Why Needs Assessment is ImportantThe project should come out of what people say they want and not from assumptions that we make.Sometimes the needs are not immediately clear or cannot be easily understood.By talking to different people, we will be able to understand how problems affect people differently. For example, poor access to clean water may affect women more than men because women have to walk a long way to fetch water.Circumstances may change, for instance;There may be new people in the communityThere may be new needsOld needs might have been addressedProblems might be affecting people differentlyNeeds assessment gives people the opportunity to prioritize their needs, which leads to a more sustainable development project. Useful Tools in carrying out a Needs Assessment Listening- this involves listening to issues that people may have the strongest feeling about. Issues that they most want to address and those that they are likely to participate most in. Questions should b...

*I would like to share with you this article from the New times, the firstRwanda Daily. *Hope you will enjoy the reading* *KIGALI - *Legal activists have called for increased awareness on HIV/AIDSamong vulnerable groups, saying this will enable the success of legislationas a way of fighting the scourge. The call was made at the launch of the Universal Access for Women and Girls’Project and the Forum for Activists against HIV/AIDS (FAAS) at Kigali Serenahotel. Professor Hansungule Michelo from the University of Pretoria, said that themove would empower women and girls who constitute the biggest number ofHIV/AIDS victims in Africa to gain confidence to fight the spread of thedisease. He underscored the relevance of legislation in curbing the scourge, sayingthat this effectively deals with people who knowingly transmit the diseaseto others. “We need to reach a point where a woman can go to a police station andreport a case in relation to an HIV/AIDS transmission. This will mean thatvulner...

There currently exist an opportunity in Liberia for a Management Information Specialist/Technology Specialist. Please follow the information provided below. I have no contact with the source whatsoever. Link: http://www.khulisa.com/public/current-employment-opportunities Management Information Specialist (MIS) /Information Technology Specialist (ITS) LiberiaKhulisa Management Services is a South African-based firm that provides a wide range of monitoring, evaluation, research, and information management services with particular emphasis on health (especially HIV/AIDS), education and social development. Since 1993, we have served over 130 different clients including the South African national government, provincial departments, local and international donors, corporations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other service providers.Khulisa is seeking a for an anticipated monitoring and evaluation program in Liberia. The project is likely to be a large scale multi-million doll...

Thought you may be interested. February 15, 2010 Link: http://www.graduateguide.com/central_michigan_university.html?gclid=CPulqMjg9p8CFZEA4wod7Q2jYQ TUITION per credit hour: In-state $413 Master’s/Specialist; $470 Doctoral. Out-of-state $766 Master’s/Specialists; $850 Doctoral. COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIESDr. Roger Coles, Interim DeanDEGREESM.A.: Broadcast & Cinematic Arts, Community Leadership, Communication Disorders, Composition & Communication, Counseling, Economics, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, English Language & Literature, History, Human Development & Family Studies, Humanities, Industrial Education, Industrial Management & Technology, Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, Mathematics, Middle Level Education, Political Science, Recreation & Park Administration, School Principalship, Secondary Education, Sociology, Spanish, Special Education, Speech-Language Pathology, Sport Administration, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages....

To find out more contact the link below.Link: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=284900054 Grassroots Philanthropists Promote 'Creative Giving' $100 at a Time A group of small-time philanthropists calling itself the Secret Society of Creative Philanthropy is inspiring acts of nontraditional giving, the New York Times reports.Established five years ago by Courtney Martin, a Brooklyn-based writer, the group distributes $100 each to friends, who, in turn, commit acts of "creative giving" — handing money out on subway cars, publishing the writing of students in a nonprofit literacy program, buying a video camera for a public high school, or leaving $5 bills bearing quotations about giving in public places. Group members are then required to account for how they spent the $100 at a gathering of their peers.While the gifts are not particularly cost-effective, they frequently lead to additional giving. Some participants donated an additional $100 of their ow...

UNESCO International Leadership Training Programme The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights at the University of Connecticut invites applications for the sixth annual International Leadership Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum. The Forum seeks to empower young leaders by involving them in finding solutions to emerging human rights problems, and nurturing individuals to be effective leaders in the field of human rights. To this end, the Forum will: -Introduce participants to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -Build a network of solidarity among human rights leaders. -Expand the knowledge relevant to human rights practice.-Provide tools and a platform for open debates. -Provide programmes, activities and processes necessary for humanrights leadership. -Promote the sharing of experiences and understanding. -Showcase speakers on such topics as: health and human rights, education, the environment, the ...

Feature Story: Introducing URI’s Inaugural Youth Ambassadors In recognition of the great gifts our young leaders have to offer to the rest of the URI community and to share with the world, we are proud to announce the launch of our Inaugural Youth Ambassadors Program in 2010! In this pilot year, our Youth Ambassadors will be initiating projects of interfaith cooperation and service-learning of their design, learning from each other and from their peer mentors through online exchange, participating in regional leadership trainings, and sharing their views and experiences through website blogs with the URI community and broader public. Through a selection process, in which more than 50 youth ages 18-30 across the globe applied, we selected fifteen finalists for their clear vision of what interfaith cooperation could bring to their community, for their engagement in an area of work or an area of the world that represents new growth for URI and for interfaith solidarity, and for their demo...