Facts on Poverty in Africa www.icrossinternational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
* 325 million people – one in two of people in Sub Saharan Africa survive on less than one dollar per day
* 184 million people – 33% of the African population – suffer from malnutrition
* During the 1990s the average income per capita decreased in 20 African countries
* Less than 50% of Africa’s population has access to hospitals or doctors
* In 2000, 300 million Africans did not have access to safe water
* The average life expectancy in Africa is 41 years
* Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and only one of three children complete school
* One in six children die before the age of 5. This number is 25 times higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in the OECD countries
* Children account for half of all civilian casualties in wars in Africa
* The African continent lost more than 5,3 million hectares of forest during the decade of the 1990s
* Less than one person out of five has electricity. Out of 1.000 inhabitants 15 have a telephone line, and 7,8 out of 1.000 people surf on Internet.
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Africa is the second largest continent on earth, occupying 20% of the Earth's land area. Africa measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles from east to west.
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Africa’s population is slightly less than 14% of the total world population.
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Only about 6% of Africa is arable; nearly 25% is forested or wooded.
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Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Nigeria are the major petroleum and natural gas producing countries in Africa. Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Africa together produce 50% of the world's diamonds. Ghana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe together produce nearly 50% of the world’s gold.
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Africa's major languages include Arabic (North), Berber (Morocco and Algeria), Bantu group of languages (central and southern Africa), Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), Akan (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire), Saharan and Maba (Chad basin), Koma (the Blue Nile basin), and Songhai (upper-middle Niger River region).
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Reflections Founder ICROSS
"Everything changes when you wake up in the morning and decide to own today. It will not be taken from you by anyone else, it will be yours "
Michael Meegan, Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.net
www.eye-books.com
" When we feel overwhelmed by all the suffering in the world, or just drained by the stress of the day, do this. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and know that the very breath you are taking is the same miracle of life that pervades all creation. He who gives you this breath, despite your anxieties , fears and pain, knows you. He knows you better than you will ever understand yourself. Breathe in, breathe out. You are experiencing the miracle. The most amazing miracle of all. The gift of life. All things will find harmony in this knowing, in this , is the whisper of not only all creation, but of the Creator" Michael Meegan
"Your energy is powered by your thoughts, negative thoughts drain you, loving thoughts fill you with love"
Michael Meegan, The Tribe of one
www.eye-books.com
" when we really know ourselves, we forgive always"
Michael Meegan
ALL WILL BE WELL
www.eye-books.com
"If you really want to know who your friends are, see you stands by you in a storm"
Mike Meegan
" Remind yourself of your vision, keep your hopes close yo your heart, be passionate about them and always ,always always be true to them"
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
" The most important language of personal joy is the often complex linguistics of silence"
Michael Meegan
ALL WILL BE WELL
Michael Meegan, Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.net
www.eye-books.com
" When we feel overwhelmed by all the suffering in the world, or just drained by the stress of the day, do this. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and know that the very breath you are taking is the same miracle of life that pervades all creation. He who gives you this breath, despite your anxieties , fears and pain, knows you. He knows you better than you will ever understand yourself. Breathe in, breathe out. You are experiencing the miracle. The most amazing miracle of all. The gift of life. All things will find harmony in this knowing, in this , is the whisper of not only all creation, but of the Creator" Michael Meegan
"Your energy is powered by your thoughts, negative thoughts drain you, loving thoughts fill you with love"
Michael Meegan, The Tribe of one
www.eye-books.com
" when we really know ourselves, we forgive always"
Michael Meegan
ALL WILL BE WELL
www.eye-books.com
"If you really want to know who your friends are, see you stands by you in a storm"
Mike Meegan
" Remind yourself of your vision, keep your hopes close yo your heart, be passionate about them and always ,always always be true to them"
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
" The most important language of personal joy is the often complex linguistics of silence"
Michael Meegan
ALL WILL BE WELL
Sunday, March 27, 2011
www.icrossinternational.net
SOLAR DISIFECTION
ICROSS has been involved in collaborative research for over 20 years .
We have been involved in the long term development of effective ways to improve drinking water.
The aim of the SODISWATER project is to demonstrate that solar disinfection of drinking water is an effective intervention against a range of waterborne diarrhoeal diseases at household level and as emergency relief in the aftermath of natural or man-made disasters.The project is carried out by an international team of researchers from 9 different groups in 7 countries within Africa and Europe.
General Objectives:
The strategic objectives of the SODISWATER project are:
1. To demonstrate that Solar Disinfection (SODIS) of drinking water is an appropriate, effective and acceptable intervention against waterborne disease for vulnerable communities in developing countries without reliable access to safe water.
2. To evaluate and test different diffusion and behavioural change strategies in areas with different social and cultural conditions for sustainable adoption of solar water disinfection.
