Tag Archives: DRC

12.05.12
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More than 500,000 without Power and Water in Goma, DR Congo

An eruption of violence has left 500,000 people in the city of Goma (in the east of the) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) without water and power. The ICRC and engineers from the DRC have been working to restore power, and ensure that the watering pumps that are supported by electrical generators, are working properly and efficiently.

Read more here: http://mobst.ac/XsHKQz

01.12.12
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More News from the Motherland

 

By Natasha L. Foreman, MBA
Below are links to some intriguing and very informed articles about issues and events taking place throughout several countries in Africa. You or someone you know may be from, a descendant of, or planning a trip to one of these countries. Staying connected keeps you informed, educated, and empowered. As always, share your thoughts if it moves you!

Cameroon: Stepping Naturally Away from Plastic

With news that food wrapped in plastic is known to cause cancer, there has been a move to transition back to the traditional and more natural way of wrapping food…with banana and plantain leaves. Some community radio stations in Cameroon have picked up the warning and are carrying out mass campaigns against the use of plastic to wrap food. In Oku, a locality in Cameroon’s North West Region, the response to the campaign conducted by “The Voice of Oku” has been tremendous.
http://www.ips.org/africa/2012/01/cameroon-stepping-naturally-away-from-plastic/

* Zimbabwe: Pastors Rescue Refugees *
 Local pastors last week thwarted attempts by immigration officials
 to detain and deport Congolese refugees who had sought shelter at
 a church in Makokoba suburb after fleeing political violence in
 their country.
* Congo-Kinshasa: Baloji – a Breath of Fresh Air for Music *
 He spots a four-inch wedge of hair, has a taste for colourful designer
 clothes and sings songs reflecting the experience of coming to terms
 with his African heritage while living in Europe.
* Congo-Kinshasa: Youth Leaders Award Monusco a Prize of Excellence for
 Peace Efforts *
 A local youth association known as Umoja Cargo, awarded the United
 Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic
 Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) a prize of excellence for its peace
 efforts in the Nord-Kivu territory of Rutshuru. The prize, which was
 symbolically represented as a diploma, was awarded in the presence
 of some 50 guests at a ceremony organized for the occasion on
Nigeria: Deregulation Is a Necessary Change – President Jonathan *
 President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said deregulation of the
 petroleum sector is a necessary change Nigeria must make if government
 will have a significant impact in the lives of citizens.
Copyright 2012. Natasha L. Foreman, MBA. Some Rights Reserved.
05.02.11
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Mother’s Day 2011- Clessence’s Story

As a supporter of Women for Women International I of course had to share this with all of you. This information can be found on Women for Women International’s YouTube page:

This Mother’s Day send a message to a mother you care about by sending a gift to Women for Women International. Choose a virtue that is close to your heart and share her story – like Clessence from Rwanda. She is a twenty-nine-year-old mother to a girl and a boy. Before joining the Women for Women International program, Clessence performed manual labor, cultivating others’ gardens so she could have a source of food. Clessence and her husband are divorced, and her husband never provided any support — not even for their three-year-old son’s medical care. Send an eCard to an important women in your life today! Visit: http://www.womenforwomen.org/clessence

Copyright 2011. Natasha L. Foreman