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Protesters in San Salvador
demand better access to water
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As world water week draws to a close in Stockholm, Progressio development worker Marcos Sanjuan says the struggle for water is far from over in El Salvador: 42% of the population now lack access to the most basic resource.
Kevin Ndemera (43) a development worker for Progressio, has been appointed country representative for Zimbabwe.
Progressio has backed former US President Bill Clinton's call for medical services to be improved in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Progressio today welcomed Pope Benedict XVI’s stark message on the environment, which warned of the perils of pillaging the planet’s natural resources.
Events at Progressio
Progressio's AGM will take place on the 14th October 2008 at Westminster Central Hall, London.
The speaker will be Fernanda Borges a parliamentarian from Timor Leste.
Latest publications
 ProgressioFaith and HIV and AIDS. Plus articles on the crisis in Zimbabwe, justice for Timor Leste, and young people in Nicaragua.
 Sean McDonagh and Donal DorrIn this Comment, Sean McDonagh and Donal Dorr argue that Terminator technology (the genetic modification of seeds so that they become sterile after the first planting) poses an unacceptable threat to poor and marginalised small-scale farmers and to the world’s environment, and is fundamentally wrong on moral and theological grounds.
 Mark BradburySince declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, the Republic of Somaliland has successfully managed a process of reconciliation, demobilisation and the restoration of law and order. This book - the most authoritative account to date of the birth and growth of Somaliland - explores why Somaliland has not followed Somalia into 'state collapse', and considers issues of post-conflict resolution and state-building that will be of relevance and interest to all concerned with peace and progress, not just in Africa but worldwide.
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