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  • 65th Anniversary of Independence Day in India

    65th Anniversary of Independence Day in India

    Homeless citizens hoisted the national flag for the 65th anniversary of Independence Day in India.



  • Cafe’ Diverso in Honduras

    Tegucigalpa M.D.C 29 de Julio del 2012.

    Un día muy especial para ACORN INTERNACIONAL HONDURAS nuestra primera prueba del café gourmet orgánico en Honduras, “CAFÉ DIVERSO”, La despensa del café de tu región, donde hemos hecho una recolección delicada de los mejores granos de café de distintas partes del país, tal como lo indica su nombre, queremos darte lo mejor del café de altura, hoy hemos seleccionado el centro de Tegucigalpa para dar a conocer a nuestros y nuestras clientes esta idea innovadora del consumo de café orgánico en Honduras, dando a conocer la calidad y el esfuerzo de diferentes Cooperativas, así mismo dar la apertura de un nuevo mundo de sabores diversos a nuestra población. Las y los probadores dieron un visto bueno a las diferentes regiones sea por su densidad, por su color, por su olor, y claro está el sabor, tuvimos la oportunidad de adquirir distintas pruebas como el café con canela, café con pimienta, café con cacao, los cuales fueron un éxito ya que su aceptación fue muy buena, algunos y algunas de nuestros probadores nos expresaron que “no habían saboreado antes estas mezclas de café”, pero que ahora estarán pendientes en adquirirlos.

    Estamos muy entusiasmados y entusiasmadas por la apertura de:

    “CAFÉ DIVERSO” La despensa del café de tu región.

    A very special day for ACORN INTERNATIONAL HONDURAS our first test of gourmet organic coffee in Honduras, “COFFEE MIXED“, The Pantry‘s coffee region, where we have made ​​a fine collection of the best coffee beans from around the country, such as indicated by its name, we give you the best coffee high, today we have selected the center of Tegucigalpa to present to our and our customers this innovative idea of the consumption of organic coffee in Honduras, making known the quality and effort different cooperatives, likewise to the opening of a new world of different flavors to our population. The testers and gave a nod to the different regions is by its density, its color, smell, taste and of course we had the opportunity to acquire various tests such as coffee with cinnamon, coffee, pepper, coffee cocoa, which were a success because its acceptance was very good, some and some of our testers said that we “had not tasted before these blends of coffee,” but now will be looking to purchase them. We are thrilled and excited by the opening of:
    “DIFFERENT COFFEE” The coffee pantry for the region.

  • Conferenza mondiale di ACORN International/Presidente David Tozzo per ACORN Italy

    Conferenza di ACORN International a Città del Messico,

    17 maggio 2012

     

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  • Manifesto for Remittances in Neza & Press from Mexico

    ACORN Mexico issues a Manifesto for Remittances in Nezahualcóyotl.  This work is the result of a workshop with community residents and interviews with community residents of Neza that were conducted between May 29th and June 20th.  This workshop had the participation of Professor Juarez from the Universidad Obrera, Professor Diaz Rodriguez, a former elected member for the areas of culture and education in Neza, as well as Nadia Nehls, from the Federal Senate and Angelica Gay from Human Rights.  

    Manifesto was a research project by Nuno Solano de Almeida (Lisbon, Portugal) from the Clinton School of Public Health.  Almeida completed his graduate studies in Portugal, Italy and Belgium, including a post-graduate degree in International Relations. His previous experience in the U.S. includes fundraising with Johns Hopkins University and advocacy on racial justice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Almeida’s passions include development and international cooperation.

    Click here to read the Manifesto.

    See the links below for exciting press coverage of the issue of remittances in Mexico.

    La Jornada

    El Universal

    Cartera

     

  • ACORN Canada 2012 Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting

    ACORN Canada 2012 Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting

    At the ACORN Canada 2012 Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting for ACORN Canada held over the weekend, the entire ACORN Canada board and all cities came together to report on the past year and make new plans.

    ACORN Canada Board Member Ginelise Edouard from Ottawa, ACORN International President & ACORN Canada President Kay Bisnath from Toronto, and ACORN Canada Head Organizer Judy Duncan (seated from left to right).

    ACORN Canada Board Member Evan Coole from Cape Breton, ACORN Canada Board Member Dave Tate from New Westminster, and Sharon Shireve from Greater Toronto (seated from left to right).

    ACORN Canada Board Member Ginelise Edouard reports on work in Ottawa.

    ACORN Canada Board Member Evan Coole reports on work in Cape Breton, sitting between ACORN Board Member Marva Burnett from Toronto and ACORN Canada Board Member Dave Tate from New Westminster.

    ACORN Canada Communications Coordinator James Wardlaw discusses communications strategies while sitting next to ACORN International President and ACORN Canada President Kay Bisnath.

    ACORN Canada Board Members (standing from left to right) Peter Gardner from Surrey, Evan Coole Cape Breton, Dave Tate from New Westminster, Ginelise Edouard from Ottawa, Marva Burnett from Toronto, Rohan Jagroo from Toronto, and Pascal Apuwa from Calgary.  ACORN Canada Board Members (sitting from left to right) Preeti Misra from Vancouver, Winifred Fleson from Toronto, Sharon Shireve Greater Toronto, Eddy Lantz from Toronto, and Kay Bisnath from Toronto.

