Wednesday, February 29, 2012
It Really Isn't Rocket Science!
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Military Offensive Creating Humanitarian Problems
A joint military offensive between the
armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad to oust
Chad’s Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR) rebel movement from
its stronghold in parts of north-central CAR is hampering operations to
help the displaced, say humanitarian officials.
The military operation, which was launched on 23 January, is aimed at capturing FPR rebel leader “General” Abdel Kader, alias Baba Laddé, and is concentrated in the north-central CAR areas of Ouandago and Gondava, 80km and 45km from the main town of Kaga-Bandoro, respectively.
But following a 24 January joint attack on FPR positions, an estimated 16,000 people were displaced, according to a bulletin by CAR's Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT).
"This number is likely to change since some regions still remain inaccessible," it added.
The area most affected is Kabo, where internally displaced persons (IDPs) need water and latrines, states the bulletin, noting that IDPs had also been registered in the areas of Nana Outa and Farazala and between Kabo and Kaga-Bandoro.
On 28 January, Firmin Feindiro, the CAR government spokesman, said the military operations were targeting the FPR's operational centre and had led to rebel casualties after a brief resistance. The exact toll, however, remained unknown, with Laddé still free; reports suggest he could have fled to South Sudan.
Kaga-Bandoro's bishop, Albert Vanbuel, was quoted in the media in early February as saying the counter-rebel operations had led to a generalized fear among the population as Chadian troops combed the area for FPR rebels. "They stop the so-called rebels, torture and kill them without knowing if they are rebels or not. Many innocent [people] have died this way."
Bishop Vanbuel further added that FPR and civilian deaths had been recorded, with many corpses unburied.
Several villages in the northern part of CAR, on the road between Ouandago and Gondava, have been partially or completely destroyed since the end of January, according to a 23 February statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
"Thousands of people have had to flee," said Katharina Ritz, head of the ICRC delegation in Bangui. "They've lost everything: their houses, their crops, all their belongings."
Insecurity continues to pose a threat to the population and humanitarian organizations, despite the military operation, according to Jean Sebastien Munie, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the CAR. "If the military operation was on the whole a success, it did not completely eradicate insecurity in the region."
The FPR rebels , who arrived in CAR from Chad in 2008, have continued to carry out sporadic attacks in parts of northern CAR as well as to recruit, mainly Fulani community members, and acquire weapons. On 2 February, an ethnic Fulani herder, suspected of belonging to the FPR, was killed by a presidential guard in the capital Bangui. Another Fulani herder was seriously wounded and a third reported missing.
In early February, the FPR announced that several groups, including the Parti pour la Justice et le Développement (PJD), the Convention des patriotes pour la justice et la paix (CPJP), the Union des forces démocratiques pour le rassemblement (UFDR) and the Armée populaire pour la restauration de la démocratie (APRD), whose leader Jean Jacques Démafouth is under arrest, were to create an alliance to depose CAR President François Bozizé. But the APRD, a former national rebel group, denied involvement in the alliance.
The APRD and the UFDR signed peace accords with the CAR government in 2008, with members taking part in the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration process, while the CPJP signed a ceasefire agreement in 2011.
The military operation, which was launched on 23 January, is aimed at capturing FPR rebel leader “General” Abdel Kader, alias Baba Laddé, and is concentrated in the north-central CAR areas of Ouandago and Gondava, 80km and 45km from the main town of Kaga-Bandoro, respectively.
But following a 24 January joint attack on FPR positions, an estimated 16,000 people were displaced, according to a bulletin by CAR's Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT).
"This number is likely to change since some regions still remain inaccessible," it added.
The area most affected is Kabo, where internally displaced persons (IDPs) need water and latrines, states the bulletin, noting that IDPs had also been registered in the areas of Nana Outa and Farazala and between Kabo and Kaga-Bandoro.
On 28 January, Firmin Feindiro, the CAR government spokesman, said the military operations were targeting the FPR's operational centre and had led to rebel casualties after a brief resistance. The exact toll, however, remained unknown, with Laddé still free; reports suggest he could have fled to South Sudan.
Kaga-Bandoro's bishop, Albert Vanbuel, was quoted in the media in early February as saying the counter-rebel operations had led to a generalized fear among the population as Chadian troops combed the area for FPR rebels. "They stop the so-called rebels, torture and kill them without knowing if they are rebels or not. Many innocent [people] have died this way."
Bishop Vanbuel further added that FPR and civilian deaths had been recorded, with many corpses unburied.
Several villages in the northern part of CAR, on the road between Ouandago and Gondava, have been partially or completely destroyed since the end of January, according to a 23 February statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
"Thousands of people have had to flee," said Katharina Ritz, head of the ICRC delegation in Bangui. "They've lost everything: their houses, their crops, all their belongings."
Insecurity continues to pose a threat to the population and humanitarian organizations, despite the military operation, according to Jean Sebastien Munie, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the CAR. "If the military operation was on the whole a success, it did not completely eradicate insecurity in the region."
The FPR rebels , who arrived in CAR from Chad in 2008, have continued to carry out sporadic attacks in parts of northern CAR as well as to recruit, mainly Fulani community members, and acquire weapons. On 2 February, an ethnic Fulani herder, suspected of belonging to the FPR, was killed by a presidential guard in the capital Bangui. Another Fulani herder was seriously wounded and a third reported missing.
In early February, the FPR announced that several groups, including the Parti pour la Justice et le Développement (PJD), the Convention des patriotes pour la justice et la paix (CPJP), the Union des forces démocratiques pour le rassemblement (UFDR) and the Armée populaire pour la restauration de la démocratie (APRD), whose leader Jean Jacques Démafouth is under arrest, were to create an alliance to depose CAR President François Bozizé. But the APRD, a former national rebel group, denied involvement in the alliance.
The APRD and the UFDR signed peace accords with the CAR government in 2008, with members taking part in the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration process, while the CPJP signed a ceasefire agreement in 2011.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Girl Power!
