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Organisation Overview

WFWO’s mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world’s poorest people to gain the hope for better future and improve their quality of life through the access to food security, drinking water, health, education, poverty, HIV-AIDS programs, micro credit, using local skills and practical, sustainable technologies to support development humanitarian projects on relief and rehabilitation programs, to secure the empowerment of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, groups and individuals in developing countries.

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23 Jul 2008 15:37 GMT
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News Bulletin 23/July/2008
Ref: WFW/NB/23/07/08 ■ Following a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council and coming after a similar appeal from the Arab League, the African Union has called on the UN Security Council to suspend the war crimes indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The UN may suspend the International Criminal Court's action for a period of one year, which is renewable. ■ Over 9 million Ethiopians face dire food shortages and $222 million in emergency aid is needed to avoid ...
22 Jul 2008 15:42 GMT
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News Bulletin 22/July/2008
Ref: WFW/NB/22/07/08 ■ Though some UN officials claim that communication with Sudan's government has improved since it was announced that its leader would be indicted on war crimes charges, others suggest that the recent violence against peacekeepers was conducted at the behest of the government. ■ Just 1% of an estimated 150,000 people in Asia infected with multidrug resistant tuberculosis receive appropriate treatment, which could make the disease spread even faster. Mobility, migration an ...
21 Jul 2008 15:59 GMT
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News Bulletin 19/July/2008
Ref: WFW/NB/07/08 ■ Negotiations to free up international trade culminate after seven years in a round of talks this week which will be crucial for Africa. Success would be in African countries' long-term interests, writes AllAfrica guest columnist Nkululeko Khumalo, while a failure would collapse the process for years. The meeting of trade ministers which begins in Geneva on Monday presents the last realistic opportunity for member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to salvage som ...
18 Jul 2008 14:30 GMT
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News Bulletin 18/July/2008
Ref: WFW/NB/18/07/08 ■ The UN's increased need for greater funding can largely be attributed to rising prices of food around the globe. In the course of one-half year aid funding needs rose quickly, from $3.8 billion to $6.5 billion, as prices for staples like rice nearly doubled. ■ United Nations chief humanitarian coordinator John Holmes will travel to Myanmar next week in an effort to examine aid delivery and assess current needs. UN officials have called on the world to provide an additiona ...
17 Jul 2008 14:44 GMT
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News Bulletin 17/July/2008
Ref: WFW/NB/17/07/08 ■ A United Nations committee has approved China as a buyer for a one-time sale African ivory over the objections of conservationists, who fear the sale will help fuel China's notorious black market for ivory. The ivory trade was banned worldwide in 1989, though Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana have permission to make official sales based on their stabilized elephant populations. ■ The Global Fund has committed $63 million to aid Rwanda's battles against HIV/AID ...