 
Aid and Development - is there a difference?
Aid is helping, offering assistance, at a time of crisis. It is relief when things go wrong, when there is an emergency or a crisis and people need help immediately just to survive.
 
Report says Ethiopia must invest in famine solutions
To prevent repeats of a deadly looming famine that could cost thousands of lives, Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest nations, needs to "find a bridge between short term relief and long term development", according to the director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, a Washington-based think thank (Inter Press Service).
War on Iraq 'could be disastrous for Africa's growth'
An American-led war on Iraq could be disastrous for Africa's growth plans, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday. The continent's current debt problem, he said, arose following the 1973 Yom Kippur war when oil prices quadrupled, resulting in a world economic crisis (Natal Witness).
Indonesian terror linked to rural poverty
Indonesia's ability to stop terrorism such as the Bali attack was tied to the nation's continuing farming problems, a world rice expert said. "You only have to read news reports concerning the Bali bombers, and how several of them came from poverty-stricken, limited opportunity rural villages before taking up their terrible activities, to realise what a difference thriving rural communities could make in Indonesia." (The Age)
 
Aid workers seek to break hunger cycle
Hassan's mother survived a famine to raise her, the youngest daughter of six. But Mrs. Hassan is not sure there was much point. "Hunger is happening again," she said. This year, 11 million to 14 million Ethiopians face severe food shortages, according to the United Nations World Food Program (Washington Times).
 
The true cost of conflict in Iraq
Australian aid agencies know from previous experience that the true cost of war with Iraq will be a devastating humanitarian crisis. Aid agencies supporting humanitarian projects in Iraq and the region report that about 15 million Iraqis, out of an estimated population of 24 million, depend on food rations provided under an agreement between the UN and the Iraqi Government. - Gaye Hart, president of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (Sydney Morning Herald).
 
Trocaire CSPE
Trocaire is Ireland's equivalent to Caritas Australia. CSPE is the acronym for Civic, Social and Political Education, a human rights program for Irish schools. The site includes lesson plans for teachers, as well as games and other activities for students including a game called 'The Development Road'. There are also explanaitons for parents ('How can I support my child?').
 
Dare to hope
We dare to imagine a world, where hunger has no chance to show its face. We dare to dream of a world, where war and terror are afraid to leave their mark.
 
Mavis Goes to Timor On stage at Melb. Playbox until 1 March, then touring Vic, Tas, WA
 Mavis is an 86 year old haberdasher from Yarrawonga, Victoria, who surprises family and friends by going off to East Timor to help set up a women's sewing co-operative. Amid the destruction and buoyed up by the people's overwhelming faith and
positivity, Mavis struggles on, tackling the deprivation, the bureaucratic red tape and her own doubts that she is up to the job.
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