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Hiv/Aids Survey In Southern Angola, Martin Chitsama, Joao Artur Dumba, Charlotte Mabhiza-Berejena, Nzola Dimbu Oct 2012

Hiv/Aids Survey In Southern Angola, Martin Chitsama, Joao Artur Dumba, Charlotte Mabhiza-Berejena, Nzola Dimbu

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Deminers in Angola have a higher than average risk for HIV infection and transmission as a result of their work in border areas and their high mobility. The Demining HIV/AIDS Partnership conducted a Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors and Perceptions survey to explore deminers’ HIV/AIDS knowledge in Cassinga, southern Angola. Among other conclusions, the results stressed the need for an increase in HIV/AIDS education.


Former Dukes Aid Rise Of Washington Nationals Oct 2012

Former Dukes Aid Rise Of Washington Nationals

Madison Magazine

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Table Of Contents Oct 2012

Table Of Contents

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.


The Madison Experience (Inside: Requirements, How To Apply And More!) Oct 2012

The Madison Experience (Inside: Requirements, How To Apply And More!)

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.


Class Notes Oct 2012

Class Notes

Madison Magazine

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International Committee Of The Red Cross, Cisr Journal Jul 2012

International Committee Of The Red Cross, Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Founded in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross provides nondiscriminatory aid to victims of armed conflict.


Peer-Support Training For Nonliterate And Semiliterate Female Ex-Combatants: Experience In Burundi, Cameron Macauley, Monica Onyango, Eric Niragira Jul 2012

Peer-Support Training For Nonliterate And Semiliterate Female Ex-Combatants: Experience In Burundi, Cameron Macauley, Monica Onyango, Eric Niragira

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In September 2011, 25 female veterans of Burundi’s civil war were trained to become peer-support workers. The five-day training, funded under a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and conducted by James Madison University’s Center for International Stabilization and Recovery, was the first of its kind to offer peer-counseling skills to non-literate and semiliterate women.


Firearms Safety In Somaliland: From Mine Action To Community Safety, William Vest-Lillesøe Jul 2012

Firearms Safety In Somaliland: From Mine Action To Community Safety, William Vest-Lillesøe

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Multiple border and civil wars have left Somaliland contaminated with explosive remnants of war and a surplus of small arms and light weapons. Today, unsecured firearms threaten daily life in rural villages, resulting in more deaths in Somaliland than from recent landmine incidents. Addressing the need for firearm security, Danish Demining Group provides training and awareness through its Community Safety program.


Linwood H. Rose Apr 2012

Linwood H. Rose

Madison Magazine

Highlighting top university achievements under Madison's fifth president


Madison Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2014 Full Issue Apr 2012

Madison Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2014 Full Issue

Madison Magazine

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Trailblazing Twins Tackle The Appalachian Trail Apr 2012

Trailblazing Twins Tackle The Appalachian Trail

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.


Peer-Support Training For Nonliterate And Semiliterate Female Ex-Combatants: Experience In Burundi, Cameron Macauley, Monica Onyango, Eric Niragira Mar 2012

Peer-Support Training For Nonliterate And Semiliterate Female Ex-Combatants: Experience In Burundi, Cameron Macauley, Monica Onyango, Eric Niragira

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In September 2011, 25 female veterans of Burundi’s civil war were trained to become peer-support workers. The five-day training, funded under a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and conducted by James Madison University’s Center for International Stabilization and Recovery, was the first of its kind to offer peer-counseling skills to nonliterate and semiliterate women.


World Education, Inc., Cisr Journal Mar 2012

World Education, Inc., Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

After nearly a lifetime of work as an educator in China and throughout the world, Welthy Honsinger Fisher returned to India to continue her work in education at the request of Mahatma Gandhi in 1947. She founded the Literacy House, a small school providing basic education and agricultural training for disadvantaged adults. Observing that literacy training was needed to empower men and women worldwide, in 1951, she and others founded World Education, an international nonprofit dedicated to world literacy.


A Holistic Approach: Vvaf’S Work To Improve Lives In Vietnam, Joseph House Mar 2012

A Holistic Approach: Vvaf’S Work To Improve Lives In Vietnam, Joseph House

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Transferred to the International Center in 2008, the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation conducts a multitude of projects aiming to protect the health and welfare of the Vietnamese people. VVAF approaches the security and well-being of Vietnamese citizens with a holistic mindset. Projects include demining, rehabilitation, vocational training, Agent Orange and dioxin mitigation, community-based mental health training and school construction projects.