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    Why is educating East Africa’s nomads so hard?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Nomads make up around six percent of the population of Africa yet most attempts to provide education for them have been unsuccessful. Education for All targets cannot be met until the twenty African states with nomadic populations do more to increase pastoralists’ participation in basic and non-formal education.
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    Improved access to information on livestock early warning

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2006
    Particularly in vulnerable pastoral regions, early warning systems can empower individuals and communities to act to prevent loss of life and reduce the economic and material impact of disasters. In this two-page article from Baobab, the essential aims, products and approaches of people-centred early warning systems are summarised, drawing on examples from the Horn of Africa.
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    id21 viewpoint - AUVEC: using the virtual world to achieve real world gains in livestock care

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The importance of livestock to poor people is as obvious as the humps on a camel. However, the diseases that affect animals and their keepers do not get the attention they need.
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    Is cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?
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    Can a workshop change stigma?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Irrational fears and judgements, misinformation and traditional beliefs fuel stigma against people living with HIV and AIDS. Although policy change and advocacy are important for creating an environment free of stigma, individual behaviour change is equally important.
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    Beyond the mainstream: education for nomadic and pastoralist girls and boys

    Oxfam, 2005
    This paper illustrates the challenges involved in providing good-quality gender-equitable education for children of nomadic and pastoralist households who are beyond the reach of mainstream, formal education.Some of the key issues highlighted in the paper include the limited, and failed, provision of static schooling, or projects which have focused on getting nomadic boys and girls to adapt to
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    The education of nomadic peoples in East Africa: review of relevant literature

    International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2005
    In the context of a renewed committment to Education For All (EFA) at Dakar, this study examines the apparent failure of most attempts to provide educational services to nomadic groups. The study focuses on Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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    Ending legalised violence against children: report for the East and Southern Africa regional consultation

    Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2005
    This report reviews law and policy in relation to corporal punishment and deliberate humiliation of children in each state in East and Southern Africa.
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    Post-July 2004 African strategies for bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004
    This report presents the findings of a workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of East African trade policymakers and negotiators, as well as other stakeholders in pursuing their objectives in trade negotiations following the July Package agreed to by the WTO General Council (2004). The report offers key recommendations and observation on a number of issues.
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    Assessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2005
    This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.

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