ESCAP IDD-20949-R-BANGKOKOrganization Setting and Reporting The mandate of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is to promote… |
Vacancy: Deputy country representativeVacancy number: NHQ16639SummaryIn response to the January 12 earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the American Red Cross (ARC) seeks a Deputy Country Representative to oversee and lead the development and… |
Vacancy: Emergency technical programme managersFunction at HO- Technical assistance in emergencies, disaster risk reduction, monitoring, evaluation, humanitarian capacity building and capture learnings |
Vacancy: Food income and markets managerJob PurposeThe Programme Manager will lead and manage the Food Income and Markets programme which supports the recovery of the poorest families affected by severe food insecurity in 2011 |
Vacancy: Engineering geologistBackgroundGrade / Levels:Technical Specialist/Project Manager/Project OfficerDepartment/unit: As per relevant qualification and experience the candidates will be assigned to Department of Disaster… |
Vacancy: Natural resources management and climate change advisorSummaryThe PRIME Program will be responsible for increasing incomes and improving resiliency and the adaptive capacity of pastoral communities to climate change through market expansion |