Public welfare
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8 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 08 gennaio 2008 Global: International year of sanitation: towards best practices
2008 is the UN's International year for sanitation. Focusing on meeting Millennium Development Goals, a number of simple actions can lead to best practices
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7 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 07 gennaio 2008 Turkey: Roma protest against violation of heritage conventions
Local authorities empty ancient Roma neighbourhood in Istanbul despite NGO action. The Roma accuse government of violating heritage conventions
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10 Dicembre Dic 2007 0100 10 dicembre 2007 Italy: Telethon 2007 to raise 31 million
Italy's greatest TV fundraising initiative, Telethon, in its 18th edition aims to raise more than 31 million euros this year. The show kicks off on Friday 14th
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10 Dicembre Dic 2007 0100 10 dicembre 2007 Albania: An academy for children's rights
A five day workshop to teach public officials and civil society about children's rights. This is the aim of Tirana's first ever Child Rights Academy launches by CRCA
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6 Dicembre Dic 2007 0100 06 dicembre 2007 UK: £30 million fund to build capacity in voluntary sector
Capacitybuilders has launched the new three year investment programme which aims to support strategic change and modernisation at local and regional level.
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2 Dicembre Dic 2007 0100 02 dicembre 2007 Poland: Celebrating International day for the disabled
Great gala of integration, an event to celebrate the international day for people with disabilities, a huge success all round. Guest of honour Donald Tusk
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25 Novembre Nov 2007 0100 25 novembre 2007 EU: Member states sign for children's rights
23 council of Europe member states sign convention to protect children against sexual exploitation and abuse, reports the Children's Human Rights Centere of Albania
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24 Novembre Nov 2007 0100 24 novembre 2007 Brazil: Sao Paolo's street children and urban regeneration
Sao Paolo's street children are urban refugees, living in exile in their own streets. It is time to face them and lend them a helping hand, by Auro Danny Lescher and Cláudio Loureiro
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21 Novembre Nov 2007 0100 21 novembre 2007 UK: Public prefer services delivered by social enterprises
Nearly two-thirds of the British public would prefer their local services to be delivered by social enterprises
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19 Novembre Nov 2007 0100 19 novembre 2007 Italy: A new guide helps immigrants to go legal
In Italy, legally, a multilingual guide that helps people fill out immigration papers in Italy is now available at police stations and immigration offices across Rome