The
office of the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP)
Rwanda, wishes to recruit a candidate of Rwandan Nationality
to fill the vacancy of a National ICT Officer. Deadline for
applications is 19 January 2008. See
details here
07 December 2007: World Food Programme (WFP) wishes to recruit
a Field Monitor for the HUYE Sub Office, Rwanda, See
details here.
The Office of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Rwanda,
wishes to recruit a candidate of Rwandan nationality to fill
the following vacancies:
1 - Programme Assistant, See
details here
2 - Supply Assistant, See
details here
UNIFEM launches 2007 Call for Proposals for The UN Trust Fund
in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women,
Kigali –Rwanda 24 July 2007: Trust
Fund to End Violence against Women was established by General
Assembly resolution 50/166 in 1996 and is managed by the United
Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Over the past
decade, the Trust Fund has granted close to US $14 million
to 234 initiatives in 109 developing countries. Due to limited
funds, applications to the Trust Fund are very competitive.
UNIFEM’s
regional office for Central Africa is making a call for proposals
for the 2007 Trust Fund, in the following countries only –
Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo. For more
information, please refer to documents, Call
for Proposals, Advert
- English, Advert-French.
Job Announcement, Kigali - Rwanda, 26 June 2007: The
UNCT in Rwanda is selecting a Non Resident Agencies’ (NRA) Coordination
Officer (International Consultancy (34908-0521)) in the Office
of the Resident Coordinator. The main objective of the assignment
is to establish dedicated capacity for interaction with the
Non Resident Agencies (NRAs) in the UN Resident Coordinator’s
(RC) office during the implementation of the UN Reform, in particular,
during the development of One Programme. See
more details for the opportunity here..
The number of refugees in the world has increased for the first
time since 2002, Kigali, 19 June 2007: UNHCR, the UN
refugee agency announced on 19 June that the number of refugees
in the world has increased for the first time since 2002, largely
as a result of the crisis in Iraq. UNHCR's '2006 Global Trends'
report, released on 19 June, shows the number of refugees under
the agency's mandate rising last year by 14 percent to almost
10 million, the highest level since 2002. In this report also
the activities of UNHCR in Rwanda are highlighted.
Operational highlights for Rwanda in 2006 are for example the
protection and assistance to some 49,200 refugees from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi, as well as some 4,000
asylum-seekers. Also Some 6,000 Rwandan refugees, mainly from
the DRC, were helped to return to their communities of origin.
Read here the part of the report on Rwanda (link to attachment
Global Report 2006). Click
here to view the whole report
HIV Implementers Discuss the Links between PMTCT, HIV and AIDS
and TB and Ways to Scale up Prevention, Kigali, 18 June 2007:
The
2007 HIV Implementers Meeting is in its third day. Today, participants
heard from the experiences of South Africa, Kenya and Zambia
on prevention.
Mr. Gene Falk of South Africa explained the Mothers to Mothers
(m2m) model where trained mothers are working as mentors for
other women. M2m is an effective, sustainable model of care
that provides education and support to pregnant women and new
mothers living with HIV/AIDS. Read more...
Where Are the Children? Identifying Children Who Need Care and
Treatment, Kigali 18 June 2007: A
panel chaired by UNICEF’s Director of Programmes Alan Court
discussed the missing face of children in HIV treatment programmes.
The panelists and topics presented were:
- Matthews Maruva of Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation
on ‘Barriers to diagnosis and disclosure of HIV infection in
children in Zimbabwe’;
- Bettina Schunter of UNICEF on ‘Family disclosure,
Improved Survival Outcomes for Affected Children in Punjab’;
- Agnes Binagwaho of Rwanda’s AIDS Control Commission on ‘Improved
Paediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment through Acceleration
of HIV Testing Services’;
- John Obonyo of Tororo District Hospital on ‘Routine Pediatric
HIV Counseling and Testing to link Prevention of Mother to Child
HIV Transmission and Pediatric HIV Care Services in a Ugandan
Health District Hospital’; and
- Eunice Kapandura of Acres of Love on ‘The Experience
of a Young Person Living with HIV who has Benefited from Identification
and is Making a Difference in the Lives of HIV Positive Children
and Young People. Read more…
HIV Conference opens in Kigali - Rwanda, 16 June 2007: The
opening session on HIV implementer’s meeting has recorded an
important participation of delegates from 51 countries with
majority from Africa. The opening remarks emphasised the importance
of leadership and of scaling up partnerships to improve quality
and impact.
