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Peace training - Core Skills for Working in Conflict - by International Alert

Date: 
21 Jul 09 - 26 Jul 09

Overview
This is a highly practical, hands-on course designed to prepare anyone wanting to work in conflict prevention, crisis management or peacebuilding with the essential skills for working in a conflict situation. Each day of the course will focus on a particular set of skills and how to apply them in the peacebuilding context. The final day-long simulation exercise will test these skills. You will be assessed by an experienced observer who can advise you on next steps in your personal and professional development as a peace worker.

Peace News Summer Camp

Date: 
23 Jul 09 - 27 Jul 09
Join people from across the broad spectrum of the British peace movement for five days of exploration, celebration and empowerment: learning from other movements, struggling with challenging issues, creating more cohesion in a segmented peace movement and debating nonviolence.

Oakenwood Herbal Workshops

Date: 
25 Jul 09 - 26 Jul 09
Oakenwood's Herbal Weekend Workshops Oakenwood Society is a voluntary group of people who enjoy learning and teaching on the subject of herbs. After two successful years of workshops, in 2009 we offer 4 weekend workshops through the summer months that are hosted on a farm set between Bristol and Cardiff . Come and relax, unwind, make new friends and learn some of the secrets that herbs contain, that are good for your health as well as your pocket. Learn how to grow and prepare herbs, discover their many uses, make herbal skin products, ointments and creams, and much more.

20th South Asian International Fund Raising Workshop

Date: 
8 Aug 09 - 11 Aug 09
Block your calendar for South Asia's most popular event on fundraising 20th South Asian Fund Raising Workshop 8-11 August 2009 Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur Registrations Now Open! Log on to www.safrg.org Contact: shilpa@safrg.org / ceo@safrg.org or Call us @ 91-11-26132024 Early bird discount - register before 31st May and save Rs. 1000/- Why attend the Workshop: - Learn critical skills for raising more funds - Get practical lessons in Relationship Building

Oakenwood Herbal Workshops

Date: 
15 Aug 09 - 16 Aug 09
Oakenwood's Herbal Weekend Workshops Oakenwood Society is a voluntary group of people who enjoy learning and teaching on the subject of herbs. After two successful years of workshops, in 2009 we offer 4 weekend workshops through the summer months that are hosted on a farm set between Bristol and Cardiff . Come and relax, unwind, make new friends and learn some of the secrets that herbs contain, that are good for your health as well as your pocket. Learn how to grow and prepare herbs, discover their many uses, make herbal skin products, ointments and creams, and much more.
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Network news and actions

23 Jun 09 Hi-tech helps Iranian monitoring

As protests continue in Iran, details are emerging of the technology used to monitor its citizens. Iran is well known for filtering the net, but the government has moved to do the same for mobile phones. Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran with the technology needed to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls.

19 Jun 09 Happy Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi!

June 19th was Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, it is her 14th birthday in detention. As you know we set up 64ForSuu.org to allow people from all over the world to leave message of support for Burma’s democracy leader.

18 Jun 09 High Court challenge to UK's foreign policy in Israel

Al-Haq is pleased to announce that on 18 and 19 June 2009, the UK Divisional Court in London will be hearing the preliminary motions of the case brought by Al-Haq, in cooperation with solicitor Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), challenging the UK government over its failure to fulfil its obligations under international law with respect to Israel’s activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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