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26/7: Joint Annual Rural Finance Thematic Workshop 22 - 24 September 2010
The annual Joint Rural Finance Thematic workshop for the year 2010 jointly organized by International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Regional Office for Africa, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) supported Knowledge Management Programme (KMP), and the Swedish Co-operative Centre & Vi-Agroforestry (SCC-Vi), Regional Offices in Eastern and Southern Africa. The workshop will take place 22-24 September 2010 at the Intercontinental Hotel Lusaka, Zambia.
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23/6: Anneli Rogeman new CEO of the Swedish Cooperative Centre and Vi Agroforestry
Anneli Rogeman, who is currently the CEO and Editor in Chief of the magazine Tidningen Vi, has been appointed as the new CEO of the Swedish non-governmental organisations, the Swedish Cooperative Centre and the Vi Agroforestry. She will assume the post on 1 January 2011.
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31/5: Our work during 2009
The annual report for 2009 describes the work of Swedish Cooperative Centre around the world.
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2008-12-10

Study circles give hope to "cleaning" victims in Zimbabwe

Mr Tapfumaneyi used to work in Harare as a welder and metal fabricator, but his life was destroyed by the governmental "cleaning" operation of slum areas in Zimbabwe - Murambatsvina (Restore order) - three years ago. He regained hope again through study circles supported by the Swedish Cooperative Centre, and is now a self reliant farmer with his own animal stock. But life in Zimbabwe is hard and it is a progress with many obstacles.

 

Mr Tapfumaneyi pumping water from his new well. To get the water to the farm he has installed above ground tanks that acts as boosters to irrigate distant beds, using the gravitation to pull.

Mr Tapfumaneyi is pumping water from his new well. To get the water to the farm he has installed above ground tanks that acts as boosters to