WASHINGTON, 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - The global anti-poverty movement
has added a new tool to its arsenal with the launch of an index that
measures women’s empowerment in agriculture.
“Agriculture is the most effective way to drive inclusive economic growth of the poorest communities”, which too often include women and children, said Sara Immenschuh of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a partner in compiling the index.
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index is a partnership between the US government’s Feed the Future initiative, US Agency for International Development (USAID), IFPRI and Oxford University’s Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI). It uses five criteria to measure the empowerment of developing country women in agriculture, and in their own households.
Pilot programmes in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Uganda studied how engaged women were in decision-making about agricultural production, what sort of access they had to resources and how involved they were in resource-related decision-making; the extent to which they controlled how income was used; whether they were able to have a leadership role in the community; and how they used their time.
If a woman scored well on four out of five indices, she was considered empowered. The results differed from country to country, and the reasons for low or high levels of empowerment also varied.
In Bangladesh, just less than a third of women were empowered, with lack of control over resources, weak leadership and influence in the community, as well as lack of control over income the main reasons.
In Guatemala, the number was less than 25 percent. The less educated a woman was and the younger she was, the more likely she was to be lagging behind in empowerment. On the other hand, the more empowered a Guatemalan woman was in agriculture, the greater the influence she had in other key areas of daily life.
Respect and resources
Lack of leadership in the community and control over use of income were the two biggest factors contributing to disempowerment in Guatemala, the report says.
In Uganda, 37 percent of women were empowered in agriculture and more than half enjoyed gender parity at home.
However, many women in Uganda said widowhood empowered them – because they did not have to waste time asking their husband’s permission to do things but just got on with them.
Ugandan women “who are empowered in agriculture also reported significantly greater decision-making and autonomy with respect to almost all domains”, says the report.
Surveys were conducted in 450 households in southern Bangladesh, and 350 each in the western highlands of Guatemala and northern, central and eastern Uganda, between September and November 2011.
One aim of the project is to help US government agencies and anti-poverty organizations to measure just how successful their programmes are at fighting hunger and poverty.
“We want to improve gender parity not by disempowering men but by bringing women up to the level of men,” said IFPRI senior research fellow, Agnes Quisumbing.
Although they make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force, women in developing countries own less land, are limited in their ability to hire farm workers and have less access to credit, among other issues.
“Without addressing those inequities, women will be unable to effectively contribute to reducing global poverty and hunger,” said Immenschuh.
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index was launched on 28 February at the UN in New York.
“Agriculture is the most effective way to drive inclusive economic growth of the poorest communities”, which too often include women and children, said Sara Immenschuh of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a partner in compiling the index.
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index is a partnership between the US government’s Feed the Future initiative, US Agency for International Development (USAID), IFPRI and Oxford University’s Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI). It uses five criteria to measure the empowerment of developing country women in agriculture, and in their own households.
Pilot programmes in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Uganda studied how engaged women were in decision-making about agricultural production, what sort of access they had to resources and how involved they were in resource-related decision-making; the extent to which they controlled how income was used; whether they were able to have a leadership role in the community; and how they used their time.
If a woman scored well on four out of five indices, she was considered empowered. The results differed from country to country, and the reasons for low or high levels of empowerment also varied.
In Bangladesh, just less than a third of women were empowered, with lack of control over resources, weak leadership and influence in the community, as well as lack of control over income the main reasons.
In Guatemala, the number was less than 25 percent. The less educated a woman was and the younger she was, the more likely she was to be lagging behind in empowerment. On the other hand, the more empowered a Guatemalan woman was in agriculture, the greater the influence she had in other key areas of daily life.
Respect and resources
Lack of leadership in the community and control over use of income were the two biggest factors contributing to disempowerment in Guatemala, the report says.
In Uganda, 37 percent of women were empowered in agriculture and more than half enjoyed gender parity at home.
However, many women in Uganda said widowhood empowered them – because they did not have to waste time asking their husband’s permission to do things but just got on with them.
Ugandan women “who are empowered in agriculture also reported significantly greater decision-making and autonomy with respect to almost all domains”, says the report.
Surveys were conducted in 450 households in southern Bangladesh, and 350 each in the western highlands of Guatemala and northern, central and eastern Uganda, between September and November 2011.
One aim of the project is to help US government agencies and anti-poverty organizations to measure just how successful their programmes are at fighting hunger and poverty.
“We want to improve gender parity not by disempowering men but by bringing women up to the level of men,” said IFPRI senior research fellow, Agnes Quisumbing.
Although they make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force, women in developing countries own less land, are limited in their ability to hire farm workers and have less access to credit, among other issues.
“Without addressing those inequities, women will be unable to effectively contribute to reducing global poverty and hunger,” said Immenschuh.
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index was launched on 28 February at the UN in New York.
Where Babies Are So Hungry They Don't Even Cry!
No babies cry and the
children are not even curious about the presence of strangers. “It is
hunger and they are shy - they are not used to strangers,” explained one
of the mothers, who is among a couple of thousand Malians who have
crossed into southwestern Niger and sought refuge in the windswept
village of Gaoudel, Ayorou District, after fleeing clashes between
Malian government troops and Tuareg rebels.
At least 10 children are among those sheltering in silence from the relentless sun under scraps of fabric tied to sticks in the ground. They are 10km from the Malian border.
During their two-day desert journey here they have had little to eat. Many had no time to pack anything and fled with just the clothes they were wearing. Some managed to come with their animals.
The host population - Tuaregs like the refugees - share their scarce food and water, but are stretched: The refugees now outnumber the villagers.
“They are the same people as us - black Tuaregs. Some are relatives, separated only by the border. We are all fighting drought and do not have enough food,” said Gaoudel village chief Echec Ahmad.
Their only water source - an uncovered well - will run dry in two months, he said, adding that repeated droughts had decimated their herds and that they depended on the few green beans they had managed to grow in a dried-up stream.
