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AOE/PL001	GENERATION FOR CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT Generation for Change and Development (GENCAD) is a UK-registered charity committed to helping communities experiencing extreme poverty in the Horn of Africa. Its aim is to work with partner organisations and communities on programmes and projects which have strong poverty alleviation objectives, such as: education; skills training; health care provisions; and income generating projects that empower the most vulnerable and needy communities. Currently GENCAD is working in North Eastern Province of Kenya in partnership with local community organisations, schools, and NGOs. The charity works with local partners in assessing needs and targeting assistance to the most deserving projects with a strong poverty alleviation component. This way they are able to maximise resource allocation and increase the number of beneficiaries. GENCAD organises an annual charity walk in July (Step Up for Africa Sponsored Walk) along Regent's Canal. "If you want to make a positive change to an orphan's well-being or believe that every child, no matter what background they come from, should be accorded a reasonable chance of achieving his or her potential, please help us by sponsoring this event". Contact: Abdirashid. Address: PO Box 2108, Ilford, Essex IG1 9LE. Tel.: 07950 539806. E-mail: admin@gencad.org. link to website	Ongoing
AOE/PL002	GLOBAL EYES Global Eyes is a new initiative working with children and young people in the developing world from 2010. Sarah Gooda will be spending a month in two communities in 2010, working with some of the poorest children, on a range of educational activities through the performing arts, in order to improve their knowledge in areas such as hygiene, disease prevention and locally important issues such as HIV, landmine awareness and community regeneration. The topics for each project have been chosen in consultation with a local leader within the developing country, and will involve the use of local cultural traditions, dance and musical styles, as well as working to give the local people a voice and showing the children that their opinion is important. Another part of the project is cultural exchange, which will be achieved by working with primary school children in the UK, setting up an exchange of letters or drawings, and teaching the children in each country about the culture of their exchange school. In the developing country, the work will lead to a performance by the children at the end of the month, which will be open to the whole community and which will also be filmed to be watched by the UK children, placed on the global-eyes website, and used for archive and future fundraising purposes. The communities Sarah will work with in 2010 are a camp for returnees in the north of Burundi and a children's home in Burma. The sponsor would have their logo prominently displayed on the global-eyes website and on all marketing material and information stands for fundraising events. They would also receive a monthly newsletter informing them of the progress of fundraising and of the project itself, and they would be entitled to presentations on the project for their staff or clients at any time before or after the project. They would also receive a DVD copy of the performance and workshops in the developing country, and would be able to use this project as a case study for their sponsorship work. "This project is designed to be ongoing, working with more communities in the future and building cultural links between children in the developed and developing world. For the first year, I am looking for funding in the range of £4,000, but am also interested in 'in kind' sponsorship - particularly the use of venues for fundraising activities, or donations of equipment such as art materials, toothbrushes, soap, etc. to take to the developing countries. Please see the Global Eyes website for further details or contact me - sarah@global-eyes.co.uk - for a discussion about possible sponsorship". Contact: Sarah Gooda. Tel.: 07942 268190. E-mail: sarah@global-eyes.co.uk. link to website	Ongoing
AOE/PL003	LREC 2010 - VALLETTA, MALTA LREC 2010 is the seventhth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, biennially organised by ELRA, with the support of institutions and organisations involved in HLT since 1998. It will be held in Valletta (Malta) between May 17th and 23rd. Over 1,100 participants coming from fifty countries – mainly European countries - attended the sixth edition of LREC in Marrakech in 2008 and an audience in excess of 1,000 participants is expected from academic and industrial institutions for LREC 2010. LREC is organised by ELRA, the European Language Resources Association, with the collaboration of major international institutions and organisations. It brings together a large number of academic and industrial players who are active in the fields of Research and Development in HLT and in HLT evaluation. Various sponsorship packages are offered and a sponsorship brochure is available for download. E-mail: mazo@elda.org. link to website	Ongoing
AOE/0001	GetAHEAD Initiatives GetAHEAD Initiatives is a registered firm, operating in Uganda. It was founded in 2006 and registered formally in 2007. It was founded on the principle of taking young people ahead of their time, by giving them information, sensitising them, organising exchange programmes, organising for job-shadowing and internship programmes, career visits, training and other service provisions, like counselling, to enable them take and make good decisions in life. The key entry point has been education, with the focus on defining what that education young people spend their quarter life period in, is meant for. The puzzle is, 'education for what?' GetAHEAD Career Education Initiative helps to explain this.   •  Career Education Project   This project is designed to focus on stakeholders' concerns about the gaps that have existed between education and world of work in Uganda. The GetAHEAD Career Education Initiatives will thus focus on core areas that support learning, social interactions and good communication for the young generation. The programme also aims at empowering students in secondary schools, colleges, universities and other tertiary institutions, in understanding the linkage between education and work life. It defines the career purpose of education to students at an early stage of their career development. The programme will also empower particularly the young people with vital information about education and careers, which are relevant to enable young people in schools, colleges and universities to take concrete decisions and make the most out of their education programmes. This programme will be implemented within a broader strategy of Career Education, Guidance and Counselling, Peace Building, and Psychosocial Support Initiatives under the Acclaimed Psychosocial Health, Education and Development Initiatives (GetAHEAD Initiatives). Contact: Opiro Wirefred George. Address: P.O. Box, 186, Seeta-Mukono, Uganda, E.A.. Tel.: 256-772-977100. E-mail: getaheadinitiatives@yahoo.co.uk.	Ongoing
AOE/0002	THE MALAWI EDUCATION TRUST (MATEMA COLLEGE) The objectives of the Matema Educational Trust are 1. To improve the quality of human resources in Malawi by   •   identifying 'beacon projects' where facilities can be established for vocational education by financing colleges, classrooms and equipment   •   providing vocational courses so that people can gain the necessary skills, either to enhance their employment prospects or, and preferably, so that they can start their own enterprises   •   providing the opportunity for school-leavers to improve their communication skills (literacy, numeracy, computing) so that they can upgrade their leaving certificate and thereby gain employment; and 2. To indirectly contribute to the development process in Malawi by   •   supporting the nation's struggle in poverty alleviation by breaking the poverty cycle and initiating a grass roots model   •   promoting sustainability in the economy by introducing concepts and practices of energy and appropriate technology. The first project is to establish Matema College near Karonga in the northern region of Malawi. Sponsorship funds would help build the first classroom block. Much of Malawi's population is in distress through periodic crop failure during drought, HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB - and one of the world's highest population growth rates. After universal free primary education was introduced, enrolment leapt and primary schools have a pupil:staff ratio of 62:1, resulting in a considerable decline in quality. Entry to secondary education is highly selective, just 140,000 pupils gaining places in essentially fee paying schools, where theoretically the pupil/staff ratio is 36:1, but in reality is much higher. More vocational education is essential to empower people with the skills to start their own small business ventures. As the country is burdened with considerable national debt - unlikely to be relieved in the immediate future - and heavily dependent upon outside aid, it's extremely important to support the Malawi Government's intervention into vocational education. Contact: John Weeks. Address: 21 Oakhurst Avenue, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN4 8DL, England, UK.	Ongoing
AOE/0003	RHODES UNIVERSITY Old Rhodians are to be found in leading positions, in many different fields of endeavour, all around the globe. Rhodes University has earned a worldwide reputation for the high quality of its education and all Rhodes degrees are internationally recognised. In fact, Rhodes has produced a disproportionate number of international scholarship winners. South African companies already provide numerous bursaries and scholarships for disadvantaged students at Rhodes, but still many with the required academic potential are turned away each year. The University's Development Section operates as the interface of the donor community and the funding requirements of the University. Its focus is to source funding for Rhodes’ priority funding needs. In addition, it assists academic departments to develop their own fundraising proposals and to identify donor partners. Contact (UK appeal): UK Liaison Office, 78 Brenda Gautrey Way, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire CB4 8XW. Tel./fax: 01223 764 239. Contact (South Africa): The Registrar. Address: Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa. Tel.: (046) 603 8111. Fax: (046) 622 5049. International: 27 46 (+ number). E-mail: registrar@ru.ac.za. link to website	Ongoing
AOE/0004	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA Partnership opportunities (eg named scholarships) are available at the University of Botswana. There are various ways by which sponsors can partner the University of Botswana in its pursuit of academic excellence. Whatever the sponsor's interests, their goodwill can be accommodated by entering into a partnership for excellence with the University of Botswana in learning and research. Sponsors should contact the UB Foundation to discuss how they can make a difference today for the University and for the people of Botswana tomorrow. Contact: Fundraising Department. Address: University of Botswana, Private Bag UB 0022, Gaborone, Botswana. Tel.: +27-21-6504143. Fax: +267 319-0200. E-mail: fundraising@mopipi.ub.bw. link to website	Ongoing
AOE/0005	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN The recent history of the University of Cape Town (UCT) has been characterised by a deliberate, planned process of internal transformation, to meet South Africa's new challenges in higher education. Through a planned and focused approach, assisted by the Relations and Fundraising team, realistic fundraising goals have become attainable and the funding development capacity of the faculties has been enhanced through partnerships. Strategic partnerships are the primary focus of the relationships UCT seeks with its project supporters. This includes building relationships with corporations. Corporate partnerships are critical to the university's output of appropriate and relevant research and curriculum content. Contact: Department of Communication & Development. Address: University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701. Tel. (fundraising): +27 21 6504143. E-mail: info@bremner.uct.ac.za. link to website	Ongoing