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News archives / year 2005
New SPLM leader Salva Kiir thanks elders for their loyalty in New Site village in Southern Sudan
(Photo: REUTERS/RADU SIGHETI)
NEW SITE VILLAGE, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Salva Kiir (L), who took over the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) after former rebel
leader and vice-president John Garang's death in a weekend helicopter crash, thanks elders
from various Southern Sudan regions after they handle him a document declaring their loyalty
in New Site village in southern Sudan August 3, 2005.
Northern and southern Sudanese leaders called for calm on Wednesday during a third day of
clashes in the capital that have killed at least 84 people since the death of former southern rebel Garang.
Drilling in Nuba Mountains, Sudan
(Photo: Natanael Lyckelind)
Read more about the drilling operation in Nuba Mountains
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Sri Lanka update
IAS Programme Coordinator Daniel Zetterlund attending a house opening ceremony at the Fridsro village project.
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Webaid.se - A site that generates funds for people in need
Webaid.se is a Internet site that generates money to people in need by using mobile phone technology,
each SMS sent to Webaid.se shortnumber 72360 (only possible for Swedish sim card holders)
will deduct an amount of money from your phone bill and thereby you
assist them in their various projects. Sudan and the Darfur Crisis has got a lot of attention in Sweden
through their sponsored advertisments on MTV and Radio channels like Rix FM and others.
Webaid.se co-operates with Läkarmissionen and IAS in the Darfur project.
Read more
Live 8 on Saturday
Bob Geldof: "This is not Live Aid 2. These concerts are the start point for The Long Walk To Justice,
the one way we can all make our voices heard in unison. This is without doubt a moment in history where
ordinary people can grasp the chance to achieve something truly monumental and demand from the
8 world leaders at G8 an end to poverty.
The G8 leaders have it within their power to alter history. They will only
have the will to do so if tens of thousands of people show them that enough is enough.
By doubling aid, fully cancelling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa,
the G8 could change the future for millions of men, women and children."
Read more on Live 8 website
Read more on SVT website
Fundraising in Örebro, Sweden
ÖREBRO, SWEDEN, June 2 , 2005 - Braun Round Styler Jazzband played on the streets of Örebro
and collected 10,500 SEK to IAS water projects in Sudan. The band has played on the
streets in Sweden during the past 20 years and their passion for music has generated a lot of
money to various projects in Africa.
Read more on their website (available in Swedish only)
Young kid collecting money from the audience
Over 38 million Danish Kronor raised to Denmark's first DM Indsamling
DENMARK, May 9, 2005 - 'DM i Indsamling' (Danish Fundraising Championship) was held on May 8th and
38,071,939 Danish Kronor was raised throughout Denmark. This event was showed on a TV-show on DR.
The goal has been to collect money for non-profit purposes. This year the money will go to orphaned
children in Africa. Through competitions, games, and other activities the fundraising event invites
you and the rest of Denmark to beat all records in money collection. IAS bonus project in Nakuru, Kenya is
one of the projects presented in this fundraising event.
(Photo: Susanne Madsen)
Read more about DMI Indsamling (available in Danish only)
Read more about IAS project (available in Danish only)
For more information
Plattform för - UTROTA FATTIGDOMEN NU
STOCKHOLM, April 11, 2005 - IAS har gått med i plattformen - UTROTA FATTIGDOMEN NU.
Över en miljard människor lever i extrem fattigdom, det vill säga på mindre än en dollar om dagen.
Fattigdom drabbar kvinnor och barn hårdast. Kvinnor utgör 70% av de extremt fattiga.
Inkomstklyftorna mellan de fattigaste och rikaste länderna är enorma. Samtidigt är vi
den första generationen som har möjlighet att utrota fattigdomen - ett tillfälle som vi inte får missa.
Fattigdom handlar bland annat om fördelningen av resurser, både globalt och på det lokala planet.
Det är också en fråga om makt och möjligheter att göra sin röst hörd. Att utrota fattigdomen handlar
om att uppfylla de mänskliga rättigheterna och möjliggöra en rättvis och hållbar utveckling,
med hänsyn till både människor och miljö.
Läs mer här på www.utrotafattigdomen.nu
Ali shot in Mogadishu, Somalia
MOGADISHU, Jan 18, 2005 - At 2 A.M. IAS Administrator in Mogadishu, Mr Ali, was shot at his house.
He is admitted in Medina hospital where he is unconcious due to medication.
Reports from his wife and IAS security team indicate that his family were
visited by alone gun man in his house after midnight.
Mr Ali heard sounds as the gun man broke in. He got up with a torch and confronted him.
As he asked who the man was and what he wanted, the gun man fired and hit him on the side.