Some of the Malian men have arrived with animals, hoping to sell them in Ayorou town (30km away) in Niger’s Tillaberi Region, one of the worst-affected by drought in Niger. But the livestock trade in Ayorou is in poor shape. “There are a lot of animals in the market but not enough buyers,” said Biga Beidari with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Tillaberi.
The closure of Niger’s border with Nigeria, after attempts by militant group Boko Haram to set up a base in the drought-stricken country, has had an impact on the local economy: The absence of Nigerian livestock buyers in local markets seems to have hit pastoralists across the region hard.
“If I sell three goats, I will be able to buy only 100kg of millet - enough for my family [two wives and seven children] to eat for 10 days,” said Mohammed Warimagalis, a Malian refugee and pastoralist who has picked up English on his travels. He arrived in Niger two days ago with 30 goats, which he fears will help his family survive for only about three months.
At least 10 children are among those sheltering in silence from the relentless sun under scraps of fabric tied to sticks in the ground. They are 10km from the Malian border.
During their two-day desert journey here they have had little to eat. Many had no time to pack anything and fled with just the clothes they were wearing. Some managed to come with their animals.
The host population - Tuaregs like the refugees - share their scarce food and water, but are stretched: The refugees now outnumber the villagers.
“They are the same people as us - black Tuaregs. Some are relatives, separated only by the border. We are all fighting drought and do not have enough food,” said Gaoudel village chief Echec Ahmad.
Their only water source - an uncovered well - will run dry in two months, he said, adding that repeated droughts had decimated their herds and that they depended on the few green beans they had managed to grow in a dried-up stream.
Some of the Malian men have arrived with animals, hoping to sell them in Ayorou town (30km away) in Niger’s Tillaberi Region, one of the worst-affected by drought in Niger. But the livestock trade in Ayorou is in poor shape. “There are a lot of animals in the market but not enough buyers,” said Biga Beidari with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Tillaberi.
The closure of Niger’s border with Nigeria, after attempts by militant group Boko Haram to set up a base in the drought-stricken country, has had an impact on the local economy: The absence of Nigerian livestock buyers in local markets seems to have hit pastoralists across the region hard.
“If I sell three goats, I will be able to buy only 100kg of millet - enough for my family [two wives and seven children] to eat for 10 days,” said Mohammed Warimagalis, a Malian refugee and pastoralist who has picked up English on his travels. He arrived in Niger two days ago with 30 goats, which he fears will help his family survive for only about three months.
No Jobs, Little Food
Most towns in the region are awash with people from food-scarce areas
looking for work. An assessment by French NGO Agency for Technical
Cooperation and Development (ACTED) found 94 percent of the villages in
the districts of Tillaberi, Ouallam and Filingue do not have enough
food; 89 percent of the population, or more than a million people, are
affected.
The Mali clashes come at an unfortunate time, said Oumarou Sadou,
prefect of Tillaberi. “But they [the refugees] are our neighbours and
they need assistance now.”
Fighting in eastern Mali has spread to areas closer to the northwestern corner of the Tillaberi Region, prompting an influx of Malians into this part of Niger. Some aid workers fear the numbers could rise, as most arriving up to now had taken pre-emptive action. "We left as we heard the clashes were going to begin," said Warimagalis.
Plan Niger, an NGO operating in the area, says the number of refugees has been increasing rapidly and more resources are urgently needed to support them.
Plan Niger spokesperson Maman Farouk said that over the past five days another 932 refugees had been recorded in Gaoudel. The NGO has been registering Malian refugee children in local schools. They need more food, tents, medicine, bed nets, blankets and mats. They also hope to drill wells to support the host community with water.
Based on local authority figures, IRIN estimates at least 187 Malians sought refuge in Gaoudel village every day in the past three weeks.
Thousands of Malian refugees have trekked across the border to small towns and villages like Mangaizé, Chinégodar, Koutoubou and Yassan in Tillaberi, since mid-January, according to the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Most of them - more than 9,000 - ended up in Chinégodar, which is usually home to 1,500 people. However, the number arriving here, where the Niger government and aid agencies have been providing support, has levelled off, said Benoit Kayembe, head of Médecins Sans Frontières Swiss in Niger.
Fighting between the Tuareg liberation movement MNLA (Mouvement National de Liberation de l’Azawad) and government forces resumed in Mali in mid-January, after the Tuareg rebellion was officially declared over by the government in 2009.
Fighting in eastern Mali has spread to areas closer to the northwestern corner of the Tillaberi Region, prompting an influx of Malians into this part of Niger. Some aid workers fear the numbers could rise, as most arriving up to now had taken pre-emptive action. "We left as we heard the clashes were going to begin," said Warimagalis.
Plan Niger, an NGO operating in the area, says the number of refugees has been increasing rapidly and more resources are urgently needed to support them.
Plan Niger spokesperson Maman Farouk said that over the past five days another 932 refugees had been recorded in Gaoudel. The NGO has been registering Malian refugee children in local schools. They need more food, tents, medicine, bed nets, blankets and mats. They also hope to drill wells to support the host community with water.
Based on local authority figures, IRIN estimates at least 187 Malians sought refuge in Gaoudel village every day in the past three weeks.
Thousands of Malian refugees have trekked across the border to small towns and villages like Mangaizé, Chinégodar, Koutoubou and Yassan in Tillaberi, since mid-January, according to the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Most of them - more than 9,000 - ended up in Chinégodar, which is usually home to 1,500 people. However, the number arriving here, where the Niger government and aid agencies have been providing support, has levelled off, said Benoit Kayembe, head of Médecins Sans Frontières Swiss in Niger.
Fighting between the Tuareg liberation movement MNLA (Mouvement National de Liberation de l’Azawad) and government forces resumed in Mali in mid-January, after the Tuareg rebellion was officially declared over by the government in 2009.
