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	<title>IFAPA - Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa</title>
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	<description>Seven major faith traditions working for peace and human rights on the African continent: African Traditional Religions, the Baha'l Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism</description>
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		<title>Inter-Faith Condolence Prayer for the Victims of the July 11th 2010 in Kampala</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inter-Faith condolence prayer took place for the victims of the July 11th 2010 twin bombimg of Kampala. The prayes was held at Baps Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple 18th July.
On the night of Sunday 11th July 2010, a tragedy fell in Kampala when soccer fans watching the world cup finals at Lugogo Rugby club and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=334</link>
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		<title>A Faith Based response to Gender Violence &#8211; Tamar Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apathy and hush tones regarding matters of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) within the family; the church and other institutions in the society only encourage violence against women and children.  A combination of the spiritual, legal, psychological, and health support goes a long way in aiding the holistic healing of a violated survivor.
‘Faith’ is well placed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=328</link>
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		<title>Youth Desk starts a newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newsletter #1
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		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=316</link>
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		<title>Women and Peace-building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the traditional African setting, women were assigned various roles, chief among these was the role of child-care – giving birth and then caring for the young ones from cradle to responsible adulthood. Women therefore played the role of educators of the children and both boys and girls received responsible upbringing and socialization from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=308</link>
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		<title>Women Actions for Peace in Nigeria Jos, Jang and Genocide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Hajiya Bilkisu (mni)
‘Conscience is an open wound, only the truth can heal it’ &#8211; Usman Danfodio
As the dust settled, the women in Jos across ethnic and religious divide fasted and prayed for three days and planned a protest march to register their condemnation of the wanton destruction of lives and property in their once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=299</link>
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		<title>IFAPA Women seeking to make a positive change in their communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a new year &#8211; 2010 and IFAPA women have started the year on a high note &#8211; they are committed to making a difference in their communities this year. This is not to say that they were quiet last year, rather it is to say that their impact will be stronger this year. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=282</link>
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		<title>A Mother&#8217;s Cry for Healthy Africa Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Launch in the SADC Sub-region, 18th November 2009
By Merab Mulindi
The involvement of women in the IFAPA process is captured under A Mother’s Cry for a Healthy Africa Campaign which was adopted at the ‘mothers and daughters’ of Africa Pre-Summit that preceded the second IFAPA Peace Summit in Benoni in South Africa in 2005. The Campaign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=242</link>
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		<title>IFAPA President &#8217;s Letter to Danish Climate Change Ministers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IFAPA President Dr. Ishmael Noko have sent a letter to Copenhagen to the Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and the Minister of Climate Change Conference, Ms. Connie Hedegaard on the issues of IFAPA third Summit.
(Letter PDF attached.)
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		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=237</link>
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		<title>Outcome Document &#8211; The Gaborone Declaration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IFAPA Third Summit
Envisioning a Peaceful Africa: Water For All
17-21 November 2009, Gaborone, Botswana
Outcome Document
The Gaborone Declaration
We, participants in the Third Summit of Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) coming from African Traditional Religion, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Muslim communities, together with representatives of governments of the region and the private sector, gathered in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=232</link>
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		<title>IFAPA Third Summit to UN Climate Change Conference: Climate change and its impacts is an issue of justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IFAPA third Summit calls for justice for Africa as an essential outcome of United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place Dec. 7 &#8211; 18 in Copenhagen, with commitments to funding for essential climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in the continent. &#8220;Not as a matter of charity, but as an ethical response to the damage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifapa-africa.org/?p=229</link>
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