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repair: it‘s all about attitude, about taking up the responsibility and starting to change the things.
credit: rubra
ICROSS, with funding from the Global Fund, has a home based care programme where 170 volunteers care for terminally ill aids patients. ICROSS is in charge of the training of the community health workers (CHVs) and distribution of prophylaxis and nutritional supplements among other things. We quickly realised the stigma and discrimination our volunteers met, both external and internal. After close dialogue with a number of volunteers, a comprehensive stigma and discrimination workshop was tailored. The workshop was incorporated into a refresher course for our CHVs on home based care.
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For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html
repair: it‘s all about attitude, about taking up the responsibility and starting
to change the things.
The photo shows Derrick de Kerckhove (CA).
credit: rubra
Grace Simon tests the final version of a student project on the final presentation date for projects of an EECS 481 course in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building atrium on December 11, 2013.
EECS 481 Students in EECS Professor David Chesney's course have been designing systems to make it easier for Grace Simon to communicate, play, or be more independent at school or home.
Simon was diagnosed with cerebal palsy at six months old. While Grace doesn't have the muscle control to speak, extensively sign, or walk, she has a very capable mind that can read and communicate by signaling 'yes' or 'no.'
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
A starving child try to get last bit of food.
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Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/NWIinAfrica
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How you can get involved on www.newworldinternational.net
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ICROSS, with funding from the Global Fund, has a home based care programme where 170 volunteers care for terminally ill aids patients. ICROSS is in charge of the training of the community health workers (CHVs) and distribution of prophylaxis and nutritional supplements among other things. We quickly realised the stigma and discrimination our volunteers met, both external and internal. After close dialogue with a number of volunteers, a comprehensive stigma and discrimination workshop was tailored. The workshop was incorporated into a refresher course for our CHVs on home based care.
_____________________________________________________________________
For more Information www.newworldinternational.net
Partner Charity www.icrossinternational.org
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/NWIinAfrica
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog nwikenya.wordpress.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/nwiuk or twitter.com/#!/MichaelMeegan
How you can get involved on www.newworldinternational.net
For Donation www.newworldinternational.net/#!__master/gifts/vstc7=donate
SINGAPORE - COASTAL CLEAN UP. Our Singapore team rolled up their sleeves, braved the heat and give back to the community by spending a day picking up litter - cigarette butts, plastic utensils, plastic bottle, lids, etc…) and record what they've collected. The data collected during the International Coastal Clean-up will be used to raise awareness & create solutions to the problems of marine waste and litter.
Ilkilorit - NWI worker are filling the new Biogas with cowdoung and water.
The first installment/pilot has been at Ilkilorit high school, where ICROSS have just opened a new health clinic serving the surrounding Maasai communities. The teachers at the school now use their Biogas up to 5 times a day to cook and make tea and are delighted with how easy it is to use. They no longer have any need for charcoal or their old charcoal Jiko (charcoal burning stove) and the schoolchildren are happy to bring the required bucket of dung each day for their teachers.
The system we have installed in Ilkilorit comprises a heavy duty rubber bag as the digester. It sits mostly above ground and uses PVC pipes for inputs and outputs. Plastic gas pipes tap the gas from the digester and transfer it to the point of use. Early research has shown the waste from one cow (10-15kg per day) is enough to sustain a household of 4 people, meeting their domestic fuel needs for cooking. It is also possible to run a converted generator off the gas that can make electricity to power homes, schools and shops, or recharge batteries.
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For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html
repair: it‘s all about attitude, about taking up the responsibility and starting
to change the things.
The photo shows Derrick de Kerckhove (CA).
credit: rubra
Grace Simon and her family poses for a picture with students on the final presentation date for EECS 481 in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building atrium on December 11, 2013.
EECS 481 Students in EECS Professor David Chesney's course have been designing systems to make it easier for Grace Simon to communicate, play, or be more independent at school or home.
Simon was diagnosed with cerebal palsy at six months old. While Grace doesn't have the muscle control to speak, extensively sign, or walk, she has a very capable mind that can read and communicate by signaling 'yes' or 'no.'