Source: http://www.irinnews.org
Business Solutions For The Sustainable World
Business solutions to enable energy access for all is the first major publication of the WBCSD Access to Energy initiative. It was released to coincide with the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All by the United Nations’ Secretary-General, HE Ban Ki-moon in January 2012.
The document highlights the critical role that business plays in
enhancing access to energy and, more broadly, in the expansion and
transformation of national energy systems to deliver clean, reliable and
affordable energy for all. Business is the primary solution provider in
delivering access to energy, bringing to the table innovative products
and services, efficient delivery, essential technologies, management and
technical capabilities, and financial resources.
The publication presents the key opportunity areas for scaling up
this business contribution in expanding access to energy – innovative
business models, enabling policy frameworks and financing mechanisms –
and provides recommendations on how to enable these opportunities.
Business solutions to enable energy access for all demonstrates
clearly how business is already expanding access to clean, reliable and
affordable energy services for poor customers, featuring 19 member
company case studies. These cases highlight concrete examples of how
business model innovation helps provide more affordable and reliable
products and services, overcomes market barriers or failures, and
increases the profitability and scalability of sustainable engagement in
low-income energy markets.
However, mobilizing the required scale of investment requires
political will and well-designed and stable policies to overcome many of
the barriers facing business action. The publication recommends that
policy-makers need to focus on prioritizing energy access in national
development planning, improving the investment climate and implementing
enabling measures to promote the primary energy access solutions.
Meeting universal energy access targets will also require
mobilization of significant additional financial resources. Public and
development finance mechanisms should be specifically designed to
leverage additional private investment. The broader financing
architecture must give appropriate consideration to the quality of the
regulatory and investment climate, which impact risks and returns
associated with private investment.
Finally the publication highlights that partnerships and
cross-sector approaches are essential to make these opportunity areas
successful and all the WBCSD
member company case studies featured in the document involve
partnerships of some form. Effective public-private partnerships will be
particularly important drivers of progress toward universal access to
energy.
Business solutions to enable energy access for all clearly indicates the willingness of the WBCSD
membership to work with key stakeholders to support effective action to
deliver universal access to clean, reliable and affordable energy. The WBCSD
Access to Energy Initiative will pursue this engagement through 2012 –
the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All – and beyond.
Source: fightpoverty.visibli.com |
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Team Profile - Jeremy Simson, Founder of TSF
This week's team profile is about our Founder:
Jeremy Simson, Founder of TSF, has a diverse business background, enabling him to bring numerous skill sets to TSF. Jeremy’s passion for the projects upon which TSF work ensures that focus and ethical standards within the organisation are second to none. Jeremy draws upon his diverse professional background in corporate fundraising HR, Media, Business Process Outsourcing / Insourcing, Business Analysis, Publishing, Advertising, Telecommunications, Security, Leisure Services, & Mail Order.
It’s been Jeremy’s lifetime ambition and set up The Simson Foundation, which he registered with companies’ house in September 2010. “My involvement in this foundation has been very hands on and includes every aspect of the foundations planning, setting up and operation. In addition to the “Business side” I have also been (In conjunction with my advisory board) responsible for the planning of the portfolio and whilst still quite embryonic, the foundation has gone from strength to strength.”
Jeremy currently lives in Manchester UK with his partner and 12 year old son and is a passionate rugby union fan who also enjoys sea fishing, mountain biking and camping.
Jeremy on Religion
Growing up in rural Wales one normally expects some region in life at home, but this wasn’t the case! In fact other than a few ceremonial outings, religion didn’t really play a massive part in my upbringing at all. Other that is than the occasional visit from some Australian Nuns. Am I now religious, no. Do I believe there’s something bigger than all of us, absolutely! We are however mere mortals so I think it quite pretentious for anyone to say there is only one true god (Who are we to say that Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism or Islam is right or for that matter wrong? There's something, but I’ll pay my dues where and when I know where to pay them!
Jeremy on Politics
Politics has always been somewhat of an enigma to me. It seems almost to be a prerequisite that in order to be a successful politician one must forget about those that you are in office to serve and focus upon gratifying those in office around you. My allegiance lies not with any one political party but with any political figure that talks the talk and then walks the walk! Lest they be not measured by what they say but by what they do!
Jeremy on Life
"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider roads, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've polluted the air, and polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete. Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, ' I love you ' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Jeremy Simson, Founder of TSF, has a diverse business background, enabling him to bring numerous skill sets to TSF. Jeremy’s passion for the projects upon which TSF work ensures that focus and ethical standards within the organisation are second to none. Jeremy draws upon his diverse professional background in corporate fundraising HR, Media, Business Process Outsourcing / Insourcing, Business Analysis, Publishing, Advertising, Telecommunications, Security, Leisure Services, & Mail Order.
It’s been Jeremy’s lifetime ambition and set up The Simson Foundation, which he registered with companies’ house in September 2010. “My involvement in this foundation has been very hands on and includes every aspect of the foundations planning, setting up and operation. In addition to the “Business side” I have also been (In conjunction with my advisory board) responsible for the planning of the portfolio and whilst still quite embryonic, the foundation has gone from strength to strength.”
Jeremy currently lives in Manchester UK with his partner and 12 year old son and is a passionate rugby union fan who also enjoys sea fishing, mountain biking and camping.
Jeremy on Religion
Growing up in rural Wales one normally expects some region in life at home, but this wasn’t the case! In fact other than a few ceremonial outings, religion didn’t really play a massive part in my upbringing at all. Other that is than the occasional visit from some Australian Nuns. Am I now religious, no. Do I believe there’s something bigger than all of us, absolutely! We are however mere mortals so I think it quite pretentious for anyone to say there is only one true god (Who are we to say that Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism or Islam is right or for that matter wrong? There's something, but I’ll pay my dues where and when I know where to pay them!
Jeremy on Politics
Politics has always been somewhat of an enigma to me. It seems almost to be a prerequisite that in order to be a successful politician one must forget about those that you are in office to serve and focus upon gratifying those in office around you. My allegiance lies not with any one political party but with any political figure that talks the talk and then walks the walk! Lest they be not measured by what they say but by what they do!
