Christian Communities refers to social groups with a common Christian faith who gather together to pray and serve people suffering and living with HIV and AIDS. The examples of these social groups are the Catholic Relief Services, Young Men or Women's Christian Associations, and Home Based Care Programme to mention but a few. ... Numerous Christian social welfare groups have sprouted and came to the aid of the children who were orphaned due to the loss of parents to HIV and AIDS. These Christian social welfare groups sponsored and are still taking care of a huge number of children with fo...

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The Republic of Mauritius defines sustainable development by the United Kingdom definition as "social progress that recognizes the needs of everyone, with high levels of economic growth and employment prudent, use of natural resources, and effective protection of the environment." ... Non-governmental Organizations Non-governmental organizations are not of the greatest importance in Mauritius. The greatest challenge between Mauritius and its non-governmental organizations is in the way of communication and more cooperation. ... The non-governmental organizations deal with social securit...

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AIDS is popular in Africa due to a number of social and cultural factors. ... Children who are the victims of double orphan hood are often place an impossible financial and social burden on elderly grandparents. ... Due to the thousands of orphan children in Africa many organizations, such as The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), are fighting for the orphan problem in Africa. Schools, faith communities, civic groups, organizations and individuals help to collect items for hygiene kits for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. ...

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Through the analysis of various text, it can be discerned that the actions of the United States heavily influenced not only the decisions of the South African government but also the actions of disenfranchised peoples, blacks and coloured alike, living in South Africa who could now emulate the social movement of civil rights in America. Furthermore, the similarities between America and South Africa prior to American radical change in social policy seemed to prove that significant intra-white conflict threatened political stability and hence nation-state consolidation, legal racial domination w...

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Feminism itself is a movement that is capable of aiming for the equal rights for all women on the grounds of political, social and economic situations (485). ... The intended purpose of a dual-system is therefore different in the non-western view because women running women concerns and organizations and the men vice verse who running there own organizations and concerns throughout their society (485). ...

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South Africa and the world had many responses to apartheid, which often resulted in the creation of anti-segregation organizations. ... One such organization that constantly supported the anti-apartheid movement was the South African Students' Organization (SASO). SASO was founded by Stephen Biko, a black medical student, in 1968, and started the organization's movement to abolish apartheid, and along its way SASO formed many other self-help organizations for Africans across South Africa. ... These movements saw various reactions from the government, including massacres to the destru...

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The health problem, include but are not limited to, "bleeding, damage to other organs resulting from lack of surgical expertise, urine retention caused by swelling and inflammation, chronic infections of bladder and vagina, excessive scar tissue, formation of cysts on the stitch line, child birth obstruction, and the risk of HIV infection (World Health Organization, 2000)." ... Africa encompasses innumerable social groups, each possessing different foundations for their religion, culture, and tradition. Because of this, the reasons for practicing female circumcision vary among Africa's...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. ... In exchange, the latter had to allow them social precedence. ... CONDITIONS OF THE SLAVES The only group that would have an interest in overthrowing the social order were the slaves of the father's household, in alliance with the bâ- dolo ("those without power," socially speaking, the poor peasants). 2 Indeed, it is ...

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African Governments have killed growth, destroyed civil society and social capital and exhausted monetary policy and the health of developing economies (inflation, poor savings and investments, Chokes off exports) (Moyo, 2009). ... Investments are good but African states need to protect their own social and economic agreements, regulations and institutions if they intend to attain long term growth (Rodrick, 2011) Free trade is not always a good idea. ... Most of these organizations do not have the ability to carry out large projects of national impact and most times duplicate (two to four...

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The biggest reason for the decline would have to be because of regional and international organizations (Ahmed). ... Spreading the western view has become more easy than ever through the development of the internet and social media in the world, it is now possible to just access articles about anything in the world [Tom 09], it is now possible to access just about anything which was not the case in 100 years ago [Tom 09]. The influence of the American culture can been seen in many different countries now whether it be through businesses such as McDonalds, movies, social media and other forms o...

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In a study conducted by the World Health Organization, the average age at which the procedure is performed is falling, showing that the practice is becoming less associated with the belief that the practice initiates adulthood; especially in the urban areas (Dirie 188). ...

