G'Day All --

Item 1.  Power for the People:  Micro-Hydro in Afghan Villages

Item 2.  Pashto Music

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

A.  In Pashto  (PDF format):

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/pbu.pdf

>>>  and

B.  In All Other Languages:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SearchByLang.aspx

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Item 3:  Haiti Earthquake Recovery Update

The White House -- Haiti Earthquake Relief

U.S. Agency for International Development -- Help for Haiti

Non-Governmental Organizations and Programs

1.  InterAction Community Continues to Coordinate Massive Haiti Relief Efforts

2.  Idealist -- Haiti:  Technology in a Time of Crisis

USAID, InterAction, Idealist, as well as TIGWeb, also provide directories of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that have been routinely carrying out humanitarian and/or development assistance activities in Haiti.  These directories can be accessed by means of the links you will find on the following web page:

Directories Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Engaged in Assistance Efforts Throughout the World

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Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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G'Day All --

As widely reported by the news media this morning, President Obama has outlined one of the most effective ways that we can respond quickly and effectively to assist Haiti's earthquake victims:

The White House Blog -- Help for Haiti

Anyone who wishes to learn more about rescue, relief, and recovery efforts may find the following additional links helpful:

1.  U.S. Agency for International Development -- Haiti Earthquake Relief

2.  InterAction Members Respond to Earthquake in Haiti

3.  Idealist -- Haiti Earthquake Response

USAID, InterAction, Idealist, as well as TIGWeb, also provide directories of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that have been routinely carrying out humanitarian assistance and/or development activities in Haiti.  These directories can be accessed by means of the links you will find on the following web page:

Directories Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Engaged in Assistance Efforts Throughout the World

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Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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G'Day All --

BRAVO !! to the increasing number of non-profit anti-poverty Community Action Agencies across the USA that are beginning to develop useful, informative film clips, and making them available to the general public by means of YouTube, Google, or other similar services.

We look forward to more such productions -- especially those providing documentary-type summaries of projects as they are carried out -- from identifying a community need, planning, funding, organizing, staging, and implementing, to outcomes achieved.

Agencies that possess high quality video films from previous years that are not significantly outdated may want to look into the possibility of having such material digitized, so that it can be uploaded to the 'Net without the cost and effort needed to re-create the content from scratch.

You will find the new Community Action Film Festival page in the following section of The Civic Action Free University:

Item 15 on the Site Navigation Panel, i.e.: "Community Action: National Organizations, The Virtual CAP, and On-Line Agencies Across the USA," at:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/yourturf/civactnet.htm#On-Line_CAAs

Or, you can access the Film Festival page directly, at:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/yourturf3/CommActionFilmFest.htm

Two items of special interest -- as seen in the top section, just beneath the LBJ / Great Society clips -- are:

1.  "The Shopping Bag Lady," that, as you will recognize, is a poignant dramatic production (not an actual case study) providing insight into the world of a homeless person.

2.  "Before the Mountain Was Moved" -- an outstanding award-quality 1969 film about Community Action in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

I hope this material will be of interest.  If you have questions or comments, please feel free to share them with the rest of us.

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Civic Action Options for International Impact

You are cordially invited to visit and explore our "Options for International Impact" Page, at:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/yourturf4/internatimpactoptions.html

If you have suggestions for the further development of this page's contents, we would be very glad to receive them !!  Just drop a note to the Facilitator, at the e-mail address at the end of this post.

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Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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G'Day All --

Just like the holiday decorations in many communities, our greeting looks the same as last year's -- but all of the links have been updated to offer you a "banquet of goodies."

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/yourturf/TIGHolidayGreeting.htm

You will find some new film clips (and some old favorites too !!) in the Kilroy's Kaleidoscope section, about two-thirds down the page.  Sample one or two each day for the next week or so, and you'll be "in the spirit" in time for the Main Event !!

Among them, don't miss:

The Little Match Girl

and

Peace on Earth

Also, be sure to visit and enjoy the *new* LibriVox Christmas Jamboree section at the bottom of the page.

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Civic Action Options for International Impact

You are cordially invited to visit and explore our "Options for International Impact" Page, at:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/yourturf4/internatimpactoptions.html

If you have any suggestions for improving and/or upgrading this page's contents, we would be very glad to receive them !!  Just drop a note to the Facilitator, at the e-mail address at the end of this post.

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>>>  If you would like to forward this material to others, the correct URL is:

http://civact6.tigblog.org/post/1449823

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Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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G'Day All --

Item 1:  Thatta Kedona is a remarkable village in rural Pakistan.  As of 2005, 36 volunteers from Western countries had visited and assisted the village people in developing a self-help project.  Dolls and tin toys reflecting regional cultures of Pakistan are products that generate cash income for the farming families through the local cooperative-like NGO.  But those volunteers from Western countries are also having fun by working creatively in a remote village of Islamic society with strong traditional cultural overlays of the Indus Valley.

Thatta Kedona: The Toy Village of Pakistan -- Part 1

Thatta Kedona: The Toy Village of Pakistan -- Part 2

For an informative summary of the project's more recent status, click here.

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Item 2:  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

A.  In Punjabi:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/pnj1.pdf

>>>  and

B.  In All Other Languages:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SearchByLang.aspx

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>>>  If you would like to forward this material to others, the correct URL is:

http://civact6.tigblog.org/post/1428385

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Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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