Jeremy on Life
"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider roads, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've polluted the air, and polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete. Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, ' I love you ' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Hey! Did You Steal My Water?
10 Facts About Water Scarcity
1. Water scarcity occurs even in areas where there is plenty of rainfall or freshwater.
2. Water scarcity affects one in three people on every continent of the globe, and it’s getting worse as demand increases!
3. Almost one fifth of the world's population (about 1.2 billion people) live in areas where the water is physically scarce. One quarter of the global population also live in developing countries that face water shortages due to a lack of infrastructure to fetch water from rivers and aquifers.
4. Water scarcity forces people to rely on unsafe sources of drinking water. It also means they cannot bathe or clean their clothes or homes properly.
5. Poor water quality can increase the risk of such diarrhoeal diseases as cholera, typhoid fever and dysentery, and other water-borne infections. Water scarcity can lead to diseases such as trachoma (an eye infection that can lead to blindness), plague and typhus.
6. Water scarcity encourages people to store water in their homes. This can increase the risk of household water contamination and provide breeding grounds for mosquitoes - which are carriers of dengue fever, malaria and other diseases.
7. Water scarcity underscores the need for better water management. Good water management also reduces breeding sites for such insects as mosquitoes that can transmit diseasees and prevents the spread of water-borne infections such as schistosomiasis, a severe illness.
8. A lack of water has driven up the use of wastewater for agricultural production in poor urban and rural communities. More than 10% of people worldwide consume foods irrigated by wastewater that can contain chemicals or disease-causing organisms.
9. Millennium Development Goal number 7, target 10 aims to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Water scarcity could threaten progress to reach this target.
10. Water is an essential resource to sustain life. As governments and community organizations make it a priority to deliver adequate supplies of quality water to people, individuals can help by learning how to conserve and protect the resource in their daily lives.
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Are You A Journalist or a Mouse?
Catalysts of Change
Would you like to contribute
to our quarterly magazine, Catalysts of Change? The Simson Foundation are a new breed of non profit organisation,
with high standards and a totally different approach. Are you different? Do you
stand out from the crowd? If you are a
journalist or editor and you think you have something to offer, please send an
email to Jeremy on the following email address: founder@thesimsonfoundation.org
Employment Opportunities - Public Fundraisers
Public Fundraisers
The Simson Foundation are looking for caring people who would be interested in working with us as public fundraisers. To learn more about the work we do, and to download a job description, please visit our website.
Job Description
The Simson Foundation are looking for caring people who would be interested in working with us as public fundraisers. To learn more about the work we do, and to download a job description, please visit our website.
Job Description
Sunday, February 26, 2012
4,500 Children Will Die Today!
Without your help 4,500 children will die today from water related diseases! Please help us prevent this in the future. Get your own brick and leave a picture and a message. Please share with your friends, re-tweet, like whatever you can do to help us build our wall.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Job Opportunities With The Simson Foundation
Hi everyone, you can now download job desriptions for the following TSF employment opportunities directly from our website. Online Engagement Executives, Schools Engagement Co-ordinators, Public Fundraisers, High Net Worth Relationship Managers, Corporate Relationship Manager, Community Engagement Co-ordinator
Please visit: TSF Website
Please visit: TSF Website
The Simson Foundation Development Fund - Virtual Fundraising Wall
TSF now have a great, fun way of enabling you to contribute to our work. We have launched our Virtual Fundraising Wall! You can visit the wall, purchase your own brick(s), upload a picture of your choice and leave a message, then check back periodically to watch the wall grow. You can also keep track of the funds raised by visiting our website TSF Fundraising Page and checking out our fundraising meter!
Visit the link below to make your mark on the wall!!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Shop Till You Drop & Save Money Too!
Best offers this week: half price offers from Superdrug, 7% off for Mothers Day at Interflora. free John Lewis vouchers from Vonage, donations increased at BT Broadband, 15% off at The White Company, 25% off Laura Ashley and more.
Shop Till You Drop & Save Money!
Shop Till You Drop & Save Money!
Question Rather Than a Discussion!
Hi everyone, this week instead of a topic of discussion I'm asking for members to let me know what they would like to see more of, with regards the work we do, on our facebook page, group and other social networking platforms. Am I opening a can of works I ask myself? :)
Recruitment - Job Opportunities
TSF is going from strength to strength on a daily basis. Due to this, we currently have the following job opportunities available - Community Engagement Co-ordinator, Corporate Funding Executive, Net Worth Funding Executive, Public Funding Executive and Social Media Executive.
For an application form and job description, please send an email, for the attention of Jeremy, to employment@thesimsonfoundation.org
You can learn more about TSF by visiting our website www.thesimsonfoundation.org
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
How Far Can You Run? - 5 Marathons!
Starting in late April and ending in October 2012, Dave Corp will be taking on a Five Marathon Challenge (5M) on behalf of TSF, Manchester Marathon, Trail Marathon Wales, Over The Edge, Moray Marathon and Snowdonia Trail Marathon. From Dave: "I want to contribute to TSF because it fits with what I set out to do a year ago, and that's to support the next generation, both in the UK and abroad. It's something I'm passionate about. I've run the London Marathon and Snowdon Marathon and now I'm upping the bar. I want to make a difference by helping to provide the basics, food, clean water, safety etc, in order that the next generation can achieve their full potential. If you would like to join Dave on one or all of the stages of 5M to help raise funds for TSF's projects, please send an email to tsgevents@thesimsonfoundation.org
Dave Corp
Who Do You Support? - Supporter Memberships
Please remember, TSF pass on
over 70% of the donations to their projects, unlike lots of other
organisations, who average around 2% of
the donations, so you would either be helping a worthwhile organisation by
volunteering to work with us, or your money would go a lot further. Don't forget, we also keep everyone informed
as to where funds are being spent and how.