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Much has been made of the fact that the post-colonial states which constitute Africa were the products of colonial demarcations, and whose territories are not congruent to existing political and ethnic organizations. ... As migrants flowed within the British empire, Asians who arrived in Kenya were given greater access to social, educational and capitalist opportunities by the colonials, as a result of higher 'racial' status (also Bennell 1982, p131). ... Even in some instances when the British expressed a desire to provide better social programs for education, as in Tanganyika, ther...

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These global cities share several key cultural, social, economic, and political features that serve to differentiate them from other large cities. ... Saskia Sessen argues that "the city has indeed emerged as a site for new claims: by global capital which uses the city as an organizational commodity, but also by disadvantaged sectors of the urban population, which in large cities are frequently as internationalized as is capital" (410). ...

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The social lives of citizens were still dependant on the strict caste system, which regulated everyday life of the people of India. ... The depended strongly on agriculture among the villages, where organization was mostly tight knit and provided a secure political base for further cultural achievement. ... This growth of trade resulted in thriving African cities, such as Timbuktu, and helped develop new social and political patterns in a wide stretch of Africa below the Sahara. ...

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Still, the World bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cannot leave the sinking countries to survive on their own, that is why international organizations are subsidizing the governments and the economic activities of the poorest countries in the world. ... This is probably the most safe and practical method to decrease the unemployment and even solve some social injustices as the results of the apartheid system. ... This could potentially lead to conflicts and misunderstandings and form a base for social unbiased in the African continent. ...

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The apartheid system was a social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination which was enforced by the white Afrikaner government in South Africa. The apartheid system was enforced by a series of repressive laws and regulations which prohibited social contact between races, enforced segregation of public facilities, the separation of educational standards, created race-specific job categories, restricted powers of non-white unions and curbed non-white participation in government. ... He wasn't allowed to leave or promote any of his views or his organizations. ...

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The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France. ... In October, 2011, the Enhahda Party, an Islamic organization, won a plurality in an election to form a Constituent Assembly, which is working on drafting a new national constitution. ...

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Some of the factors that supported new imperialism are the demands created by the Industrial Revolution, the improvement in transport and communication, the spread of extreme nationalism, and the civilizing mission.1 European nation-states had become very powerful at this point because of industrialization and because of the organizational efficiency of the government, which distinguishes the new from the old imperialism whereby corruption was more prevalent. ... During that time, the concept of great powers' born by social Darwinism which suggested "survival of the fittest nation" was pr...

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The findings of this study show that broadcasting - radio in particular - has become the dominant news source for the nation, an effective instrument of propaganda for the government and a powerful influence in the political, social, economic and cultural life of the Zambian people. ... CHAPTER ONE MASS MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT 'Development' is usually referred to by quantifiable indicators such as Gross National Product (GNP) and per capita income in traditional Social Science literature. ... One of Africa's leading critics and theorists of the mass media, Cehn C...

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Female slaves could be significant links in kinship networks, with their importance in the social system enhanced. ... "An African-American female slave would be effectively head of household even where there was a known and partially responsible father any master or mistress-supplied child welfare assistance went through the mother, and therefore strengthened the role, power, and economic position of the mother (internet)" The bonds developed by many slaves on the voyage across the Middle Passage continued and developed becoming a primary source of social organization that continued for...

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One faction of the Kikuyu people formed Mau Mau, a terrorist organization intent on purging all European influence from the country, but less strident Kikuyus attempted to either remain neutral or help the British defeat Mau Mau. ... While Kikuyus at large were becoming increasingly angry at white rule, a militaristic wing emerged, The Kenya Land Freedom Army, from which the organization Mau Mau grew (origins of this term are unknown but most agree it began as a derogatory label of settlers). ... By 1953, the guerilla fighting force of Mau Mau had largely been defeated, and by 1956, the fight...

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BIOMES OF THE WORLD RATIONALE FOR HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD'S ENVIRONMENTS Life on Earth is extremely interesting, as most of us already know from television, if not from our own travels, and it becomes more so when each piece of the complex pattern fits understandably into the whole. ...

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