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The non-profit Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts, Al Jana, works closely with ANERA on mobile festivals that tour Palestinian refugee camps and marginalized communities to promote education and creative arts. Al Jana's festivals incorporate ANERA's health campaign, using children's songs, clown shows and street carnivals.
The festivals this summer focused on antismoking. In Lebanon, where more than half the adult population smokes, children paraded in masks of wrinkled faces - their view of smokers. It was a powerful message for their parents and other adults. "I was afraid when I learned that smoking kills," said one 11-year-old participant, "I wish my father would quit." Street theater, art exhibits and educational handouts, all highlighted the message that smoking is bad for the ...
... goal of the street fairs and other CHC activities is to promote healthy living among Lebanon's 400,0...Dr. May Haddad, ANERA's Community Health Advisor, directs the CHC program: "The camp..., teachers, volunteers and community workers. They plan events, acquire new communication skill...
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ON June 28, 1894, Congress established the first Monday in September as Labor Day, a legal holiday.
In the proposal for the holiday, Congress felt the observance and celebration of Labor Day should exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by activities of the workers and their families for their enjoyment on this nationwide holiday.
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...The workers are engaged in activities related to the production of air distribution and ...
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A group of volunteers has been the driving force behind the parks and recreation programs enjoyed by residents in Ross, the director of that department says.
Though it counts its membership in the single digits, Community 2000 has done everything from buying a 36-inch television for the community center to sponsoring programs and providing workers for events and activities.
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...; requires assistance with all activities of daily living; is unable to ambulate or sit with... roles, including counselors, brokers of community resources, advocates for end-of-life wishes, and e...
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BANGOR - The Justice for Healthcare Workers Campaign has set up a Web site for workers and the community to learn about the goals and activities of workers who are seeking to form a union at Eastern Maine Medical Center.
As part of the campaign, some EMMC workers and representatives of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers supporting the campaign are conducting a survey of EMMC employees about working conditions at the hospital.
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... occur in interactions between clients and workers, among members of self-help groups, and in actions..., 2003; Bobic & Davis, 2003).These activities often conflict with the promotion of social work v... own problems by mobilizing family and community supports and resources (Berzin, Cohen, Thomas, & D...
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KUMPULAN Hartanah Selangor Bhd (KHSB), a unit of Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd (KDEB), launched its commercial project, CyberValley Commercial Centre (CVCC) last month.
Positioned as `value for investment' properties, CVCC is located in the heart of the ICT Hub, Cyberjaya, Putrajaya and the proposed development of BioValley Malaysia and Media City. Based on its masterplan, CVCC is slated to be the hub for social and community activities as well as high-quality retail services for local residents and workers.
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... departments do not prioritize social workers in filling line positions, and schools of social w... at its birth; social work's earliest activities included deep involvement in corrections, in court..., standing in as a representative of the community, had no standing to effect change in the delinquen...
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..., hostility and suspicion from the host community, and racism (Ram & Jones, 1998). . It is tradition... entrepreneurs employing co-ethnic workers, other groups like the Koreans, Asian Indians, Gre...) were engaged in wholesaling activities. In fact, an analysis of variance of the mean shar...