You even get updated on how things are going AFTER the project has
ended. You won't find much more
transparency than that! Please message
me for information and contact details to find out more
We Need Voluntary Workers!
The Simson Foundation are looking for volunteers (both home and abroad) and/or paid fundraisers for our various projects, Future Forests Programme, Well Water Programme, Sustainable Fisheries Programme and last but not least, Healthy Education Programme. You don't have to be living in, or from the UK to work with us. TSF are unique in that the Foundation pass on over 70% of the donations to their projects, unlike lots of other organisations, who average around 2% - 10% of the donations, so you would be helping a worthwhile organisation by working with us. Another way in which we are set aside from the rest is that we keep everyone informed as to where funds are being spent and how. Sponsors and donors even get updated on how things are going AFTER the project has ended. You won't find much more transparency than that! Please email volunteer@thesimsonfoundation.org for information to find out more about working with TSF.
No Schools? - Healthy Education
for NGO's in Ghana to partner with, plus companies
and individuals to either give one off donations, or sponsor our projects. If
you would like to learn more about supporting TSF, please send an email to
either of the addresses below and we will send you the necessary information.
sponsorship@thesimsonfoundation.org or donations@thesimsonfoundation.org
sponsorship@thesimsonfoundation.org or donations@thesimsonfoundation.org
If you are part of an NGO and would like to partner with TSF, please send an email to:
nominations@thesimsonfoundation.org
The Simson foundation on Facebook
The Simson Foundation Website
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Humanitarian News - Food Crisis Sahel
Paul O'Brien of Irishtimes.com reported that the widely documented signs of a looming food security crisis in the
Sahel region of Africa, where acute food shortages threaten some 12
million people, are a cause of increasing alarm.
A series of
factors including rising food prices, migration from insecurity in
Libya, failed harvests and the impact of climate change on the Sahara
desert are having an impact.
The international community has a
clear opportunity to act early to avert a crisis on the scale recently
experienced in east Africa. If the global community had acted faster in
the earlier half of last year, there is widespread agreement that a
famine could have been prevented in Somalia. Instead, repeated calls by
aid agencies of a looming malnutrition crisis were largely ignored by
international donors, and millions suffered unnecessarily.
Cyclical
crises in the Sahel are, unfortunately, nothing new. Previous food
security crises have occurred in 2005, 2008 and most recently in 2010.
Some of the lessons of the past led to the establishment of early
warning systems, similar to those that exist in east Africa. These
systems monitor factors such as food price rises, rainfall levels, pest
plagues, cereal production, availability of food staples in the region
and national food reserves.
The information coming out of those
systems has already signalled the rapid deterioration of an extremely
fragile situation. Unless we act upon that information now, there will
be a repeat of the crises of previous years, with great loss of life and
increased levels of poverty.
According to the former United
Nations under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Jan Egeland,
it would have cost $1 per day per child to prevent malnutrition if
international donors had launched an early response to the 2005 Niger
food crisis. But that large-scale early response never occurred, and by
July 2005, it cost $80 per day per child to provide emergency medical
treatment for severe malnutrition. Prevention is not just better than
cure, but significantly cheaper as well.
The recent announcement
by the EU commissioner for International Co-operation, Humanitarian Aid
and Civil Response, Kristalina Georgieva, to scale up funding across the
Sahel to mount an early response represents an important milestone.
Commissioner Georgieva will be in Dublin on Monday to meet the Irish
Government and Irish NGOs and her message that the EU is committed to
preventing the escalation of a new crisis in the Sahel is welcomed.
What
we need now is the commitment by the broader international community
that it will follow the EU’s willingness also to fund longer-term
interventions. After a recent visit to the region, the commissioner said
that a conservative estimate of the needs over the next six months
stood at €500 million. So far, an estimated €115 million of that has
been pledged by the EU, US, UN, UK and France. There is an urgent need
to fill the gap.
In the short term, increased support must be
given to the health sector to improve early diagnosis and treatment of
malnutrition and, in the longer term, aid agencies have to insist on
programmes that address its root causes. One million children are
reported to be facing extreme risks during the next hunger period from
June to October.
For a sustainable solution to malnutrition
prevention, programmes must focus on livelihoods assistance, sustainable
food production, improved childcare practices, social protection,
health, water, hygiene and sanitation. We also need to protect the
livelihoods and assets of the most vulnerable with a more diversified
approach that is less reliant on food aid. We can do this by making
greater use of cash transfers and food vouchers. These initiatives help
ensure that when food is available in the markets, poor people can get
it.
In 2010, and again in 2011, Concern implemented a multipronged
nutrition and health programme to reduce acute malnutrition, morbidity
and mortality among children under five in parallel with seeds and tools
distributions and cash transfers. Results from our 2010 intervention,
which reached more than 650,000 people, revealed that “global acute
malnutrition” rates in Tahoua District, one of the country’s worst
affected areas where we responded, were at 11.7 per cent – well below
the emergency threshold of 15 per cent. Not only that, but 80 per cent
of the villages rated as being at risk of extreme food shortages in
2009, had above average harvests in 2010.
One of the dilemmas
facing aid agencies seeking to cope with cyclical crises, such as the
one unfolding in the Sahel, is that we have been restricted from
mounting the sort of large-scale, multisector development programmes
required – with funding streams that typically run out after a year or
18 months. Unless multisector interventions are implemented as part of a
wider approach, we will continue to struggle with isolated stories of
success. The challenge for aid agencies now is to secure commitments
across the international community that allow for long-term investments
in development programming as a matter of routine, and not just when 12
million people face imminent risk.
PACT13 Biking for 19,500 Miles - Want to Come Along?
pact13-tsgevents@thesimsonfoundation.org
Brendan Rendall
How To Help a Child in Africa With TSF!
The Well Water Programme is a £3.1m project, 2 year programme sinking 80 borehole wells in villages in Ghana. The wells will meet the growing needs of the villages for many years to come. We need your help to make this happen. Please volunteer to help us raise the funds. You can get an information pack for both volunteers and donations by emailing supporters@thesimsonfoundation.org or donations@thesimsonfounation.org
Please help us to help these people!!!
