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If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don’t hesitate to call 1098 (only in India ) – Child helpline. They will come and collect the food. And give it those thousands of hungry and starving children.
Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.
To mark the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) and as a run up to SACOSAN III, the Water and Sanitation Program South Asia (WSP-SA) is pleased to announce the Media Partnership Program for regional media professionals (in print, electronic, audio and audiovisual media) who have been writing/producing/documenting water, sanitation, hygiene and health related stories in their countries.
GUIDELINES
Applications are invited from media professionals (in print, electronic, audio and audiovisual media) that have been covering water, sanitation, hygiene and health as mainstream issues. Approximately thirty media professionals shall be selected to participate in SACOSAN III which will be held in New Delhi. The winners shall participate in the six-day SACOSAN event , from 16 to 21 November 2008, being organized by the Government of India (Department of Rural Development) at New Delhi. The selected professionals will also be invited to visit field-based innovative initiatives that have resulted in adequate provision of water and sanitation services, improved hygiene behavior and have had a positive impact on the health of the target populations.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
Eligibility: Professionals with at least three years experience in print,electronic, audio and audiovisual media with general circulation are eligible to apply for the program.The program is open to media professionals from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and is likely to be extended to Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives,contingent to availability of funding. Preference shall be given to entries received from women media rofessionals.
The following products are eligible: Newspaper entries (op-eds., features, news),Magazine entries, Television programs (news, talk shows, and documentaries),Radio programs (news, talk shows, and documentaries)and News portal entries (news, documentaries).Visit these links to access entry form and more information on the programhttp://www.wsp.org/index.cfm?page=page_disp&pid=18066/ http://www.wsp.org/index.cfm?page=page_disp&pid=18047
Candidates may submit several entries that have been published/broadcast between 1 August 2007 and 31st July 2008. The deadline for submission is 30th August,2008, 1700 hrs, IST. The entries should be submitted by email at wspsa@worldbank.org. The entries must state in the subject line “Media Partnership Program Entry” along with the name of the country (e.g. India). In case there is a problem in sending entries by email, please contact us for alternative arrangements.
Please see country specific addresses in the web links provided above.For print entry, include one original or electronic copy of the article (s)(i.e., masthead with tear-sheets or original clips).For electronic entry, a print-out/ print-screen version of article(s) must be included. For audio and audiovisual entry, include an electronic version (word or pdf) of the script/ transliterated version, and a CD containing the entry OR an electronic file below 5 MB for e-mail delivery.
Themes: The subject of entries should be on:
Best practices in water, sanitation, hygiene and health — Sanitation for Dignity and Health; Health impacts of water and sanitation ; Sharing experiences of local initiatives in water, sanitation and hygiene practices
Language: Entries will be judged in English. Please provide translated version of print entries or script/ translated English version for audio/ audiovisual entries
THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED TO THE AUTHOR THROUGH A GROUP EMAIL.PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR QUERIES TO THE EMAIL MENTIONED IN THE POST
Anyone who has lost their child can post a message on this website and a search will be set in motion simultaneously in 40 cities in the country. Launched by Don Bosco National Forum for Youth at Risk in association with UNICEF, www.missingchildsearch.net will be closely watched and monitored by child welfare organisations in all major cities in the country and a search will be generated immediately. The Don Bosco National Forum for Youth at Risk is a major partner of Childline India Foundation and extends service to hundreds of children who are victims of war, conflict, natural calamities, sexual exploitation, trafficking and HIV/AIDS. They also take care of street and working children.
107 families of Gram Panchayat Jajpur, Tehsil Sandila, district Hardoi, were given ‘patta’ of the lands allotted to them 32 years before, but till-date they haven’t got the possession. Powerful landlords still occupy the land allotted to these families. 16 people of these families are fasting since 28 July 2008 in front of Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow demanding justice overdue since past 32 years.
Dr Sandeep Pandey, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee (2002) and national convener of National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) supported the fast.
Powerful landlords have been illegally occupying the land which rightfully belongs to 107 familes since past 32 years. These landlords have family members which include Shriram Singh Tomar and Advocate Nageshwar Singh, who is the gram pradhan too.
These landlords are politically connected and have been maneuvering their might to douse the people’s agitation for land rights. These landlords are also accused of forcibly taking away the crop harvest from the fields of these 107 families.
Lekhpal asks for Rs 2000 or more money, and some family members have even paid this amount to Lekhpal, despite of which they couldn’t get the land possession.
Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) met the agitators in Lucknow and assured them that police will accompany them tomorrow to give them their much-awaited right to the land. But the people have no trust on verbal assurances and have decided to continue the agitation and fast in front of vidhan sabha.
This fast is led by Rajesh, who can be contacted at 9793271930
( for further information, please get in touch with indopakpeacemarch@yahoo.co.uk.)
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