Harare March2012: The partnership between the United States President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) has, since June 2011, reached over 40,000 Zimbabwean students between 13 and 17 years of age with life-saving health information about HIV/AIDS, officials from the Population Services International (PSI) said on Thursday. “PSI trained more than 449 soccer players from 16 soccer clubs nationwide to facilitate sessions on the risks of HIV, the dangers of multiple partners, the importance of knowing one’s status, and getting circumcised,” said Kumbirai Chatora, Deputy Director of the international organization. “Together with the... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye in Monrovia – The Integrated Financial Management Reforms Project (IPFMRP) and the 2nd Liberia Electricity System Enhancement Project (LESEP) these are two Concessional Credit agreements which was signed between the Government of Liberia (GOL) and the World Bank. The Integrated Financial Management Reforms Project (IPFMRP) is value at US$5 million while the 2nd Liberia Electricity System Enhancement Project (LESEP) is valued at US$22 million. The agreements are critical towards achieving a middle-level income status for the country by 2030. The Agreement has $12 million of the $22 million is in grant. Addressing the Liberian Media during the... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera and Damas Makangale – THE call by President Jakaya Kikwete for the Cooperative Unions to stop selling their housing property has raised eyebrows among the critics who say the same directive has to be sent to public institutions, which continue to sell public houses and prime areas relentlessly, despite a big segment of the public calling on the Government to halt the exercise. The directive by President Jakaya Kikwete to halt the selling of property belonging to Cooperative Unions could be a step forward to reviving the once powerful institutions, but people are doubting its effectiveness if... Continue Reading
By Alfred Tembo – SHURUGWI: Kingdom of the Netherlands has teamed up with Caritas Gweru and Shurugwi Partners in a project aimed at empowering women and children in grassroots communities. The two non-governmental organizations which are working hand in hand to compliment government efforts to alleviate poverty in the drought, empowering children and women and attainment of standard primary education in the drought stricken rural villages of Shurugwi by attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a recent visit to Chikato area, which falls under Chief Nhema, shout-africa.com witnessed the challenges that the marginalized people are facing. Addressing members of “Chikato orphans and women’s economic and... Continue Reading
Physical gut feelings can become intuitive and should not be ignored. “Ignoring a Gut Feeling” can be fatal. Former president and Nobel Peace Prize F.W. de Klerk, had a close scare with cancer in 2006 and is lending his support to Be Cancer Aware as they launch a campaign to increase public awareness and get people talking about the sensitive issue of cancer, and more specifically Colorectal Cancer. A global initiative, this exciting awareness campaign for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM), takes place annually in March. Locally, the theme for CCAM is “Ignoring a Gut Feeling?”. Colorectal cancer is the fourth... Continue Reading
