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Posted by sociolingo on April 7, 2008
BBC Radio 4 has a photo essay on sanitation, which goes along with it’s radio programme on Sanitation . A lot of it is Asia based but there are a couple of Africa photos.
Mozambique - inoffensive output of composting toilet, photo courtesy of WaterAid.
Zambia - a VIP (Ventilated Improved Pit) toilet, photo courtesy of WaterAid.
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN COUNTRIES, AFRICAN HEALTH, African photography, African sanitation, HEALTH, Mozambique, Zambia | No Comments »
Posted by sociolingo on March 27, 2008
Source: Edling mail list
Adult Education Lacking Policy Direction
The Times of Zambia (Ndola)
NEWS
24 March 2008
Posted to the web 24 March 2008
By Nebert Mulenga
THE absence of appropriate infrastructure and educational materials for adult literacy in Zambia is now forcing many determined adult learners to go into formal schools where they have to mix with their own children. Clara Moyo, 50, a resident of Chipata town in Eastern Province, stopped school at a tender age. She got married as an
illiterate person, gave birth to 11 children and in the process, had three grand children. But in 2006, she made a drastic decision to go back to school! “I stopped school when I was young because I didn’t know the goodness of education. But when I was elected chairperson (of some local organisation) I had problems addressing meetings because of language barrier,” she recounts “So I went to Katopola basic school in 2006 and started grade eight.
I am now at Chipata Day high school in grade 10. My two boys are in grade nine, the other one is in grade 12. We are all learning together as a family.” Ms Moyo is not the only Zambian keen on pursuing education in old age; there are thousands of other elderly women and men across Zambia wishing to better their living standards through
attaining higher education. But they are often inhibited by the lack of supportive policies and facilities to promote adult literacy. Zambia is party to several international instruments on promoting education, including the global Education For All (EFA) goals, whose main emphasis is on raising literate populations through sound early
childhood care education and development, basic education, and adult literacy.
Full story:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200803240583.html
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Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN COUNTRIES, AFRICAN EDUCATION, African literacy, African non-formal education, EDUCATION, Zambia | No Comments »
Posted by sociolingo on March 19, 2008
The Lusaka Youth Cup tournament is scheduled to take place from the 21st – 27th April, 2008 in Lusaka. The Lusaka Youth Cup tournament will be to bring together football teams and academies from around Zambia. The Lusaka Youth Cup Tournament will not only focus on football but will aim to empower participants’ life skills through the planned activities that will be conducted during the week long event. The initial week long tournament will aim to bring together 50 youth teams with over 1000 participants from around Zambia.
Contact
Jeff Malanga
Director
Breakthrough Sports Academy (BSA)
P. O Box 1
Phone: +26097415765
E-Mail: malangaj@yahoo.com
Homepage: www.bsazambia.com
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Posted by sociolingo on March 6, 2008
Source: Development Gateway
Excessive rains in southern Zambia since late December have had a devastating impact on infrastructure, particularly roads, bridges, and poorly constructed houses in urban and rural areas in southern and central Zambia. In addition, crops in low lying areas have been washed away, while some fields remain waterlogged or leached of nutrients, resulting in stunted and yellowing crops. This is especially true for the late-planted maize crop. There will be a significant reduction in the main April-May harvest in Southern Province as a result of the negative effects of the excessive rain, coupled with inadequate sunshine to sustain plant growth and inadequate time for weeding and fertilizer application.
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Posted by sociolingo on February 23, 2008
Source: ELDIS
Evaluating the seven African success stories
Authors: R.I. Rotberg
Publisher: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenarios in each country, and identifies the emerging challenges. Although all the seven countries are growing rapidly, they face, among others, the following problems:
- job creation lags behind promises and expectations
- acute shortage of electricity hinders exploitation of newly found resources
- road and rail infrastructure remains inadequate in all expect South Africa and Botswana
- growing indigenous wealth is accompanied by severe income inequalities
- high incidence of tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS
- high levels of corruption
Chinese influence is growing in the region, mainly in Mozambique and Ghana. Chinese investors are contributing significantly to the growth but colonial methods of Chinese operations characterised by extraction and exploitation have led to serious protests in some areas. Inexpensive Chinese imports are affecting the domestic market.
Posted in ACADEMIC, AFRICA, AFRICAN COUNTRIES, African papers reports, Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia | No Comments »
Posted by sociolingo on February 13, 2008
Source: UNOSAT
Flood Waters Over the Affected Southern & Lusaka Provinces, Zambia 
Product ID: 1048 - 24 Jan, 2008 - EnglishGLIDE: FL-2008-000004-ZMB
Product FOOTPRINT (LAT x LONG, WSG84 Geographic, decimal degrees)
TopLeft: -14.942623 x 25.832209
BottomRight: -16.677019 x 28.431933
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over the affected Southern & Lusaka Provinces, Zambia. Flooded areas have been sorted into 2 classes: Red areas represent standing flood waters identified with a high degree of confidence. Blue areas represent pre-flood water levels identified from 3 December 2007. Flood analysis was made using MODIS Terra & Aqua data recorded 17-22 January 2008. This flood detection is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. The rainfall estimate was derived from the Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission (TRMM) precipitation dataset at a spatial resolution of approximately 25km for this region. It is possible that precipitation levels may have been underestimated for local areas, and is not a substitute for ground station measurements.
Map Scale for A3: 1:850,000; Projection : UTM, Zone 35 South; Datum: WGS 1984Source(s):
Satellite Data: MODIS Terra & Aqua (NASA)
Resolution: 500m/250m
Date Series: 30 Nov. 2007 & 17-22 Jan. 2008
Flood Analysis: UNOSAT
Rainfall Data: TRMM (NASA)
Resolution : 0.25 deg
Date Series: 23 Dec. 2007 -23 January2008
Hydrology Data: HydroSheds (USGS)
Other GIS Data : NGA, SALB, WHO, UNJLC
Map Production: UNOSAT (24 January 200 
UNOSAT_Zambia_Lusaka_Floods_22Jan08_Lowres_v1.pdf (843.4Kb),
UNOSAT_Zambia_Lusaka_Floods_22Jan08_Highres_v1.pdf (2.4MB)
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