How strong academic support can change university students' lives: Black South African students need fewer excuses and more support from universities. Kim Ludbrook/EPAIn South Africa tens of thousands of students leave universities each year without completing their degrees. They are largely being pushed out of the system due to funding issues and a lack of academic support. … [Read more...] about How strong academic support can change university students’ lives | The Conversation
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SA News: UN forum wraps up in South Africa with a call for better data to improve people’s lives
UN forum wraps up in South Africa with a call for better data to improve people's lives: The UN World Data Forum is the perfect place to launch the action plan and get all the major players behind it, said Wu Hongbo, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, underlining the importance of accurate, reliable, timely and ... Source: "South Africa" - … [Read more...] about SA News: UN forum wraps up in South Africa with a call for better data to improve people’s lives
USAID Support Saved Lives and Improved Family Health
USAID Support Saved Lives and Improved Family Health: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and its partners Pathfinder and John Snow, Inc., marked the successful completion of the Integrated Family Health Program, its flagship maternal, newborn and child health support and family planning program. The program enhanced the capacity and built the skills of … [Read more...] about USAID Support Saved Lives and Improved Family Health
Central African Republic: UN-backed humanitarian plan aims to save 2.2 million lives
Central African Republic: UN-backed humanitarian plan aims to save 2.2 million lives: The Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and the United Nations humanitarian country team today launched the nearly $ 400 million response plan for the 2017-2019 period to meet the basic needs of 2.2 million Central Africans. According to a press release from the UN Office for … [Read more...] about Central African Republic: UN-backed humanitarian plan aims to save 2.2 million lives
Real time and real people, living real lives will count in the digisphere in 2017
Real time and real people, living real lives will count in the digisphere in 2017: Over 2016, social media continued to dominate the digital waves worldwide with new apps as well as information-hungry audiences, who in South Africa, really started to switch onto mobile, so says Deseré Orrill, co-founder of Ole! Media Group and managing director of … [Read more...] about Real time and real people, living real lives will count in the digisphere in 2017