All
the speeches rehearsed the inspiring leadership in countries
which marked significant results fighting HIV and AIDS and
scaling up through partnerships. The courage and commitment
of PLWHA have helped sharing lessons learned, saving lives,
enhancing ownership of lives and caring for OVCs. Ambassador
Mark Dybul, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator emphasised
the shift in considering communities no more as recipients
but as partners through understanding and trust, as equal
dedication is more likely to transform the world. “Working
together makes everything possible” he said.
Michel
SIDIBE, representing Dr. Peter Piot, underscored five key
strategic areas for more impact:
• Spend money on programmes and priorities owned by communities
which understand their epidemics;
• Enhance capacity in education and social services, making
use of communities and civil society as invaluable resources;
• Shift from short term interventions to more strategic approaches
(the Global Fund talks about programmes not projects);
• Put AIDS at the core of any development programme;
• Scale up for greater efficiency in delivering results without
loosing money on the way.
His
Excellency Paul KAGAME, in his opening key note address, listed
the achievements to date and elaborated on the drivers of
progress. “Experience has shown that accountability with vision
achieves the goal” he said. He further insisted on making
a breakthrough in strengthening the Health Systems by joining
forces with Development Partners to build capacity. Read
more
Knowing
your Epidemics, Kigali, June 17, 2007: The plenary
session of this morning focused on Prevention and the Continuum
of Risk. David Wilson of the World Bank and David Apuuli of
Uganda AIDS Commission presented on the advantages of knowing
the epidemic in order to plan efficient intervention.
“Sufficient
evidence leads to intelligent action” said David Wilson. We
need to look at two fold interventions on treatment for people
living with HIV and prevention which is key to the control
of the epidemic. Misconceptions on new infections could jeopardize
the way interventions are done and derail results. Knowing
the diversity of transmission through surveillance, testing
and counselling among couples where transmission occurs at
a high rate, prevention among young people who indulge in
unsafe sex through “copinage” or with elder men or women for
economic favors (sugar daddies and sugar mummies). In Africa,
the so called elders are allowed anything. We therefore need
to shift sight from the traditional benchmarks set outside
our countries and understand the internal drivers of the epidemic.
Read
more
Prevention
Programming for young people, Kigali, 16 June 2007:
In a group session on Prevention Programming for Young People
that was held at Serena Hotel after the official opening,
presenters from Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uzbekistan, Namibia
and Haiti shared with participants their experiences in HIV
prevention for young people.
In
a presentation entitled “Secondary School Communications Clubs
for Behaviour Change in Young Mozambican Men”, Robert Bernard
Morehead of the US Peace Corps explained that the communication
programme was aimed at reducing HIV incidence among youth
in secondary schools in Mozambique. “Our approach is to work
with young men and guide them on behaviour change”, he said.
Read
more..
Priority
Actions for Children affected by AIDS, Kigali – Rwanda:
Participants in this session discussed how to improve the quality
and impact of action towards a population free from HIV and
children affected by AIDS. The 300 participants agreed on the
importance of basing prevention, care and support to orphans
and vulnerable children in communities to maximize their impact
and ensure sustainability of.
Nelia Matinhure of Africare, presenting on what works in increasing
OVC access to education through resource exchange in Uganda,
said that children are affected when the communities are disabled
by the strain put on them by HIV and AIDS. Indeed the protection
they offer lacks strength when the meagre resources are spent
on care for the sick.
Read more..
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