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Salesian Missions Highlights Life-Altering Educational Applications for Refugees About the Globe to Mark Planet Refugee Day 2013

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New Rochelle, NY (PRWEB) June 27, 2013

To mark Planet Refugee Day 2013, Salesian Missions highlighted Salesian programs about the globe that give life-changing education and assistance for refugees in want.

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Every year, June 20 marks World Refugee Day, a day that honors the plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people about the globe. The United Nations noted that at the end of 2012, there have been 43.7 million refugees globally, virtually 80 percent of whom are girls and young children.

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The day, very first established in 2001, is held annually and is coordinated by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHRC. The concentrate of Globe Refugee Day is to honor the courage, strength and determination of females, men and youngsters forced to flee their properties below threat of persecution, conflict and violence.

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Every year, World Refugee Day reflects on certain struggles faced by refugees. This years theme is 1 loved ones torn apart by conflict is also many.

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On Planet Refugee Day, let us reaffirm the significance of solidarity and burden-sharing by the international neighborhood, says U.N. Secretary-Common Ban Ki-moon in a recent statement about Globe Refugee Day. Refugees have been deprived of their properties, but they must not be deprived of their futures.”

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Salesian Missions has provided highlights of applications assisting refugees around the globe. These applications had been created by Salesian Missions and funded by the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

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SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA:

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Given that 1983, ethnic violence in Sri Lanka has forced tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils from their homeland in search of safety and a new life in Tamil Nadu, India. Since 2010, Salesian Missions has been providing a plan for young male and female Sri Lankan refugees who have been living in refugee camps in 15 target districts in India.

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In June 2013, 860 refugees graduated from this vocational and entrepreneurial plan. Half of these students attended a Salesian technical and vocational coaching center, finding out job capabilities in electrical, woodworking, personal computer technology and related trades.

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Nonetheless, half of the studentswomen living in refugee camps and caring for childrenneeded a much less classic opportunity. Unable to leave to attend school, Salesian Missions created a program to bring to them inside the refugee camps. The ladies received coaching for expertise such as jewelry-producing and sewing and also had been supplied entrepreneurial workshops. The program also helped the women developed a organization cooperative, and through a micro-credit program equipment was made offered to them (such as sewing machines). As a group, they are able to give their solutions and merchandise to neighborhood organization, taking benefit of their news expertise while still taking care of their households.

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AFGHAN REFUGEE College Youngsters IN PAKISTAN:

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In Pakistan, a Salesian Missions system is serving Afghan refugee school youngsters and their families in Quetta, the capital of the Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. The programwhich started in 2012 and recently received continued fundingcenters on reinforcing primary education systems at six schools in extremely volatile Quetta, Pakistan. The concentrate of the program includes every thing from teacher education and resource improvements for kid finding out, to infrastructure improvement and internet-ready pc labs.

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The objective of the Quetta plan is to mainstream struggling Afghan refugee schools so they may turn into a part of the Pakistani education community and benefit from its shared institutional sources. Close to 2,200 students ages 4 to 13 are benefiting from Salesian Missions extensive approach to strengthening their education. A lot more than 70 teachers have been professionally educated for their function with the refugee youth population and motivated to make a difference in their improved schools. Schools that once had walls in danger of falling have been repaired, supplying a protected spot for eager, vibrant-eyed children to get an education.

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Additionally, the system administration has ensured by means of advocacy and policy dialogue with Government and NGO Partners that the education students obtain in Pakistan will be recognized by the Government of Afghanistan, should their families return property.

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COLOMBIAN REFUGEES:

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In recent years, much more than 450,000 folks have fled the violence of Colombia to neighboring Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama and Costa Rica. Salesian Missions New Beginnings initiative, which began in 2011, worked with a lot more than 1,000 Colombian refugees in these 4 nations supplying vocational and human improvement training as properly as job placement solutions.

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Several of the Colombian refugees have no marketable capabilities. They cant uncover jobs and the lack of coaching makes it challenging to start their own enterprise or join with other folks to kind cooperatives. Without jobs, it is tough to locate stability for their households and construct new lives. The New Beginnings plan allowed these victims of violence and chaos to begin more than and build a stable, hopeful future for themselves and their households.

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By way of the system, each refugee student received 260 hours of technical training as nicely as 40 hours of human development workshops. These education applications coupled with the job placement services operate to assist Colombian refugees to start off over and create productive lives in their new communities.

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ABOUT SALESIAN MISSIONS:

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Salesian Missions is the U.S. improvement arm of the international Salesians of Don Boscospecializing in programs and services for at-risk youth in far more than 130 nations. The Salesians are broadly regarded the worlds biggest private provider of vocational and technical education.

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For far more details about Salesian Missions, go to http://www.salesianmissions.org. For more news from Salesian Missions, go to http://www.missionnewswire.org.