3. To disseminate these research outcomes throughout the international aid and emergency relief communities so that SODIS is adopted as one of a range of standard water quality interventions (e.g. filtration, chlorination, desalination, etc.) for use in the immediate aftermath of natural (Tsunami, flood, earthquake, hurricane/typhoon) or man-made disasters (war-zone, famine, refugee camp).
4. To develop a range of simple SODIS enhancement technological innovations that can be matched to varying socio-economic conditions.- UV dosimetric indicators of disinfection, photocatalytic inactivation and continuous flow compound parabolic collector arrays for small
community distribution systems.
more information about this partnership and research can be downloaded about this project from
http://www.rcsi.ie/sodis/news/index.htm
you can see photos of this project on
http://www.rcsi.ie/sodis/library/index.htm
http://povertyandaidsinafrica.wordpress.com/
http://nwikenya.wordpress.com/
http://poormaasi.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/London/NEW-WORLD-INTERNATIONAL/81054994992
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7357304977
http://icrossawareness.blogspot.com/
ICROSS has been involved in collaborative research for over 20 years .
We have been involved in the long term development of effective ways to improve drinking water.
The aim of the SODISWATER project is to demonstrate that solar disinfection of drinking water is an effective intervention against a range of waterborne diarrhoeal diseases at household level and as emergency relief in the aftermath of natural or man-made disasters.The project is carried out by an international team of researchers from 9 different groups in 7 countries within Africa and Europe.
General Objectives:
The strategic objectives of the SODISWATER project are:
1. To demonstrate that Solar Disinfection (SODIS) of drinking water is an appropriate, effective and acceptable intervention against waterborne disease for vulnerable communities in developing countries without reliable access to safe water.
2. To evaluate and test different diffusion and behavioural change strategies in areas with different social and cultural conditions for sustainable adoption of solar water disinfection.
3. To disseminate these research outcomes throughout the international aid and emergency relief communities so that SODIS is adopted as one of a range of standard water quality interventions (e.g. filtration, chlorination, desalination, etc.) for use in the immediate aftermath of natural (Tsunami, flood, earthquake, hurricane/typhoon) or man-made disasters (war-zone, famine, refugee camp).
4. To develop a range of simple SODIS enhancement technological innovations that can be matched to varying socio-economic conditions.- UV dosimetric indicators of disinfection, photocatalytic inactivation and continuous flow compound parabolic collector arrays for small
community distribution systems.
more information about this partnership and research can be downloaded about this project from
http://www.rcsi.ie/sodis/news/index.htm
you can see photos of this project on
http://www.rcsi.ie/sodis/library/index.htm
http://povertyandaidsinafrica.wordpress.com/
http://nwikenya.wordpress.com/
http://poormaasi.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/London/NEW-WORLD-INTERNATIONAL/81054994992
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7357304977
http://icrossawareness.blogspot.com/
Thursday, March 24, 2011
ICROSS comprehensive care centre Kenya
ICROSS continues to fight HIV AIDS with long term support of prevention and support programmes. Sub-Saharan Africa has over 70% of the Worlds AIDS cases. This causes terrible suffering. For 30 years ICROSS has been fighting AIDS in Kenya.
An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in Africa. In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS through
* Prevention and Education
* Safe sex programmes
* HIV Awareness campaigns
* Home based care and support of carers
* Comprehensive training, referral, support, back up and orphan support activities.
As part of this committment ICROSS built the Bondo Comprehensive care centre in Bondo, Western Kenya. Danny Ngwiri, Country Director announced today;
" we will develop with the Ministry of health programmes that will strengthen comprehensive support. "
Danny began the first ICROSS HIV programme in western Kenya 15 years ago then established two other AIDS projects in Bondo. "the need is so widespread and the suffering is worse for children, whole villages have been devastated by AIDS "
Danny was in Bondo planning with the Ministry of health team future joint strategies. If you would like to know more about our AIDS programmes, please download our reports and look at the project section on our web site.
Dr Michael Meegan toured the programme this month
An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in Africa. In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS through
* Prevention and Education
* Safe sex programmes
* HIV Awareness campaigns
* Home based care and support of carers
* Comprehensive training, referral, support, back up and orphan support activities.
As part of this committment ICROSS built the Bondo Comprehensive care centre in Bondo, Western Kenya. Danny Ngwiri, Country Director announced today;
" we will develop with the Ministry of health programmes that will strengthen comprehensive support. "
Danny began the first ICROSS HIV programme in western Kenya 15 years ago then established two other AIDS projects in Bondo. "the need is so widespread and the suffering is worse for children, whole villages have been devastated by AIDS "
Danny was in Bondo planning with the Ministry of health team future joint strategies. If you would like to know more about our AIDS programmes, please download our reports and look at the project section on our web site.