Please help us to help these people!!!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Shop Online With The Simson Foundation
Do you shop online?
If you do that's great! You can
now help us simply by going to our page and going to your favourite online
shops via our fundraising page. It's
easy, you just sign up and shop. Each
time you shop online the advertisers pay us and help us fundraise. There are hundreds of shops to choose from
including, waitrose, BT, Weightwatchers, Sainsbury's, Pizza Hut, T-Mobile, Del,
Waterstones and many many more. It
doesn't cost you a penny, but you'll be helping us to fundraise. Please, use our page to shop online! Thank you everyone.
Busy! Busy! Busy!
Another busy week at TSF
which seems to be the case every week these days! Long gone are the times of
spending a couple of hours a day on Facebook, now we have begun to develop into
a truly awesome NGO. With an amazing network of supporters behind us who's
pedigree can not be doubted. Academically we have people from amongst others;
Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Berkeley Universities. From the corporate
world we have support from people at organisations like; IBM, Virgin, Bank of
New York, London2012, United Nations and World Health Organisataion and our
supporters are in 20 of the most developed countries in the world.
Want to know more? Visit us at: www.thesimsonfoundation.org
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Ambitious, Dynamic and Greedy Recruiter Wanted!
The Simson Foundation has a unique opportunity for the right
person. If you are an ambitious, and
enthusiastic recruiter and you want great rewards, both financial and job
satisfaction, and you have a proven track record, then send an email to Jeremy at the following email address
employment@thesimsonfoundation.org
Please include your CV
Visit www.thesimsonfoundation.org to find out exactly who we are and what we do
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
We Need Your Help!
TSF need your help. If you are an individual or part of a company who would like to support our various programmes, please get in touch and ask us about sponsoring a project. Our current projects are: The Well Water Programme, Healthy Education Programme, Future Forests Programme and Sustainable Fisheries Programme, each of which play an important part in improving life for many people in Ghana. If you would like to learn more about sponsorship with TSF, please mail me here sponsorship@thesimsonfoundation.org
Facebook & More
Hi everyone, Now that you have found our blog, why not like our
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheSimsonFoundation
and join our group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/284270858298743/
and even follow us on Twitter! SimsonFoundn
and then link with us on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Simson-Foundation-3699232?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
See ya around the networks! :)
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheSimsonFoundation
and join our group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/284270858298743/
and even follow us on Twitter! SimsonFoundn
and then link with us on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Simson-Foundation-3699232?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
See ya around the networks! :)
Calling All Volunteers & Fundraisers!
TSF are recruiting
volunteers for fundraising work both at home and in Ghana.
or employment@thesimsonfoundation.org
Healthy Education Programme - Ghana
The Simson Foundation, via its Healthy Education Programme
is working hard to help promote Health Education in Ghana. Like SOS, we are trying to raise money to
help build new schools for the children of Ghana. We need to raise money to fund, contract and supply 12 community
buildings for the provision of Heath and Education to rural communities in
Ghana. Can you help us please? We are looking for NGO's in Ghana to partner
with, plus companies and individuals to either give one off donations, or
sponor our projects. If you are interested in supporting TSF with this project,
please send an email to either of the addresses below and we will send you the
necessary information.
sponsorship@thesimsonfoundation.org or
donations@thesimsonfoundation.org
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Pan American Cycle Tour 2013 (PACT13)
PACT13 As you know the 19,500 mile, Pan American Cycle Tour starts in June 2013. Each day Brendan, will travel approximately 120km accompanied by a support team and a number of cyclists. Starting off in Alaska, Brendan will then cycle through the USA and various other countries to his destination of Chile. If you would like to know more about PACT13, or you would like to help with the fundraising for this event, you can contact me via email liz.bonetto@thesimsonfoundation.org
Would You Feed This to Your Baby?
Today 1.1 billion people will have no choice but
to drink dirty water. Help us change
that. Please give £1 http://bit.ly/xnqEKX
A minimum of 70% of your donation will go to this project, the other 30% goes on Administration, not expensive cars and "posh" dinners!
A minimum of 70% of your donation will go to this project, the other 30% goes on Administration, not expensive cars and "posh" dinners!
TSF Magazine - Catalysts of Change
Hi everyone, TSF magazine is well on the way to being completed. Each member of TSF will be issued with a free copy. I am now preparing my mailing list to send out the magazine, so could you either please message me or send me a blank email to liz.bonetto@thesimsonfoundation.org with Catalysts of Change in the subject line so that I know I need to add you to my mailing list. Thanks!
If you are not a member of Tbe Simson Foundation, but would like a copy of our magazine, you can join our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/284270858298743/ and message us and we will include you in our mailing.
If you are not a member of Tbe Simson Foundation, but would like a copy of our magazine, you can join our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/284270858298743/ and message us and we will include you in our mailing.
Monday, February 13, 2012
This Week's Team Profile - Dave Corp
This week's Team Profile focuses on Dave Corp, our Corporate Funding Executive. Dave contributes to TSF through maintaining established business relationships, while also expanding the TSF network of business involvement and funding. Having stepped away from corporate business with many years’ experience in Senior Management / Leadership roles, gained in a number of business functions within the Food & Drink Industry and the Logistics/Supply Chain Sector, Dave is now following his passion to encourage and support the next generation, locally and/or abroad. As an active fundraiser, Dave has developed many charitable contacts through his voluntary work and can be found running various marathons across the UK throughout the year. Dave is always happy to have a chat and explore all opportunities of active participation by business organisations, with small or large budgets, looking to build strong relationships for now or the future. If you would like to have a conversation with Dave please do not hesitate to contact him via email dave.corp@thesimsonfoundation.org
Calling All Journalists and Editors!
