Blogs
Hivos-partners victims of violence in Bolivia
23 September 2008 -
Two employees of Hivos-partner COINACAPA lost their lives after gun shots were fired at a group of protesters in the Amazone region of Bolivia. Celedonia Basualdo and Bernardino Racua participated in a protest mars when they and other protesters came into contact with a certain group having allegiances with the local authorities of the Pando department in the north of Bolivia.
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2015-Watch report released – Call for Greater Focus on Results
17 September 2008 -
Alliance2015, the network of leading European NGOs, presented its rigorous review of European development aid on Tuesday 16 September to the European Parliament. The 5th annual 2015-Watch report measures the contribution of the European Commission (EC) development aid programmes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs, set up with clear and measurable targets to fight poverty and to be reached by 2015, will be at the centre of the high-level UN Summit on 25 September.
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Emergency aid for agricultural sector in Cuba
11 September 2008 -
Cuba had hardly coped with the impact of hurricane Gustav at the end of August when a new hurricane, Ike, caused severe havoc on the Caribian island. The damages as a result of these hurricanes are set at the estimated 10 billion US dollars. Disturbingly, the agricultural sector has been hit hard, putting the availability of food in jeopardy. Hivos has granted 100,000 Euros for the re-building of the agricultural sector.
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Hivos calls for action after imprisonment of Irani activist
11 September 2008 -
Five years ago, Emadedin Baghi was one of the founders of the Society for the Defence of Prisoners Rights (SDPR), and in 2005 he founded two similar organisations in Iran. While SDPR helps Irani prisoners in general, one of the other organisations is involved in helping prisoners who are on death row. Currently Baghi, a well-known human rights activist, is sentenced to three years in prisons. His health condition is growing worse. Hivos calls upon Dutch minister Verhagen to undertake immediate action.
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