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
Los Angeles 2012 Revlon Run/Walk. Participants are on Adams Blvd having just passed St. Vincents. They are walking along Mount St. Mary's College Donehy Campus gate.
SINGAPORE - COASTAL CLEAN UP. Our Singapore team rolled up their sleeves, braved the heat and give back to the community by spending a day picking up litter - cigarette butts, plastic utensils, plastic bottle, lids, etc…) and record what they've collected. The data collected during the International Coastal Clean-up will be used to raise awareness & create solutions to the problems of marine waste and litter.
Food donated to malnourished children.
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For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html
Students participating in EOP Commuter Bridge.
Each year EOP Transitional Programs offers a summer experience to help students bridge the gap between High School and University. The program's goals are to give students a head start toward a successful college experience and the opportunity to begin building a strong community. Photo Credit: Margaret Nguyen | CSUN EOP
March marks the anniversary of the passing of beloved EOP Director, José Luis Vargas. Three years after his passing, he continues to be missed and remembered by the CSUN EOP community.
Mr. Vargas led EOP with passion, conviction, and professionalism. He mentored thousands of students and uplifted them to believe in themselves and succeed in higher education. The program's mission will continue through the dedication and hard work of its leaders, staff, and most of all our EOP students.
Natasha is passing out flyers about the MSMC Weekend College MBA program.
Los Angeles 2012 Revlon Run/Walk. Participants are on Adams Blvd having just passed St. Vincents. They are walking along Mount St. Mary's College Donehy Campus gate.
Solar Water Disinfection" SODIS
ICROSS with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has carried out extensive research on
solar disinfection of drinking water. Our findings suggest that solar disinfection of water may
significantly reduce morbidity in communities with no other means of disinfecting drinking
water, because of lack of resources or in the event of a disaster.
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For more Information www.newworldinternational.net
Partner Charity www.icrossinternational.org
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/NWIinAfrica
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog nwikenya.wordpress.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/nwiuk or twitter.com/#!/MichaelMeegan
How you can get involved on www.newworldinternational.net
For Donation www.newworldinternational.net/#!__master/gifts/vstc7=donate
Celebrating our amazing EOP Class of 2023! We take great pride in recognizing the remarkable journeys of our exceptional students. Did you know that some of our brightest minds began their CSUN adventure as special admits? EOP leaders saw their immense potential beyond high school grades and with mentoring and support these individuals blossomed into successful college graduates!
Let's also take a moment to honor and celebrate those who were part of our EOP Resilient Scholars Program, designed to provide unwavering support to former foster youth throughout their academic pursuit. These resilient individuals have proven time and again that they are true overachievers, surpassing all expectations along their journey.
As we bid farewell to the EOP Class of 2023, we couldn't be prouder of their remarkable accomplishments and unwavering determination.
Students participating in EOP Freshstart.
Each year EOP Transitional Programs offers a summer experience to help students bridge the gap between High School and University. The program's goals are to give students a head start toward a successful college experience and the opportunity to begin building a strong community. Photo Credit: Margaret Nguyen | CSUN EOP
For more information please visit: www.csun.edu/eop
ICROSS, with funding from the Global Fund, has a home based care programme where 170 volunteers care for terminally ill aids patients. ICROSS is in charge of the training of the community health workers (CHVs) and distribution of prophylaxis and nutritional supplements among other things. We quickly realised the stigma and discrimination our volunteers met, both external and internal. After close dialogue with a number of volunteers, a comprehensive stigma and discrimination workshop was tailored. The workshop was incorporated into a refresher course for our CHVs on home based care.
______________________________________________________________________
For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html
"Dar el Barka Road,
The building of tracks and links road with the country's main roads has made the area more accessible."
A view of a road from the Moyale border towards Mega Town on the Ethiopian side of the Nairobi- Addis Road corridor. Funded by the African Development Bank Group the 'Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor Project' has been developed to ease the transportation issue of that region. The project will contribute to poverty reduction in both the countries by increasing access to markets and social services for the surrounding areas, communities and by empowering women.
