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Thursday, 16 May 2013
Last week eighteen young South Africans graduated from the permaculture course where they participated in. Vusi, one of the graduates, enjoyed the experience and said: ‘I found a connection with nature and learnt that I can play an active role in my community to alleviate poverty'. With this training the youth learn gardening skills and how they can apply these to make a living. ‘I can actually make a living with these skills,' commented Emile, another graduate.
Practicals
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Monday, 29 April 2013
Dorcas investigates opportunities to expand its work in South Sudan to Warrap State. The whole country faces major developmental problems and Warrap State in particular has high levels of malnutrition, insecurity through violent cattle raiding and large flood prone areas. Returnees from Sudan and IDPs (for instance from Abyei) live in the state. Currently, the programmes of Dorcas are concentrated in Western Bahr el Ghazal.
Context analyses
A month long mission was... continue
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Thursday, 28 March 2013
More than a million Syrians have left their homes because of the ongoing violence in Syria. Not only the refugees, but also the internally displaced people urgently need assistance. Dorcas provides assistance in Jordan, but also Syria itself. Aid in Syria is given through a network of churches in eight cities that work under challenging circumstances.
Unconditional aid
‘Most refugees have been unable to bring sufficient clothes,' tells an employee... continue
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