http://www.wahenga.net/index.php en [email protected] Copyright 2009 2009-10-16T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/social_protection_helping_families_affected_by_hiv_weather_the_financial_cr/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/social_protection_helping_families_affected_by_hiv_weather_the_financial_cr/#When:05:00:00Z Social transfers such as cash payments, pensions, and food stamps can put resources directly into the hands of those who need them most, and are one key component of social protection. Online News 2009-10-16T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/media_training_on_poverty_food_security_and_social_protection/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/media_training_on_poverty_food_security_and_social_protection/#When:05:00:00Z RHVP invites journalists and communicators from your newsroom/organisation to attend a special two-day training and information-gathering workshop run by frayintermedia entitled "Covering Poverty, Food Security and Social Protection". Event 2009-10-15T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/zain_targets_global_cash_transfers_with_mobile_offer/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/zain_targets_global_cash_transfers_with_mobile_offer/#When:05:00:00Z The balance of power within the money transfer market has tilted further in favour of mobile service providers following the launch of a new service that will allow mobile subscribers to send and receive money from any bank in the world for just Sh10 using their mobile phone. Online News 2009-10-14T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/lesotho_a_little_money_goes_a_long_way/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/lesotho_a_little_money_goes_a_long_way/#When:05:00:00Z Despite her twisted spine and cataracts, Maphoka Tsolo, 91, still managed to lead the way down the steep narrow path behind her stone house in Mathebe, a small village in Mafeteng district, eastern Lesotho, determined to show why her orphaned great-grandchildren deserved the money from the government's cash grants scheme. Online News 2009-10-13T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/more_than_a_bailout_social_protection_for_children_affected_by_aids/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/more_than_a_bailout_social_protection_for_children_affected_by_aids/#When:05:00:00Z Cash supplements make tough decisions over necessities much easier. Though the transfers are small, they mean that parents don't have to cut back on consumption of basic items. Online News 2009-10-12T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/when_smaller_is_better/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/when_smaller_is_better/#When:05:00:00Z Smallholding farming can ease hunger and reduce poverty at a household level in Southern Africa. The adage "If you want to achieve something you have never achieved before, you should do something that you have never done before" is what governments, the private sector, donors and the entire continent need to do. Online News 2009-10-09T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/political_will_and_consensus_making_conditional_cash_transfers_work/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/political_will_and_consensus_making_conditional_cash_transfers_work/#When:05:00:00Z Online News 2009-10-08T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/do_ccts_lessen_the_impact_of_the_current_economic_crisis/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/do_ccts_lessen_the_impact_of_the_current_economic_crisis/#When:05:00:00Z One Pager argues that conditional cash transfers can lessen the impact, only if the programmes are well established. Online News 2009-10-07T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/towards_the_world_summit_on_food_security/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/towards_the_world_summit_on_food_security/#When:05:00:00Z FAO is to host a series of high-profile events leading up to the World Summit on Food Security in November, addressing the issues of rising hunger, how to increase food production for a global population of around nine billion in 2050, the impact of climate change on farming worldwide and investment needs for agriculture. Event 2009-10-06T05:00:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/invest_more_in_irrigation_to_boost_food_security_urge_experts/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/news_views/invest_more_in_irrigation_to_boost_food_security_urge_experts/#When:05:00:00Z Faced with increasing climatic variability, Africa needs to invest more in irrigation to boost food security, a new report says, pointing out that agricultural land in Asia is six times more likely to be irrigated. Online News 2009-10-05T05:00:00+02:00