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The Valley School’s Key Stage One pupils AMBITIOUS bright young things asked some big questions about the future! Children at The Valley Primary School in Astley Bridge pictured themselves 20 years down the line and the future really is looking bright ­— for the pupils have big aspirations. The school took part in a Big Me Day, where every child, including nursery children, dressed up as the person they would like to be in the future. STAR: Pupils reaches for the stars And the ...

The Valley School’s Key Stage One pupils AMBITIOUS bright young things asked some big questions about the future! Children at The Valley Primary School in Astley Bridge pictured themselves 20 years down the line and the future really is looking bright ­— for the pupils have big aspirations. The school took part in a Big Me Day, where every child, including nursery children, dressed up as the person they would like to be in the future. STAR: Pupils reaches for the stars And the ...

Haifa, Ramallah, Gaza/PNN/ 7amleh — the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media concluded its 5th Palestine Digital Activism Forum today, with broad global, international, regional, and local participation. More than 4500 people registered for the forum, and more than 1500 attended via the Hopin platform, which hosted the forum, while 150,000 more tuned in via social media platforms. The forum hosted 85 speakers and trainers from all over the world and organized 35 different virtual e...

Similipal fires: Who should manage the national park – Adivasis or the forest department? Data suggests that the areas where locals have forest rights are the least damaged by wildfire. Mar 17, 2021 · 01:30 pm The timely intervention by the villagers stopped the spread of the inferno in Gudgudia gram panchayat, a Community Forest Rights area, inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve. | Pragati Prava/ Mongabay India As Similipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in Odisha bur...

Daily Monitor Monday March 15 2021 Mining in Karamoja Sub-region is one of the activities that has been affected by the suspension of DGF funds. PHOTO/ COURTESY Advertisement Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across the country have halted or downscaled activities weeks after the government suspended operations of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF). A number have temporarily stopped staff from working while others have introduced a shift model for employees to reduce costs. Th...

The Women Aid Collective, WACOL, has urged for more inclusion of women in the decision making process. WACOL, a leading organization championing the rights of women and other vulnerable members of the society is unrelenting in its push against gender-based violence, even as it pursues economic justice and empowerment for women. Speaking in Enugu during a consultative meeting organized in collaboration with Action Aid, the founder and director of WACOL, Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo said women deserved...

Govt fails to account for Shs56 billion Covid-19 cash  Friday March 12 2021 Summary The AG report does not include an audit into the Shs10b that was appropriated by Parliament and shared by MPs, each getting Shs20m purportedly to help them support their electorates during the lockdown last year. After extended disagreements between Parliament and President Museveni, the benefitting MPs were directed to return the money to the Consolidated Fund account in Bank of Uganda or hand it over to their...

Benue begins relocation of about 20,000 IDPs On By Peter Duru, Makurdi By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, weekend commenced the relocation of close to 20,000 Internally Displaced Person, IDPs, from unpalatable locations in Makurdi town, Daudu and Uikpam in Guma Local Government Area, LGA. It also called on the federal government to pay greater attention to the pitiable condition of IDPs in the state. The relocation of the IDPs to a newly built camp in Uikpam ...

End Vendetta Politics Against Harsh Mander, Civil Society Members Demand The Centre is misusing regulatory institutions and laws to harass civil society institutions, over 650 members of civil society said in a statement. Harsh Mander. Photo: Flickr/IFPRI South Asia CC BY NC ND 2.0 Rights28/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Over 650 members of civil society have demanded a stop to the ‘vendetta politics’ against Harsh Mander and other activists, adding that the Centre has been “misusing” regulatory i...

Betsy ObasekiWife of Edo State Governor, Betsy Obaseki, yesterday, commended ActionAid for supporting the fight against irregular migration in the country. Speaking during the presentation of equipment to the beneficiaries in Benin City, Obaseki hinged irregular migration on failures of past governments to provide basic needs for the people. x Maintaining that issues of irregular migration were of concern to the state government, she solicited the cooperation...