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AZUR and the Réseau Sida Afrique to work with the media to boost malaria out of 10 African countries

AZUR Development and the Reseau Sida Afrique based in Congo which includes 230 institutional and individual members in 17 African francophone countries. The project aims to set up a media campaign and system of alert on malaria and the creation of a partnership between the press and member organizations of the Africa AIDS Network in 10 countries, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast, Niger, Djibouti, Cameroon, and Benin.   

The project will address the lack of articles or critical reports on  malaria in the public and private media; strengthen the capacity of AIDS organizations to further a campaign strategy and mobilize resources for the battle against malaria; stimulate regular follow-up on the actions and commitments taken by the involved countries’ government on the battle against malaria; and generate accessible information on malaria to different parties involved such as the
Parliamentarians and the private sector.
More information about the AIDS Africa network is available at www.reseausida.org

Funding is provided by Malaria Consortium as part of the Innovation Grants is part of Mobilising for Malaria, an advocacy programme supported by GlaxoSmithKlin’s African Malaria Partnership.
More information at http://www.malariaconsortium.org/press/00032.html

Integrating gender and rights of women living with AIDS in the new national AIDS strategy

AZUR Development and other women’s rights and AIDS organizations are leading a process of elaborating gender sensitive recommendations that will be presented to the National Committee charged with drafting the 2008-2012 National Strategy on HIV/ AIDS.

A dialogue with change makers, Quinlan’s Family starts Apprends-Moi

We became convinced long ago of the importance of access to education in order to realize true development. Books are a very simple way of accessing knowledge. In addition, learning the English language provides Francophiles a very important tool for accessing employment opportunities and additional education.  Read this interview here.   To learn more on this initiative, please visit the website: http://www.freewebs.com/apprends-moi/index.htm

AZUR Développement joins the APC family
There is a Congolese proverb that says, “You can’t wash your face with just one finger.” That's the expression APC's new member AZUR Développement is using in reference to the need to solidify links with other APC members in order to get the ICT job done in Congo. And they mean it. Recognising that APC’s members have a lot of experience with ICTs, they believe that their activities and those of APC's members will blend in well. – APCNews

Web 2.0 to as a tool of advocacy for marginalized people

Ange Dimitri Niossobantou, Webmaster and Focal Point in France presented during the Web2forDev of AZUR Development to defend the causes of marginalized people in Africa. Listen to this interview at http://www.wendze.com/actualite.php

The first national network of indigenous people in Congo

During 3 days, from 8 to 10 August 2007, the general assembly of the national network of indigenous people (RENAPAC) was organized during a workshop funded by UNICEF in Congo Brazzaville. It is the first network of this kind in Congo.

The Réseau Sida Afrique network members use ICTs in the fight against AIDS .

From 04 to 06 July 2007, AZUR Développement and the Réseau Sida Afrique network have organized a training workshop on e-facilitation and use of Web 2.0 tools. Information and Communication Technologies apply to all areas of life included health and ICTs are being used in the fight against AIDS.

The meeting with CIVICUS after one year of as a member!

Sylvie Niombo and Justin Blanchard Babaka have met on 05 September the staff of CIVICUS, a global network of civil society organizations based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They met with the officer in charge of membership, a researcher and on activism and volunteerism and the officer of the civil society index programme.

Activists from civil society build their capacities on advocacy in Morocco

During 3 days, from 17 to 19 July, 25 members of NGOs/ Associations coming from Senegal , Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, d DRC,  Kenya, Congo Brazzaville and Morocco have looked at public policies, budget analysis and the perspectives of the Economics,  Social and Cultural Rights  (DESC), social indicators and advocacy tools. Our colleague Marc Foukou has attended this workshop.

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