Dr Michael Meegan toured the programme this month
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
ICROSS comprehensive care centre Kenya
ICROSS continues to fight HIV AIDS with long term support of prevention and support programmes. Sub-Saharan Africa has over 70% of the Worlds AIDS cases. THis causes terrible suffering. For 30 years ICROSS has been fighting AIDS in Kenya.
An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in Africa. In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS through
Prevention and Education
Safe sex programmes
HIV Awareness campaigns
Home based care and support of carers
Comprepensive training , referral , support , back up and orphan support activities.
As part of this committment ICROSS built the Bondo Comprehensive care centre in Bondo, Western Kenya. Danny Ngwiri, Country Director announced today
" we will develop with the Ministry of health programmes that will strengthen comprehensive support. "
Danny began the first ICROSS HIV programme in western Kenya 15 years ago then established two other AIDS projects in Bondo. "the need is so widespread and the suffering is worse for children, whole villages have been devastated by AIDS " Danny was in Bondo planning with the Ministry of health team future joint strategies. If you would like to know more about our AIDS programmes , please download our reports and look at the project section on our web site.
The Founder of ICROSS Dr Michael Meegan said today that ICROSS remains committed to community driven programmes at village level.
An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in Africa. In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS through
Prevention and Education
Safe sex programmes
HIV Awareness campaigns
Home based care and support of carers
Comprepensive training , referral , support , back up and orphan support activities.
As part of this committment ICROSS built the Bondo Comprehensive care centre in Bondo, Western Kenya. Danny Ngwiri, Country Director announced today
" we will develop with the Ministry of health programmes that will strengthen comprehensive support. "
Danny began the first ICROSS HIV programme in western Kenya 15 years ago then established two other AIDS projects in Bondo. "the need is so widespread and the suffering is worse for children, whole villages have been devastated by AIDS " Danny was in Bondo planning with the Ministry of health team future joint strategies. If you would like to know more about our AIDS programmes , please download our reports and look at the project section on our web site.
The Founder of ICROSS Dr Michael Meegan said today that ICROSS remains committed to community driven programmes at village level.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
International women's day
ICROSS celebrates women's day today . Throughout the world international women's day is being celebrated . For decades this day marks both the ptogress made and the challenges ahead .
Dr Michael Meegan , international director said today
" for thirty years ICROSS has been dedicated to the rights of women , empowering women, equality and equal opportunity . While great progress has occurred there is no room for complacency . ICROSS projects remain focused on women's health , gender awareness and fighting for a fairer world . A big part of our work is maternal and child health. Today we celebrate the very real advances around the world . Tragically women remain oppressed abused exploited and denied their rights in many countries . "
"Today we honour the women who struggle for justice and basic rights . We continue to build long term community owned projects that will wotk towards fairness and equality . In 2011 there are still millions of women living in absolute poverty . Far from being complacent we must all re double our efforts in fighting this suffering and injustice "
All ICROSS projects are women based and community owned .
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder International Director
www.icrossinternational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Dr Michael Meegan , international director said today
" for thirty years ICROSS has been dedicated to the rights of women , empowering women, equality and equal opportunity . While great progress has occurred there is no room for complacency . ICROSS projects remain focused on women's health , gender awareness and fighting for a fairer world . A big part of our work is maternal and child health. Today we celebrate the very real advances around the world . Tragically women remain oppressed abused exploited and denied their rights in many countries . "
"Today we honour the women who struggle for justice and basic rights . We continue to build long term community owned projects that will wotk towards fairness and equality . In 2011 there are still millions of women living in absolute poverty . Far from being complacent we must all re double our efforts in fighting this suffering and injustice "
All ICROSS projects are women based and community owned .
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder International Director
www.icrossinternational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Thursday, March 3, 2011
grace
Dr Michael Meegan spoke today in London
The themeiof his talk was the future of International AID
he spoke of the nature of grace and the failure of the multilateral AID structures. In the last lecture of the present tour, Michael Meegan quoted extensively from his forthcoming book THE TRIBE OF ONE.
Dr Meegan returns to Africa this week to launch the Anaemia precvention programme among the Maasai.
Following talks with the co-founder Dr Joe Barnes MD, Dr Mike Meegan returns home to Africa where he has directed Public health innovations and new approaches in community health for three decades. Dr Meegan and Dr Barnes recently launched the new Maternal child health care initiative.
The themeiof his talk was the future of International AID
he spoke of the nature of grace and the failure of the multilateral AID structures. In the last lecture of the present tour, Michael Meegan quoted extensively from his forthcoming book THE TRIBE OF ONE.
Dr Meegan returns to Africa this week to launch the Anaemia precvention programme among the Maasai.
Following talks with the co-founder Dr Joe Barnes MD, Dr Mike Meegan returns home to Africa where he has directed Public health innovations and new approaches in community health for three decades. Dr Meegan and Dr Barnes recently launched the new Maternal child health care initiative.
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