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News-June
5,2009
With the support of USAID
and its partner Faison Ensemble, the Ministry of Pre-University
Education, with the support of the National Institute for Research
and Pedagogical Action, plans to launch a workshop to initiate
a curriculum of civic education and a primer for use in high schools.
- Latest
News-June
4,2009
The national
administration for secondary schools plans to organize a June
8-10 workshop in Conakry to review a draft document outlining
new guidelines for the organization and curricula of secondary
schools and their future administration.
- Latest
News-June
3,2009
The Ministry
of Health and the Ministry of Public Hygiene with USAID support
are launching a campaign of vaccination against polio in the Nzerekore
region from May 29 to June 2. In addition the ministries will
be distributing Vitamin A as well as doses of mebendazole to treat
worm parasites.
- Latest
News-May
29,2009
Code
of Conduct signing ceremony on May 21 organized by NDI (National DemocraticInstitute)
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12 more political parties
that have signed up. 53 of the 68 registered political parties have
now signed up as adherents to the code.
USAID
enhances pharmaceutical legislation:
The
USAID funded project Faisons Ensemble organized a high-level workshop
in Kindia from March 23 to 30 to improve the legal and regulatory
frameworks governing the pharmaceutical supply chain in Guinea.
The objectives were to review the existing legislation and regulations,
note shortcomings, and draft new laws and regulations
USAID
stocks HIV/AIDS clinics:
In
2009, the 23 VCT (voluntary counseling testing) centers in Guinea
that are functioning were re-supplied with HIV/AIDS test kits and
laboratory materials by USAID through the Faisons Ensemble project.
Faisons
Ensemble combines literacy with civic education:
Faisons
Ensemble projects uses adult literacy as a vehicle for civic education,
with the objective of increasing civic participation in local governance.
To date 7,127 people have received adult literacy training that
includes lessons in basic civic education. Over half the learners,
4,023 (56%) are women.
USAID's
civic education taps into folklore:
The
new civic education curriculum will be introduced in Guinea’s
secondary schools in the 2009-2010 school year. The curriculum contains
Guinean fables, proverbs, riddles, poems and folktales relevant
to civic education that were collected over the past year. Thus
enriched, the civic education curriculum will play an important
role in molding the minds and beliefs of Guinea’s future leaders
for many years to come.
- Latest
News-April
30,2009
The
USAID funded project EngenderHealth, plans to officially launch
the newly created fistula care site in Labe on Thursday May 21st,
2009. This important event will gather representatives from the
urban commune of Labe, civil society organizations, local and
national partners involved in the implementation of the 4 components
of the Guinea Fistula Care project: Prevention, Treatment, Reintegration
and Local Democratic Governance.
- Latest
News-March
12,2009
A
World Food Program shipment from the U.S. is expected to arrive
at the Conakry port on March 13,2009. The ship is carrying 3,816
Metric Tons of U.S. rice, oil, and peas. This food is provided
to Guinea through USAID’s regional Office of Food for Peace
based in Dakar. The food will be distributed through WFP’s
local partners for WFP’s school feeding, food-for-work,
and supplemental feeding programs. Their geographic focus is Lower
Guinea.
- Latest
News-March
9,2009
USAID
funded a program on youth and women participation in election
through IFES(International Fundation for Electoral System).
The
youth dialogues on elections are scheduled for: Kissidougou
on March 3-4 and Mamou on March 6-7.
The
women's training program in advocacy and lobbying techniques
are scheduled in Kissidougou on March 13-14 and Mamou on March
16-17.
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