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Alliance2015 members' aid is reaching victims in Pakistan
Because of the gigantic scale of the disaster, Alliance2015 members are now striving to unite their expertise. Members present in the affected regions of Pakistan - Concern, ACTED, Welthungerhilfe, Cesvi and People in Need - are regularly coming together for coordination meetings in Islamabad. Together, the five members are applying for funding of more than €5 million from ECHO, The European Commission’s humanitarian aid department.
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Investing more in knowledge
The Hivos Knowledge Programme organizes an international conference on Knowledge and Change in The Hague (29 September - 1 October 2010). Activists, NGO practitioners and scholars from all continents are invited to reflect on theory and practice of development dilemmas as well as methodologies of knowledge development.
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Standing by the gay community
For over thirty years Pink Saturday has been celebrated in The Netherlands: a manifestation for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) organized by a different Dutch city on the last Saturday of June every year. This year Pink Saturday was held in Amersfoort on 26 June 2010. On Pink Saturday, Hivos draws attention to the violation of fundamental rights of gays and lesbians in developing countries and attracts sponsors for its LGBT programme.
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A television studio on wheels
A bright-painted taxi van is driving through the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam. The van (a daladala) turns out to be an actual television studio, in which its passengers are interviewed about their daily lives. This is an original way of Hivos partner Twaweza to offer ordinary citizens a platform to express themselves.
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