Loneliness in the elderly: how to help?

Volunteering for an organization that supports older people is a key way of helping a lonely or socially isolated older person.

Sofonie Dala having an interview with older people in Angola. 

These people really need help, there's only one social residence to accommodate older people in Luanda city. 

We are not receiving any help from the government, our sons and daughters abandoned us, lamented the veteran Agostinho Francisco. 

There are lots of ways you can do your bit to help lonely or socially isolated elderly people in your community. The person you're helping will reap health benefits, and you'll find you will as well.

 

Lacuna Fund 2020 for Data Scientists, Researchers and Social Entrepreneurs

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Lacuna Fund 2020 for Data Scientists, Researchers and Social Entrepreneurs

Application Deadline: 3 September 2020

Lacuna Fund provides data scientists, researchers, and social entrepreneurs with the resources they need to either produce new labeled datasets to address an underserved population or problem, augment existing datasets to be more representative, or update old datasets to be more sustainable. All datasets produced will be locally developed and owned, and they will be openly accessible to the international community while adhering to best practices regarding ethics and privacy.

Requirements

Be either a non-profit entity, research institution, for-profit social enterprise, or a team of such organizations. Individuals must apply through an institutional sponsor. Partnerships are welcome but only the lead applicant will receive funds.
Have a mission supporting societal good, broadly defined. 
Have all necessary national or other approvals to conduct proposed research. The approval process may be conducted in parallel with grant application, if necessary. Approval costs, if any, are the responsibility of the applicant. 
Have the technical capacity to conduct dataset labeling, creation, expansion, and/or maintenance. 
Be sufficiently stable to ensure the sustainability of the dataset or have arrangements with an organization of sufficient stability.

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IUBH University of Applied Sciences Online – Scholarship Initiative: 66% Scholarship guaranteed!

 Get your German degree, from one of the largest private universities for online studies in Germany with over 30,000 students, without sacrificing your job or family commitments!

Distance learning at IUBH offers our students the opportunity to develop on a personal and professional level and advance their career through flexible, practice-oriented study. We are particularly looking for professionals and otherwise busy individuals who would like to grow on a personal and professional level whilst continuing their core duties. That is why we design our programs and courses to be as flexible and innovative as possible but without sacrificing the usual high IUBH German quality.

Requirements

IUBH Online wants to make it possible for anyone to take their chance in life. That’s why we offer strong regional scholarships, that can vary in terms of cultural, social, educational or work experience background.

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Woman dies after taking 2 liters of blood from her body

Two nurses accused of causing the death of a citizen in the municipality of Soyo, Zaire province, were arrested Friday by the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC).

According to the spokesman of the Provincial Delegation of the internal Ministry, Luís Bernardo, in statements to the press today, the misfortune occurred in one of the private medical posts in the neighborhood Nkungu-yengele, outskirts of the village, where the 26 years old victim, went to treat a supposed malaria.

"In the health unit she was diagnosed with high hemoglobin (excess blood in the body), and the alleged nurses decided to remove about two liters of blood in the body, causing immediate death to the patient", he explained.

It is suspected that nurses had performed this operation without the slightest mastery of the profession. Reasons why, they are being, for this, implicated in the crime of involuntary manslaughter.

On the same day, the SIC detained in the neighborhood 11 November, outskirts of Mbanza Kongo, a 27-year-old citizen accused of having sexually assaulted his older sister.

University of California, Berkeley MasterCard Scholars Program 2021/2022 for young Africans

Application Deadline: 14th January 2021

At UC Berkeley, the Program has provided support to over 120 students from 2012 to 2020, both undergraduate and professional Master’s students. Students seeking doctoral degrees are not eligible for this Program. To be considered for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, both undergraduate and graduate degree seekers must first be admitted to the university through the regular admissions process. 

Requirements

Being a citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country - If you have refugee status, are stateless, or have other questions regarding your citizenship, you may still be eligible. Please contact us directly to clarify. This scholarship is not intended for citizens of North African countries.
Excelling academically - All prospective Scholars must first be admitted to UC Berkeley to be considered for the Scholarship. An important criteria for admission to the University is demonstrated academic excellence.
Coming from an economically disadvantaged background - We aim to admit those from the bottom two income quintiles per country. This Scholarship is designed for those extremely talented individuals who have no other means of acquiring the further education required to help realize their dreams and ambitions.
Having demonstrated the will to give back to your community, country, or continent - We are looking for well-rounded students who are engaged in activities beyond the classroom. Some may be directly related to your field of study, but this may also include other issues (social, economic, political) that you are working on and passionate about. Applicants should elaborate on their achievements both in their application to UC Berkeley, and then later on the Scholarship application.

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Covid-19: Angolan Engineer creates ultraviolet device to eliminate bacteria

 The Angolan engineer Rui Santos on Wednesday said he has created an ultraviolet ray-based equipment that eliminates microorganisms. 

 

The equipment, based on ultraviolet rays, has already been used by the drinking water producer company Gota Pura since 2012 for water treatment in Angola.

According to Rui Santos, who was speaking to the Angolan Public Television (TPA), the equipment will also serve to combat the new coronavirus.

"The goal is not only to serve the domestic market. The market is global, and our limit will be the limit of demand," he said.

Covid-19: Over 2,000 rapid reactive tests conducted in Angola

 At least 2,527 people from a total of 40,484 screened had contact with the Sars-Cov-2 virus in Angola (reactive cases), according to National Director for Public Healt.

Speaking at usual covid-19 data update press conference on Thursday, Helga Freitas said 6.2 out of 100 individuals are exposed to Covid-19 in the country.

She said that the samples of the reactive cases are being forwarded to the laboratories to be confirmed or ruled out through the RT-PCR method.

The results from the rapid tests are provisional and should be confirmed or discarded by the RT-PCR molecular biology exam which is the most indicated to diagnosis the Covid-19,  according to the health official.

The rapid testing campaign under way since last July is intended to assess the real situation of the virus circulation into the communities, mainly in Luanda province, which records the bulk of those infected.

In addition to the rapid test, the molecular biology laboratories, through the RT-PCR method, have processed a total of 27,297 samples, from which 1,483 were positive and 25,814 negatives.

However, with the confirmation of the new recorded cases of 88 infected, 14 recovered and two deaths reported in the latest 24 hours, the country has  a total of 1,483 positive cases, 64 deaths, 520 recovered and 899 actives.

From the total of actives, two of them are in critical condition, 18 in serious condition, 25 in modest condition and four with mild symptoms and 850 asymptomatic.