    ACORN Board Member Marva Burnett.

    ACORN Canada Board Member Sharon Shireve from Greater Toronto.

    ACORN Canada Board Member Winifred Fleson from Toronto.

  • Remittance Justice in the News in China

    Chinese Press on Remittance Justice Campaigns and current bill in Ontario.

  • Support Cap on Remittance Fees Now

    MPP Jagmeet Singh Asks Question on Remittance Fees to the Minister of Consumer Services in Ontario, Canada.

     

  • Updates from Dharavi

    Updates from Dharavi

     

    New concrete fence and concertina wire in Dharavi after 10 meters of slums were cleared on each side of sewer pipes.

     

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    New ACORN Recycling Center

     

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    Our World.

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    ACORN India’s Mission

     

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    One of our recyclers doing a rap about Dharavi for a crew from Panamanian TV — Telemetro.

     

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    Recyclers

     

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    Signs at our office.

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    More recycling.

     

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    The ACORN football (soccer) team shirts for our 70 players.

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    ACORN’s English Class draws a crowd.

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    Corporate Social Responsibility project with us got a wall painted at St. Xavier’s.

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    Vinod Shetty consults with Laxsma and other Dharavi leaders.

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    ACORN Dharavi Rocks band practices once a week.

     

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    Hot drummer on the plastic drum.

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    Dharavi Rocks sings together.

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    All of our instruments are recycled plastic or glass items.

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  • Organizing Small Retail Workers in Bengaluru

    Organizing Small Retail Workers in Bengaluru

    Bengaluru (Bangalore)  Here are some pictures of the work of ACORN India and organizer Suresh Kadashan in organizing retial workers in Bengaluru who have to fight against displacement of vendor space and for union recognition.

    Organizing on the city buses . . .

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    Market plans being discussed with Suresh and the K. R. Puram Santhe Maidane Market Association Secretary

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    Farmers’ Market

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    Some of the street vendors with organizer Suresh Kadashan.

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    The third-generation president of the K. R. Puram Santhe Maidane Market Association working with ACORN talks of the next action that is slated to protest displacement and developer plans as a rally where at the end they give blood and donate their eyes to charity, since, yes, the city is taking their very lifeblood and future vision away.

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    Suresh & the Streetvendor President’s Wife

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    Member selling coconuts.

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    Spices from our traders.

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    Goat and her kid frolicking in the streets.

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    Four kinds of chilli.

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    Puja Spices

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    Trading spices with four kinds of vermillion.

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  • ACORN India and Dharavi Kids Featured in Times of India

    Dharavi Kids Create New Sound of Music 

    PUNE: Come Sunday, and Puneites will get a chance to see the performance of a group of children from ‘Dharavi Rocks’, which creates music out of waste material. The uniqueness of the music lies in the instruments used, which are all from recycled plastic, buckets, tin covers, soft cans, water drums, etc. 

    The children, in the age-group of 10 to 17 years, will belt out rap songs and Bollywood numbers. The programme is organised by eCoexist as part of the ‘Beauty of recycling’ event at Fab India Jehangir at 6 pm. 

    The children live and work in Dharavi, the biggest slum in Asia and the hub of most of the recycling activities in Mumbai. Some of them are working as ragpickers, while a few go to school and some are school dropouts. They had the opportunity to perform with well known artistes like Shankar Mahadevan, Sunita Rao and other international ones, and with Indian rock band Agnee and Something Relevant, a jam band. 

    Sunday’s programme will be hosted by Taal Inc, a drumming group here. 

    Dharavi Rocks is part of the Dharavi project, an initiative of NGO ACORN Foundation (India). The project works for the rag pickers’ rights. Utilizing artists and social impact programmes, it tries to change the living conditions of rag pickers who are segregating waste in and around the landfills of Mumbai. 

    The foundation has tied up with Blue Frog, an entertainment venue and music club, to bring music in these children’s lives. 

    Vinod Shetty, director of the ACORN Foundation (India) and an advocate by profession, told TOI: “These kids have no formal training. They are aided by musicians Abhijeet and Ayush, who come on a weekly basis to train and guide them. They concentrate on percussion instruments that are traditional and use old water drums, covers of monitors, bottles, plastic waste, among others, to create a rhythm. The shaker is made out of soft drink cans, filled with soil, and the mouth is taped for creating effective music. And the percussion instrument is made from plastic water drums. Thus, they create music from the waste that is available in plenty in Dharavi.” 

    “The performance is for the cause of recycling and to draw the public’s attention towards rag pickers. This will be their first performance in Pune,” Shetty added. 

    “Nearly 40% of those working in the waste business are children and women. We realised that just providing education will not work. Many kids joined us for a few days and left. So, the foundation opted for multimedia syllabus and conducts workshops where young children can get some kind of informal education,” he said. 

    According to Shetty, these children have tremendous self-esteem and confidence. “Most of their families are working in Dharavi as rag pickers or in recycle industries. We want these children to get jobs in offices with the help of our volunteers so that they do not have to face any occupational hazards,” Shetty said.

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Dharavi-kids-create-new-sound-of-music/articleshow/13981238.cms

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