The Peace Parks Foundation just released a video about their involvement in the developments taking place in and around the one million hectare Limpopo National Park in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. When the park was proclaimed in 2001, Mozambique requested Peace Parks Foundation's assistance in overseeing its development. Owing to human/wildlife conflict, a voluntary resettlement programme is relocating communities living in the centre of the park, while those in the park's support zone are being assisted with improving their livelihoods.
The Peace Parks Foundation was founded as a not-for-profit organisation on 01 Feb 1997 by Dr Anton Rupert, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and former South African president Dr Nelson Mandela. The mission of the Peace Parks Foundation is to facilitate the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas (peace parks) and develope human resources, thereby supporting sustainable economic development, the conservation of biodiversity and regional peace and stability.
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
04 January 2012
Uganda: 14 great ways to recycle plastic bottles (video)
UK-based international development charity organisation Send a cow produced the interesting video below in which Lorna, a woman from Kumi in Uganda, explains how they re-use plastic bottles on their small rural farm. From solar lights to drip irrigation, the bottles are obviously very useful in almost all aspects of life. Thumbs up!
29 January 2010
great book: "Eleven - Making lives better: 11 stories of development through football" by Steve Fleming
Focused on eleven individuals Eleven contains stories of how football can transform the lives of disadvantaged people around the world. Each story focuses on a different social issue from drug and alcohol abuse to HIV, poverty and gang crime, and looks at how the power and popularity of football has inspired people to turn their lives around.Based on the work of organisations from countries such as India, Uganda, Colombia and the UK, the stories also tell how the Development through Football movement has emerged over the last ten years.
With a foreword by England coach Fabio Capello, who speaks of his own experience of football being used to tackle HIV in Africa. He champions the book's message that football has a role and a duty to do more in promoting social development. The book is co-edited by streetfootballworld, who are partnered with FIFA to run the Football for Hope programme, and who will be promoting the book in the run up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Supported by adidas as part of their ongoing and long-term commitment to Development through Football. [src.]
With a foreword by England coach Fabio Capello, who speaks of his own experience of football being used to tackle HIV in Africa. He champions the book's message that football has a role and a duty to do more in promoting social development. The book is co-edited by streetfootballworld, who are partnered with FIFA to run the Football for Hope programme, and who will be promoting the book in the run up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Supported by adidas as part of their ongoing and long-term commitment to Development through Football. [src.]
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