The Simson Foundation is actively recruiting Journalists and Editors to contribute articles for our quarterly magazine, Catalysts of Change.
Catalysts of Change focuses on various humanitarian and environmental subject areas, including water poverty, deforestisation, sustainability and health/education. Expressions of interest should be submitted, in writing, in no less than 200 words, via email, to Jeremy at the following email address: founder@thesimsonfoundation.org
Catalysts of Change focuses on various humanitarian and environmental subject areas, including water poverty, deforestisation, sustainability and health/education. Expressions of interest should be submitted, in writing, in no less than 200 words, via email, to Jeremy at the following email address: founder@thesimsonfoundation.org
Sponsors & Supporters Needed
Hi everyone, TSF are looking for individuals or companies for SME donations, corporate donations, highnet worth doners and general public donations to sponsor our projects. If you would like to learn more about becoming a doner or sponsor for TSF please send an email to sponsorship@thesimsonfoundation.org or donations@thesimsonfoundation.org
Don't forget, currently, a minimum of 70% of all funds received are passed on to each of the projects, with an aim to developing this figure to 85% over time. That's massive compared to the 2% some of the very large charities/organisations pass on to their projects.
Don't forget, currently, a minimum of 70% of all funds received are passed on to each of the projects, with an aim to developing this figure to 85% over time. That's massive compared to the 2% some of the very large charities/organisations pass on to their projects.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
6,000 People Mostly Children Die Each Day - No Clean Water!
Did you know that in Africa and Asia,6,000
people, MOSTLY CHILDREN, die each day due to the fact they don't have clean
drinking water. Help us help them by
giving just £1! PLEASE help us change
people's lives in Ghana!!!! Please go to this link and give JUST £1
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Simson Foundation Corporate Update For This Week
Hi everyone here's your weekly corporate update for TSF. New starters this week are: Lyndsey Cottle who has joined us as a partner in The Simson Group, within the Events department. Lyndey’s role is Events Director in charge of orgnaising the Pan American Cycle Tour 2013 (PACT13) event. Also, Gail Bater joins The Simson Foundation as Foundation Development Officer and is responsible for developing our network of volunteers and self employed fundraisers. Welcome to both Lyndsey and Gail!
Sustainable Fisheries Programme
We are seeking NGO Partners for this project, which is currently in the planning stages and has a budget of approximately £3m. Again, this will be a 2 year programme, with an aim to transforming 4 traditional fishing communities into aquaculture operations that are able to increase their existing harvesting capacity and equally replenish wild fish stocks.
We always partner with an NGO in Ghana to discover
what exactly it is they need. The
people on the ground there are the one’s with the knowledge not us, so we see
this as a very important part of the process.
Currently, a minimum of 70% of all funds received is passed on to each of
the projects, with an aim to developing this figure to 85% over time.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Help Our Donations Grow!
Please pledge just £1 
Currently, a staggering 2.6 billion people live without a safe toilet and 884 million people lack access to clean water. These problems combine to make a massive crisis for developing countries - undermining health, education, economic and gender equality progress. We are are trying to make a difference for these children, so PLEASE help us help them!!! Go to the page and then share with as many friends as possible, we'll keep you updated on how the money stack has grown every week.....and that's a promise!
Forum For Discussion
Last week I started an open forum inviting members and followers to discuss any topic closely related to our projects i.e., Future Forest Programme, Well Water Programme, Healthy Education Programme and the Sustainable Fisheries Programme. Perhaps it was too broad an area, as there was little response. This week I am going to approach the discussion a little differently. My personal view (Elizabeth) is..... I think given all the humanitarian problems in the world, that it would be a good idea for children to be taught, for at least one hour per week, the importance of recycling, humanitarian aid and generally looking after the planet, i.e., reforestisation etc and also to be made aware of the problems children face in less affluent countries. What are your views on this and why?
Paid Fundraisers Needed
Calling all fundraisers! We need fundraisers to work on our various projects, Future Forests Programme, Well Water Programme, Sustainable Fisheries Programme and last but not least, Healthy Education Programme. TSF are unique in that the Foundation pass on over 70% of the donations to their projects, unlike lots of other organisations, who average around 2% of the donations, so you would be helping a worthwhile organisation by working with us. Another way in which we are set aside from the rest is that we keep everyone informed as to where funds are being spent and how. Sponsors and donors even get updated on how things are going AFTER the project has ended. You won't find much more transparency than that! We are also looking for volunteers to help with our fundraising projects. Please email for information and contact details to find out more about working with TSF. volunteer@thesimsonfoundation.org or employment@thesimsonfoundation.org
Deforestisation
Deforestisation in Ghana - Please watch this video
In an attempt to help in the battle against deforestisation, we are seeking NGO (non-governmental organistion) partners to work with on our Furture Forests Programme. This £3m project, which is planned to run for 2 years, is to link a number of National Parks in Ghana through extensive tree planting projects. As you will see by watching the video, deforestisation is now a huge problem. Therefore, it is vital that this problem is tackled as a matter of urgency. Please contact us on nominations@thesimsonfoundation.org if you would be interested in partnering with TSF.
In an attempt to help in the battle against deforestisation, we are seeking NGO (non-governmental organistion) partners to work with on our Furture Forests Programme. This £3m project, which is planned to run for 2 years, is to link a number of National Parks in Ghana through extensive tree planting projects. As you will see by watching the video, deforestisation is now a huge problem. Therefore, it is vital that this problem is tackled as a matter of urgency. Please contact us on nominations@thesimsonfoundation.org if you would be interested in partnering with TSF.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Supporting Members for The Simson Foundation
Hi everyone, thank you all for joining the group. I must say the group has grown quite considerably over the last few days, and hopefully will continue growing at the same pace. I ask you all to remember to share all the TSF links you see and also to invite friends and family to join the group and the various pages for the projects. We also still need people to become supporting members of TSF. Information and application forms can be downloaded via my LinkedIn profile or you can simply email me supporters@thesimsonfoundation.org for information.
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