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“Alert Gum” Highlights Uncertain Regulatory Status of Caffeine

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Hampton, Virginia (PRWEB) May 31, 2013

In April 2013, Wrigley launched Alert Power Caffeine Gum with much fanfare. Nonetheless, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) concerns about the added caffeine in foods caused Wrigley to take its Alert Power Caffeine gum, which has the exact same amount of caffeine as half a cup of coffee, off the industry. Wrigley announced that “it had stopped new sales and advertising and marketing of Alert Power Caffeine Gum ‘out of respect’ for the F.D.A.” Registrar Corp, an FDA consultancy firm, assists companies with troubles associated to labeling and ingredients.

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This circumstance highlights the recent focus on the avalanche of caffeinated foods entering the U.S. marketplace. Meals makers have been adding caffeine to a assortment of foods: potato chips, jelly beans, energy drinks, to name a couple of. FDA issued a statement applauding Wrigley for its selection and announcing the agency’s intent to work “with industry, the scientific and healthcare community, and all interested parties to address the concerns posed by added caffeine in foods and beverages.”

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The heart of the situation lies in how FDA regulates substances added to food. “Meals additives” are these substances added to meals that have not been normally recognized as secure (GRAS). Meals additives should be authorized by FDA through the meals additive petition method and are then codified into regulation. GRAS substances are those substances that are usually recognized, amongst certified authorities, as possessing been adequately shown to be secure beneath the circumstances of their intended uses. This can be established by way of a widespread history of consumption for meals use. Alternately, it can be created via scientific procedures, requiring the same quantity and top quality of scientific proof as would be essential to get approval of the substance as a food additive. GRAS substances might be self-affirmed by the manufacturer or affirmed by FDA and written into regulation. A business might also submit a GRAS notice to FDA to inform the agency of their determination that a substance is GRAS. FDA particularly affirmed caffeine as GRAS for “cola-variety beverages” with a tolerance level of .02%. The addition of caffeine to other types of food items is not covered by the regulation. So is caffeine added to gum (or potato chips, or jelly beans) regarded as GRAS? If not, one could argue that the addition of caffeine to these merchandise tends to make it an “unapproved food additive” and for that reason the item is adulterated.

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When announcing its choice, Wrigley stated “we have a greater appreciation for its [FDA’s] concern about the proliferation of caffeine in the nations food provide. There is a need for modifications in the regulatory framework to greater guide the shoppers and the business about the appropriate level and use of caffeinated products.” FDA has stated its intent to take “a fresh appear at the prospective influence that the totality of new and simple sources of caffeine may possibly have on overall health, especially vulnerable populations such as children and youth, and if necessary, will take proper action.” Food makers will require to be ready to affirm the security of caffeine at the levels found in their items.

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Registrar Corp aids food and beverage exporters to comprehend and comply with U.S. FDA regulations. Registrar Corp welcomes meals and beverage companies to attend a seminar on U.S. FDA Food and Beverage Labeling Regulations as part of the Akademie Fresenius Conference at the Atrium Hotel Mainz in Mainz, Germany on June 18-19, 2013.

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Organizations contemplating the development of goods containing food additives (i.e. caffeine) may possibly want to contact a regulatory specialist, such as Registrar Corp. Registrar Corp’s Label &amp Ingredient Assessment service will inform businesses of the regulatory status of their components so that they may decide no matter whether it will be permitted by FDA. For a lot more info about food ingredients, labeling and other FDA regulations, please get in touch with Registrar Corp 24/7 at http://www.registrarcorp.com/livehelp or call us at +1-757-224-0177.

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Sunovis Financial Highlights New SBA System Focused on Veterans

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) Might 27, 2013

Early final week the U.S. Little Business Administration (SBA) announced that they would be launching the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment to increase lending activity to U.S. Veterans by five percent a year more than the coming five years. The SBA expects the initiative to assist roughly 2,000 U.S. veterans get modest organization loans by growing veteran lending by $ 475 million more than the coming 5 years.

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The SBA has begun this initiative in partnership with their prime 20 national lending partners and an further 100 regional lending partners. The initiative was created to address issues that veterans frequently face when trying to raise capital for a new tiny enterprise.

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This new SBA initiative truly highlights the Administrations commitment to assisting the nations veterans. It is ironic that even though our nations veterans are prepared to threat their lives, many lenders are unwilling to danger lending to veterans. I discover the program to be an superb adjust to this mindset, stated Terry Robinson, president of Sunovis Economic.

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The new program is noticed as a good compliment to the existing SBA partnership with the National Association of Improvement Businesses that has been offering training and financing discounts to veterans who are interested in starting a little enterprise or currently have an existing business.

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Our service males and females have made incalculable contributions and sacrifices for our nation, and supporting them as they pursue their dreams to start or grow their personal enterprise is 1 of SBAs highest priorities, SBA Administrator Karen Mills mentioned.

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Whilst small businesses make up a massive percentage of organizations in the U.S., veterans account for nine % of these tiny organizations. Together they employ more than 5 million men and women and contribute extensively to the U.S. economy.

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