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More than a decade ago, Archbishop Desmond Tutu defined Ubuntu as an ethic which is upheld by someone who ‘…has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.’ In short, he described [...]
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Tags: Adonis Musati Project, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, asylum seeker, Department of Home Affairs, DEVELOPMENT WORKS, discrimination, ethics, Methodist Church refugee camp, mistreatment, political philosophy, politics, Refugees, ubuntu, xenophobia
If you still think that FLOSS is just something you do after you have brushed your teeth, you have not yet joined the ranks of those realising the benefits and potencial of Free Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS).
“Free” means the software gives you “freedom”, but it is not necessarily always cost free. With FLOSS [...]
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The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UNDESA) recently held an E-dialogue on “Creating an Inclusive Society: Practical Strategies to promote Social Integration”. This E-dialogue was organized by DSPD in collaboration with UNESCO and UN-HABITAT, from 22 May to 20 June 2007 – [...]
Filed under: NGOs, development, dialogue, internet | 1 Comment
Narratives of Memory and Forgiveness Conference : Cape Town (25 November 2006)
Presented: Annemiek Richters Leiden University Center & Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The Netherlands
Yvonne Wabatagore, a researcher from DEVELOPMENT WORKS attended this conference and shares her thoughts and experiences…
I was really looking forward to this session. I wanted to understand [...]
Filed under: DEVELOPMENT WORKS, NGOs, TRC, forgiveness, healing, memory, peace, reconciliation | 2 Comments
There are those who are, but have been forgotten
There are those who can, but have been excluded
There are those who know, but have been ignored
There are those who are, but have been forgotten
It is no secret; the world that we live in is plagued with a number of social, economic and political challenges. Poverty, [...]
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