We are glad that he is alive though he has two broken ribs and the arm.
The motive of the attack is unknown at the moment, but the whole accident seems to be a burglary attempt.
IAS team had just come back from Marca town yesterday after distributing relief food to the victims of
the Tsunami disaster. All of them were very tired and were still in bed at 6 A.M. when the cook rushed into
the house with the shocking news.
Latest update (At 10:30 GMT): Ali has regained conciousness and is able to talk and even walk.
For more info contact IAS in Nairobi.
Danida grants funding for Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka
BRANDE, Jan 13, 2005 - Danida has contributed 1 M DKK for further IAS relief and water intervenions in Sri Lanka.
Read more on Danida's website (in Danish)
Sudanese celebrating peace deal
BBC NEWS, Jan 10, 2005 - Tens of thousands of Sudanese have been taking part in rallies
celebrating the historic peace deal between the government and southern rebels.
(Photo: IAS SUDAN)
President Omar al-Bashir told a rally in the main southern town, Juba, that the end of war
would bring a big rise in living standards. He urged millions of people displaced during the
20-year war to return home.
Read the full article on BBC News
Signing ceremony of S. Sudan peace deal
NAIROBI, Jan 9, 2005 - Sudan People's Liberation Army leader John Garang has said the signing of a peace deal on
10 January opens the way for united and pluralistic Sudan "in which all Sudanese are equally stakeholders".
Garang said the agreement provided for splitting the country if this could not be achieved, but that his
movement would work to preserve Sudan as "a great nation that is voluntarily united in diversity".
(Photo: IAS SWEDEN/Torleif Svensson)
Your Excellency President Mwai Kibaki, Your Excellency former President Daniel arap Moi, Your Excellencies
heads of state and government, Your excellencies ambassadors and representatives of the international
organizations, distinguished invited guests, ladies and gentlemen, compatriots, fellow countrymen and
women, allow me at the outset to convey to you my best wishes for the new year.
Read the whole speech here
Water interventions in Sri Lanka
STOCKHOLM, Dec 30, 2004 - IAS is getting involved in the Tsunami Crisis in Asia by implementation of Water and Sanitation activities in Sri Lanka.
IAS Sweden has recieved a grant of 600,000 SEK from Sida/SMR for this intervention and IAS Denmark has recieved funding of 200,000 DKK
that will be used for additional relief interventions in Jaffna, Batticaloa and Trincomalee.
Churches in Denmark has also donated through IAS around 100,000 DKK.
Rehabilitation of a shallow well
IAS representative Daniel Zetterlund and pastor Emmanuel Jayakrishna have travelled to Sri Lanka on January 3, 2005.
Daniel will coordinate the first phase of the project. Emmanuel is from Sri Lanka and has a wide network of contacts with
churches and local organisations in the different regions. IAS will implement the activities by using local partners and NGO's.
It is expected that the relief intervention will provide clean water to 30,000 people along the East Coast.
Read more about the crisis and IAS interventions
Donate now to IAS work in Sri Lanka
Contact details for IAS in Sri Lanka
Daniel Zetterlund - mobile no. +94-77-6953958
Emmanuel Jayakrishna - mobile no. +94-77-6946935
In case you cannot reach them on these mobile numbers,
please call IAS Desk Officer in Sweden for more information,
Andreas Zetterlund - mobile no. +46-70-4975977
Photo: Torleif Svensson
SVENSKA DAGBLADET 4 November 2004
Mariam - ett av de tysta offren i Darfur, västra Sudan
Två miljoner människor på flykt, 70 000 döda och mer än 700 förstörda byar. Det är facit hittills
för katastrofen i Darfur i Sudan. Och än märks inga tecken på vänding. SvD har mött Mariam,
ett av tiotusentals tysta offer.
Läs mer på Svenska Dagbladet
Photo: IAS
KHARTOUM/GENEVA/NEW YORK 31 October 2004
Sudan ratifies two protocols
UNICEF welcomed today the ratification by the President of Sudan,
Omar el-Bashir, of two UN Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of Child. The Optional
Protocols aim at strengthening the protection of children from recruitment into armed forces and from
sexual exploitation.
Read more on UNICEF's website
Photo: Torleif Svensson
EL GENEINA/SUDAN 5 October 2004
IAS interventions in Darfur
IAS Senior Administrator, Desiree Lyckelind (Sweden), in El Geneina, Western Darfur. We are providing
water for 60,000 refugees in the El Geneina area.
Read more
Photo: IAS
A journey back to hope
The 2005 edition of UNICEF's State of the World's Children will be launched on December 9.
In the weeks leading up to the launch of the report, we will feature a series of stories
illustrating how poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS affect children in their daily lives.
Read more on UNICEF's website
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