World Neighbours Canada Society was founded in Oliver, B.C. in 1989. Programs are currently active in three program areas: Nepal in Asia, Burkina Faso in Africa and Honduras, in Central America.
2013 Project Completion Report
Ramechhap Drinking Water, Sanitation and Smokeless Stoves Project
by Dale Dodge
Feb. 5, 2014
The Project Completion Reports document all of the details of the communities where gravity fed water systems, hygienic toilets and smokeless stoves have been constructed.
Nepal Political Update
Nepali Congress President was elected as the 37th Prime Minister yesterday. He has secured 405 lawmakers votes while 148 voted against him including the Maoist lawmakers.
He has been administered the oath of office and secrecy by the President today. The newly elected Prime Minister has expressed to give a full-fledged constitution in the next one year.
Likewise, the Chairman of the interim election government has been automatically released and he has been also resigned from the post of Chief Justice. When he was elected he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and he was holding the both posts until today.
Nepal Election Results
The Election Commission has allotted the seats to political parties on the basis of the number of votes received by them under proportional electoral system. The final result of the seats (direct and proportional election) is as follows:
Honduras Free Trade Agreement Alert
Canada signed a free trade agreement with Honduras on 5 November. The agreement has had little coverage by Canadian media, despite the violence that is pervasive in Honduras. Our partner organization in the country reports that violence is a serious impediment to rural development. Note also that elections are scheduled in Honduras on 24 November. We urge Canadians to learn about the situation in Honduras and the implications of a free trade agreement with Canada. For more information please check out the following links.
Announcement from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/honduras/info.aspx?lang=eng
Editorial by the Americas Policy Group of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation:
http://www.ccic.ca/_files/en/working_groups/2013_May_APG_OpEd_Honduras.pdf
Articles on the free trade agreement and the Honduras election by the American-Canadian organization Rights Action:
http://rightsaction.org/.
Motorcycles and machetes make a big difference – Burkina Faso
Though we at World Neighbours Canada are only able to contribute what some might think a minuscule amount to support the local NGO (APDC ) in the Fada province of Burkina Faso, the reports we receive from this group let us know that that drop in the bucket is able to provide tangible support for them.
The 15000$ Canadian dollars we sent in allotments over the past year has helped to purchase, after much discussion and thought, TWO motorcycles. This has allowed two local permanent employees to more easily reach distant villages that are part of the program more often and to provide support and re-training of women and community leaders in those villages when it is needed. Prior to this, the existing motorcycle was declared unsafe and irreparable and reaching those villages on foot often meant that visits were not made when requested.
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Chorti update
Indigenous women’s project on track despite ‘state of siege’ involving mining companies
It’s been almost a year since the launch of the Chorti Project, on the border between Guatemala and Honduras, and things are on track despite a few early setbacks, said Bruce Petch, President of World Neighbours Canada.
A 2013 Visit to Nepal
In April, 2013, I had the good fortune to visit Nepal to view the work of a Nepalese NGO, Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti (TSS). I travelled with Dale Dodge of World Neighbours Canada (WNC) and Jack Nicholson of the Rotary Club of Aldergrove – together with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), we work with TSS to support water systems, sanitary latrines and smokeless ovens in Nepal.
Michael Newman 1944-2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Michael Newman, one of the founders of World Neighbours Canada (WNC).
Michael died on Saturday, Feb. 23, in his own Oliver, B.C., Canada homewith his family by his side.
Kamloops Network Hosts WNC Guest
The Kamloops Global Awareness Network will be hosting an event called Empowering Communities in Nepal, as the third international guest speaker presentation of the Global Speaker Series, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, at Desert Gardens Community Centre.
The presentation will be delivered by Suresh Shrestha, executive director of Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti (TSS) and World Neighbours Canada partner NGO in Nepal.
For more information about the event, please see the article on Kamloops Global Awareness Network.