Gracias señora Cristal y a los donantes por permitirnos dar ayudas nuevamente. Que alegría tenemos nuevamente poder ofrecer ayudas.- Eylin Duque
Imagen enviada por el Hogar de Paso.
Community health worker providing health services.
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For more Information www.newworldinternational.net
Partner Charity www.icrossinternational.org
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/NWIinAfrica
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog nwikenya.wordpress.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/nwiuk or twitter.com/#!/MichaelMeegan
How you can get involved on www.newworldinternational.net
For Donation www.newworldinternational.net/#!__master/gifts/vstc7=donate
Kajiado - food donated to malnourished children.
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For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html
Los Angeles 2012 Revlon Run/Walk. Participants are on Adams Blvd having just passed St. Vincents. They are walking along Mount St. Mary's College Donehy Campus gate.
and how you could help while doing nothing
Traditionally trial and error has been the only way to produce improved strains of rice by cross-breeding easily observable traits. Now computers are being harnessed to target the best candidates based on the more subtle characteristics of individual proteins.
The goal of this project is not genetic modification, in fact it is the opposite. The information will be used by traditional breeders to make their search more productive. And as the results are in the public domain, the outcome will be better crops rather than patents.
Each yellow dot in the picture is a completed computation – you can see there's a lot of work to do before the whole picture turns yellow
BIG THANK YOU AND CHEERS for all the Amazing Secret Angels – together we have contributed 17 years, 291 days and 23 hours of run time
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The Amazing Secret Angels are a group of flickr photographers who volunteer our background computer power to humanitarian research. Together our individual contributions are making a big difference in areas such as cancer, AIDS and world hunger.
The system works by using spare capacity on our computers to process secure raw data and then returns results to a central server. Everything is handled automatically by a small piece of software provided by the World Community Grid charity – you simply download it and it takes care of itself. You may have heard of SETI@home, this works in the same way but looking for answers rather than aliens.
The widget works in the background using only spare capacity and gives priority to whatever else is running, so it only runs when there are resources that nothing else needs. At this moment for example, what you're doing is browsing the internet and that ties up hardly any computer resources at all, leaving lots of capacity that the widget could be ‘mopping up’.
When you add together all the time that everyone wastes on flickr, that's a lot of mopping up! Even with the smallest of individual contributions, together we can make more of a difference than the largest computer in the world – that is what is truly Amazing.
We're looking forward to saying "Hey there, welcome to the group!"
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Step-by-step guide to getting started
1) Go to the download page here
.... a. You’ll be asked to choose a username
.... b. Select the projects you want to contribute to
.... c. Click the download button
2) Afterwards, on the World Community Grid website it's easy to join our team
.... a. Go to your home page entitled My Grid
.... b. In the side-menu select My Team and then Find A Team
.... c. Please type ‘The Amazing Secret Angels’ and click the button Join This Team
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ICROSS, with funding from the Global Fund, has a home based care programme where 170 volunteers care for terminally ill aids patients. ICROSS is in charge of the training of the community health workers (CHVs) and distribution of prophylaxis and nutritional supplements among other things. We quickly realised the stigma and discrimination our volunteers met, both external and internal. After close dialogue with a number of volunteers, a comprehensive stigma and discrimination workshop was tailored. The workshop was incorporated into a refresher course for our CHVs on home based care.
______________________________________________________________________
For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html
Los Angeles 2012 Revlon Run/Walk. Participants are on Adams Blvd having just passed St. Vincents. They are walking along Mount St. Mary's College Donehy Campus gate.
2018-04-05: Mohamed Aslikou, Farmer watching television in the Dar Laain, Al Haouz province of Morocco.
Jennifer and Eric Simon, Grace's parents, take a moment to review the projects they've seen on the final presentation date for projects of an EECS 481 course in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building atrium on December 11, 2013.
EECS 481 Students in EECS Professor David Chesney's course have been designing systems to make it easier for Grace Simon to communicate, play, or be more independent at school or home.
Simon was diagnosed with cerebal palsy at six months old. While Grace doesn't have the muscle control to speak, extensively sign, or walk, she has a very capable mind that can read and communicate by signaling 'yes' or 'no.'
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing