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Journals > Journal: Critical Issues For Children and Youths > Article: Effects of Welfare Reform on Teenage Parents and Their Children
Journal Issue: Critical Issues For Children and Youths Volume 5 Number 2 Summer/Fall 1995
J. Lawrence Aber Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Rebecca A. Maynard
The Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration
In 1986, two years before the Family Support Act was passed, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiated the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration to test a new model of welfare which might stem the burgeoning of welfare caseloads by reducing teenage childbearing and improving the employment incentives and prospects of teenagers who do have babies.39 Three principles undergirded this model: (1) parents have primary responsibility for their own health and welfare and for the health and welfare of their children; (2) the government has an obligation to help welfare-dependent mothers overcome barriers to self-sufficiency; and (3) intervention should begin early, before welfare dependency patterns develop.
Demonstration programs were established in Chicago and at two sites in New Jersey (Camden and Newark). At each site, teenage parents eligible for welfare who were assigned to the demonstration group received the maximum grant only if they actively pursued skills and experience that would boost their earnings potential and promote their self-sufficiency. Special program offices administered the new welfare requirements and provided comprehensive services to reduce the barriers that impeded the young mothers' participation in required activities. Thus the demonstration programs linked education, job training, and employment opportunities for the young mothers to services such as child care, parenting supports, and case management assistance that addressed the needs of children, following the model of two-generation programs.40,41
The Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration was designed as an alternative approach to routine welfare services which should apply to all the teenage parents entering the welfare system at each site, not only to individuals who might volunteer to receive special assistance in redirecting their lives toward self-sufficiency. By contrast, most previous program initiatives targeted volunteers.15,42-45 Each Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration program identified all teenage mothers of a single child when they applied to receive AFDC and enrolled all who completed applications into the experiment (approximately 6,000 mothers over the two-year demonstration period). About half of these young mothers were randomly assigned to participate in the enhanced services program in their city, and the remainder were assigned to a control group who received regular AFDC services. This article summarizes information gathered after two years on the effects that the demonstration programs had on the activities, educations, earnings, and childbearing of these young women42,46,47 and on parenting behavior and child outcomes.48
Program ComponentsParticipation in self-sufficiency activities was mandatory for those individuals assigned to the enhanced services group. To continue receiving their full welfare benefits, these young mothers had to develop and comply with approved plans for engaging in school, job training, or employment. Case managers worked with 50 to 80 young women at a time and helped them decide what education or training to pursue, found open slots in education and training programs, coaxed them to persist in their plans, and counseled them when problems arose.49 They also helped the young mothers find child care, deal with personal and family crises, and take advantage of program and community support services. If a young mother failed to persist in her planned activities despite the program's help in addressing obstacles, the case manager applied financial sanctions by cutting her welfare benefits by the amount normally allocated to the mother's needs. For instance, the young mother's monthly AFDC grant (in 1991, a mother with one child received $322 in New Jersey and $268 in Chicago) would be reduced by about $160 until she resumed participation.
Early on, participants were required to attend workshops focusing on personal skills, their new parental responsibilities, and the demands they would face in later education, training, and employment activities.50 Program staff linked participants to education, training, and employment services both in-house and in community agencies. All three programs offered classroom high school equivalency (GED) courses, on-site job readiness workshops, referrals to counseling, and job skill training provided in other agencies. Each program also conducted problem-solving workshops to help selected participants cope with particular problems or pursue particular goals. After the initial workshop series, case managers helped the participants handle parenting issues on an individual basis, and they occasionally made home visits.
The programs provided child care and transportation subsidies to participants, and they paid for training and education expenses such as uniforms, registration fees, and tools. Parents who used licensed child care centers and approved family child care providers could receive child care payments, and when they were at the program site they could use on-site child care. The Chicago and Newark programs provided specially equipped child care rooms, and in the Camden program staff members were available to care for children on an as-needed basis.37,38
The costs of the demonstration program were relatively modest. About $6.8 million covered operating costs at all three sites, including $4.1 million in federal demonstration funds.51 Total expenditures for the four years of program operations averaged about $2,000 for each of the approximately 3,500 participants. Aggregate resource costs, including the costs of community-provided services such as alternative education and job training services, were about $2,400 a year for each young mother. This sum included about $500 per person for child care and transportation services, including the on-site child care facilities in Chicago and Newark.
The ParticipantsAs mentioned above, the demonstration's target population consisted of all teenage mothers beginning to receive AFDC who had only one child or who were in the third trimester of a pregnancy. Although only 6% to 17% of new AFDC applicants at the three sites were teenage parents, because they typically depend on welfare for a long time, past experience suggests that they would eventually make up about half of the welfare caseload at each site. The Family Support Act, passed after this demonstration was well under way, made participation in JOBS activities mandatory for AFDC recipients between 16 and 19 years of age who had dropped out of school. Roughly one-third of the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration participants fit those criteria and would be considered mandatory participants in the JOBS program, and another third were likely to become mandatory when they reached 16 or dropped out of school. The JOBS program would not require participation of the final third because they had either completed high school or were older than 19. They were, however, required to participate in the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration activities.
As a group, the mothers in the demonstration were highly disadvantaged, and virtually all faced significant barriers to self-sufficiency (see Table 1). They were young, averaging 18 years of age, and 5% were 15 or younger. About 30% had dropped out before completing high school, and most who were still in school were behind grade level. Some 55% to 60% of the demonstration participants had reading scores below the eighth grade level, which is the minimum level often required for participation in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) job training courses. More than half of the young mothers had had some work experience. One-third reported child care problems, and one-fourth cited transportation problems that had limited their employment options. Many of these teenage mothers had left their parents' homes; only about half were living with other adults who potentially could offer economic and social support. Only one-third received financial assistance from the child's father (30% received child support, 4% lived with the father). The profile of teenagers in this sample is one of young mothers who clearly need a great deal of help if they are to make progress toward economic self-sufficiency.
Research Questions and ProceduresThe demonstration was designed to address a number of important policy questions. At the most basic level, it sought to increase understanding of the size and characteristics of the population of teenage parents on welfare. Even today, most state welfare agencies cannot review their caseloads and distinguish the teenagers in AFDC households who are themselves parents from those who are not. Little is known about the particular strengths and service needs that characterize the teenage parent population.
Another central goal of the demonstration concerned the feasibility of implementing a universal-coverage, mandatory employment and training program for young parents on welfare. Could states design and operate programs on a sufficient scale to meet the needs of all their clients? Could they develop enough education and training opportunities, and address adequately the child care needs of large numbers of infants? How important and effective would the financial sanctions be in promoting program participation among this special population?
The ultimate questions posed by the architects of the demonstration concerned whether this reformed welfare program would reduce significantly the incidence of long-term welfare dependency. In the short run, this meant looking at the effects of the program on progress toward self-sufficiency. Did the reformed welfare program promote higher levels of participation in activities such as school or job training? Did the young mothers in the reformed system experience higher employment and earn more? Did they delay subsequent childbearing? Were they likely to receive greater financial assistance from the fathers of their children as a result of special efforts by the welfare program to establish paternity and secure child support awards? Over the longer run, the evaluation will also reveal beneficial or harmful impacts on children that might result from the mothers' activities outside the home, their parenting behaviors, or their decisions concerning child care.
The evaluators used a multipronged approach to answer these questions. They gathered baseline information from 5,297 young mothers prior to their assignment into the regular or the demonstration welfare programs and made site visits to observe the programs. A follow-up telephone interview was conducted with 3,867 randomly selected mothers about 30 months after they enrolled in the demonstration, with a response rate of 88%. In addition, 70 mothers responded to in-depth interviews, 88 participated in focus group discussions, and the experiences of 46 were discussed in case conferences with program staff. The evaluators also reviewed state agency administrative records to gather longitudinal data on the young mothers' receipt of AFDC, food stamps, child support, unemployment compensation, and wages. Finally, a special study involving interviews and videotaped observations conducted at one of the sites assessed parenting abilities and styles, and aspects of the children's development. From these multiple sources of data, a picture emerges of how the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration was implemented, the experience of the teenage parents in the demonstration, and the short-term effects of the demonstration on the mothers and their children.
Mothers' Responses to the Program
No program takes place in a vacuum, and the interviews and focus group discussions brought to light many differences in the ways the teenage mothers responded to the opportunities and demands of participating in a welfare-to-work program.52 All the young women lived in poverty, often in dangerous neighborhoods that provided relatively few role models to guide them toward social and economic independence. They differed considerably, however, in personal characteristics, such as motivation, cognitive skills, self-esteem, and social support, which can impede or facilitate their participation and progress. Examples of these differences are offered here to bring the experiences of the participants to life, and comments by the participants are included in Box 1.
Experiences with Education
As a group, the 30% who were high school dropouts faced the greatest barriers to self-sufficiency. Some had extremely poor basic skills and no family resources to support them; many confronted barriers compounded by deep personal problems, dysfunctional home situations, and welfare system entrenchment. Others had dropped out of school because of transitory circumstances—for instance, when the pregnancy coincided with another major family crisis—and they were more responsive to the program's pressure to return to school.
Similar contrasts were found among groups of mothers who had more success and stronger attachments to school. Some of the mothers had enough ambition or family support to remain in school after giving birth; others needed the assistance provided by the demonstration program to maintain attendance. In still other cases, even the program's support failed to keep the teenagers enrolled in school. The high school graduates varied as well. Some already had the skills they needed to pursue employment or higher education, but they lacked motivation or faced family problems and other impediments. Others, on the path to self-sufficiency, took advantage of program resources to expedite their achievement of this goal.
Resiliency and Determination
In spite of the difficult circumstances in which they were living, many of the mothers were highly motivated to improve their own lives and to provide their children with a better childhood than they had experienced. Almost none of the young mothers envisioned permanent dependence on welfare. On the contrary, there was a strong and almost universal hatred of it. Many of the teenagers who participated in the focus groups commented that women on welfare often become "addicted" to receiving public assistance and, over time, lose the motivation and ability to care for themselves.
Child Care
As new parents, the teenagers were inexperienced with child care. Although the demonstration programs helped participants find and pay for licensed child care, many young mothers reported they were afraid to trust a stranger to care for their children and would not even consider care provided by nonrelatives. Ultimately, most of the young mothers were able to rely on relatives to care for their babies.37 While they were generally satisfied with the child care arrangements they made with relatives, recent research raises concerns that the quality of the care provided by relatives may compare poorly with the quality of licensed forms of child care.53
Child Support by Fathers
Only a handful of mothers in the sample cooperated with the efforts of child support enforcement agencies to secure support payments from the children's fathers. Half of the mothers who were interviewed in person indicated that they were in touch with the fathers of their babies, who provided groceries, diapers, and baby clothes, or small amounts of cash. Yet, the young women felt that it was in their best interest not to cooperate with child support enforcement agencies. Many who received no child support stated that they preferred to have nothing further to do with the babies' fathers.
Repeat Pregnancies
Although most of the young mothers wanted to postpone further childbearing until they were more financially secure, many acknowledged having problems managing their fertility. Two years after program enrollment, two-thirds of the mothers had experienced a repeat pregnancy.47 Typically, the young mothers had not planned these pregnancies; rather, many commented that they had "just happened."
Rewards of Parenthood
The young mothers emphasized the positive aspects of having a child. Their children provided a source of love and affection, enhanced their self-esteem, and made them feel more mature and responsible. Given the limited rewards many teenage parents derive from their lives, these benefits of motherhood can seem quite powerful to them. Some saw working or attending training programs as interfering with their parenting responsibilities. Most teenagers, however, felt it was not only acceptable but desirable to work before their children started school, primarily because they wanted to provide for their children's needs.
Program Design and Implementation LessonsThe experience of implementing a large-scale, supportive welfare-to-work program for this population of young parents afforded many lessons relevant to future initiatives in welfare reform.54
Staff Commitment
To implement a mandatory program successfully, welfare staff members had to accept an approach that required teenage mothers to go to school, job training, or work, and that imposed consequences on mothers who failed to accept this responsibility, even though it meant the mothers had to leave their babies in the care of another person for substantial blocks of time. This represented a major shift in thinking for those staff accustomed to approving AFDC benefits for mothers who stayed at home.
The program staff also had to recognize and deal creatively with the problems that prevent some young mothers from maintaining a full-time schedule of work or school, spending project resources to resolve those difficulties. For instance, when one case manager visited the home of a young mother with poor attendance, she found the mother and her partner were sleeping in shifts at night to guard the baby's crib from rats. The case manager helped the couple find better housing, and the young woman began attending program classes. Specialized training was needed to prepare staff who were experienced with adults to work supportively with a teenage population.
Services for teenage parents—those offered by community agencies as well as by the program itself—had to be tailored to respond to individual circumstances that often changed rapidly. For instance, many teenage parents would not return to their former high schools for a variety of reasons, including boredom, embarrassment, and conflicts with school staff; yet many also found it difficult to enter educational programs focused on adults. Imaginative programs that combined academics, work experience, and intensive personal attention seemed to work best at sparking their interest and commitment. Schedule flexibility was also imperative to enable the teen mothers to deal with sick children, child care breakdowns, transportation problems, and other crises.
Child Care Support
This demonstration underscored that any program intent on engaging teenage mothers in out-of-home activities must deal sensitively with their child care needs. Money to pay for care is needed by those who cannot use free care by relatives: 60% of those who used paid care relied on the subsidies provided by the program. However, most of these young mothers were acutely aware of the widely publicized (if rare) incidents of child abuse in child care settings, and they were reluctant to leave their infants with anyone whom they did not know well and trust. Moreover, the part-time nature of the mother's activities often prevented her from using center-based child care, and the difficulty of using public transportation when carrying a baby and a day's worth of baby supplies limited the choice of child care to the immediate neighborhood, where quality was questionable.38,55,56 Subsidies were only part of the child care assistance needs of this population.
Program Impacts on the Behavior of MothersThe Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration program showed that it is possible to achieve high rates of participation in activities oriented toward self-sufficiency—such as education or job training—so long as program staff members are committed to work with the young mothers to remove the barriers they face and are willing to use financial sanctions constructively to underscore the responsibilities of parenthood.57 Table 2 shows the program's effects on the mothers-their involvement in education and employment, their incomes, their ties to the fathers of their children, and their subsequent childbearing.
The three programs succeeded in enrolling nearly 90% of the teenage mothers they targeted. However, this high enrollment rate rested on the emphasis given to mandatory participation requirements and on the efforts of case managers to coax, pressure, and cajole troubled and uncooperative teenage parents into joining the program.50 Only one-third of these young mothers responded to routine notices about the program participation requirements, but follow-up communications and threats of grant reduction increased the percentage joining the program by an additional 50 points. The 10% who did not complete the enrollment process did not receive any welfare benefits; they were not considered AFDC recipients.
More than 80% of the mothers in the enhanced services group developed a self-sufficiency plan which established long-term goals and specified the steps required to move toward these goals, such as attending school, enrolling in job training, or finding work. Through persistent monitoring and provision of assistance by case managers, the programs were able to keep between 40% and 60% of the teenage mothers involved in approved activities each month. Over the course of the two-year program, two-thirds of the young mothers in the enhanced services group received formal warnings that they were in jeopardy of having their grant reduced, and one-third suffered a grant reduction. The majority of those warned or sanctioned subsequently came into compliance with the participation requirements. Participation in program activities was highest among those who entered the program with relatively strong basic skills, were still enrolled in school, did not have any health problems, were black, or lived at home with nonworking mothers.
The two-year demonstration programs improved the life chances of many of the teenage parents they enrolled. Among the program participants, rates of school attendance, job training, and employment increased compared with those for the mothers in the regular services group, while the mothers in the control group faced their challenges with little assistance. The differences between the groups were all statistically significant, though most were only modest in size. The teenage mothers who were assigned to the enhanced services program were considerably more likely to be enrolled in school (41% versus 29% of the regular services group attended school). They were also somewhat more likely to be receiving job training (27% versus 23%), and more of them held a job at the end of the two years (48% versus 43% in the regular services group).
Understandably, the programs increased school attendance most among younger mothers, those with low basic skills, and those who had not graduated from high school. Their impacts on job training and employment were especially large among participants who began with higher basic skills and among older youths. Program impacts on all three self-sufficiency activities (school enrollment, job training, and employment) were the largest among Hispanic participants, the group who were least likely to succeed without the assistance the program provided.46 Of the Hispanics in the enhanced services group, 42% attended school, 23% took job training, and 42% had a job. The comparable percentages for the Hispanics in the regular services group were 21% in school, 17% in job training, and 25% employed.
Gains in earnings that averaged $23 per month followed from the increased employment among the mothers in the enhanced services group. Also, the combination of those increased earnings and the financial sanctions imposed on the mothers who failed to participate as expected reduced the amount of public assistance received by the program group. They averaged $21 less in AFDC benefits and $2 less in food stamps. As a result, program involvement yielded little or no overall change in the economic welfare of the teenage mothers.
The programs did not succeed in convincing the teenage mothers to limit or delay repeat pregnancies and births, even though they offered specific services, such as family planning, intended to affect childbearing directly. Nor did the participants in the enhanced services group secure more financial support from their children's fathers. Both childbearing decisions and negotiations concerning child support are more personal than choices about education and employment, yet they also influence a teenage mother's prospects for self-sufficiency. In future endeavors with this population, efforts should be made to strengthen those aspects of the intervention which deal with family planning and parenting to minimize the challenges to success in school and employment posed by continued childbearing.
Effects of Participation on Parenting Behavior and on ChildrenThe evaluation of the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration went beyond assessing the mothers' abilities to move toward self-sufficiency to determining whether participation in welfare-to-work activities had positive or negative effects on the parents' behavior with their children and on the development of the children themselves.58 Unintended negative consequences for children could result if the stress of juggling work and childrearing leads mothers to spend less time with their children or to be harsh or unresponsive. On the other hand, self-sufficiency activities might enhance parenting skills if they include parenting classes or if they increase the mother's confidence and feelings of efficacy. To explore the effects of program participation on parenting and child outcomes, the researchers conducted an observational study of 182 mothers and their three- to five-year-old children, all of whom were African American, from the Newark site. The sample included mothers from the enhanced services program and from the group that received regular services for AFDC recipients. The mothers were very disadvantaged; only 20% had finished high school after their two years in the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration, and 40% had worked.
Researchers visited the mothers and children at home to conduct interviews and videotape play sessions in which the child tried to complete a puzzle that required help from an adult. During the play session, observers noted the mother's use of harsh control (authoritarianism) and her negativism toward the child. They also recorded the child's enthusiasm, persistence, and anxiety. In addition, the mothers rated their children on checklists of sociability and mental health problems, and the evaluators administered a standard brief test of verbal ability, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R).
The results of comparisons on these outcomes showed that being assigned to the mandatory enhanced services program did not influence the behavior of the mothers or children during the play session, nor did it affect the children's development. The mothers in the enhanced services program were neither more positive with their children nor more negative and harsh. Their children did not behave differently in the play sessions or differ on the other developmental measures. Policymakers may be encouraged by the suggestion that mandating participation in self-sufficiency programs like the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration does not, in itself, impose hardships that express themselves in negative parenting or problems for children. On the other hand, these results also suggest that, in the short term, welfare-to-work programs do little to enhance the development of the children of poor teenage parents.
Of course, mothers in both groups participated to differing degrees in self-sufficiency activities. To determine whether involvement in education, job training, or employment affected parenting overall, the program and control groups were combined. The videotapes of the mothers who did not participate in any self-sufficiency activities were compared with those who were moderate or very active participants. Here a number of differences emerged (see Figure 1). The mothers who were involved in activities outside the home were less controlling, less negative, and more engaged when they played with their children than were the mothers who were not involved in school, job training, or work. The children of the more active mothers, in turn, showed more enthusiasm and persistence as they played and completed the puzzle task.
While these results are likely to reflect preexisting differences between the mothers who are motivated to take advantage of self-sufficiency opportunities and those who remain indifferent, they also fit with the idea that both employment and preparation for work can be a positive influence in the daily lives of poor adults and their families.59,60


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Polished, slick, web-design application with nearly all the features you could need.
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Moonfruit has a free entry-level offering and a range of other packages. The Standard product sits above Free and Lite variants, and should suit most personal and entry-level commercial uses.
In many ways, this is how an online web-design application should look. It's polished and slick, but still has nearly all the features you could need. Starting with a wide range of pre-designed templates, all of which look clean and modern, it shows the full page on-screen with a toolbar across the top and selection palette down the left side. Individual dialog boxes appear as tools are selected and everything happens in real time, as if the page were being locally edited.
The shop facilities are well integrated into the web design and you can enter each item for sale in a separate database screen, which includes facilities for options, such as postage to different areas. Sale items can be categorised, too, so you can list, for example, CDs and DVDs under different headings.
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Facebook is good at making friends. That much was clear at a public hearing Monday night on an environmental report on Facebook's plans for its Menlo Park headquarters. Related story:
[Web Link East Palo Alto takes no action on Facebook]
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 12:52 PM
Posted by Shyvonne Hooker, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 10:48 am
Will there ever be anywhere to eat in East Palo Alto beside McDonald on bay road I would like to give some ideas about different places to go and eat,to put different eating places in that lot on Bay road, if we can came together and put something together give me a answer on what I am talking about.
Posted by Paul, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 11:07 am
45% of Facebook employees paid below median income? Doesn't that sound extremely unlikely, given the nature of this business? Surely they don't have lots of hourly employees in low skill jobs?
Posted by Leonor Delgado, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 11:53 am
Perhaps Facebook is trying to give itself a facelift. I once attempted to apply for a job there but couldn't get past their drop-down dialog box that forced me to enter a year of graduation date. Unfortunately, the years stopped at 1980... so much for EOE at Facebook. I believe that's changed--that is, the drop-down dialog box no longer exists on their online application site, but I do wonder how Facebook feels about job candidates older than 50 or if any unemployed person over 50 in that training program will ever be offered anything by Facebook.
Posted by over 50, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 11:58 am
Facebook does have some employees over age 50, working in the cafeteria or as janitors.
Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Jan 11, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Of course they have employees making below median. What do you thInk- that they're highly compensated, 100%? I know managers there who can't afford to buy around here. They also have plenty of lower comped professionals, such as admins & marketeers.
Posted by median, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 3:08 pm
What is the median income for east Menlo Park? Or did they include Atherton in that calculation?
Posted by harry, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Facebook is a bunch of cocky 20 somethings......we will see how cocky they are when they fold......they are currently under investigation for privacy infringement. Bite me Facebook!
Posted by Council Watcher, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 11, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Didn't one of our former mayors go to work for Facebook as an attorney? If so, she was definitely over 50.
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The day to day bullshit weakens me.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs announced as Epsom Playhouse's Christmas pantomine (From Sutton Guardian)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs announced as Epsom Playhouse's Christmas pantomine
5:44pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 in Freetime By Hardeep Matharu
Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs will be entertaining pantomime lovers at the Epsom Playhouse this Christmas.
The theatre has revealed details of this year's production which will star Channel 4 presenter Bryn Lucas as the prince and Charlotte Steen in the title role.
John Spillers, producer of the pantomime says the cast and crew, who got together last week for the first time, are delighted to be returning to Epsom.
He says: "It is one of our favourite venues and we are looking forward to performing for new and previous audiences."
Charlotte Steen, who is playing Snow White, was a student at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, and is an up-and-coming actress and recording star.
She says: "I'm so excited to be playing the part of Snow White this Christmas in the town where I live and where I did my musical theatre training.
"It will be lovely to be working here for a change. Panto is such fun and I love being able to help spread the Christmas cheer by being part of that. I am really willing December to come quickly."
The man who will play her prince, Bryn Lucas, echoed Ms Steen's enthusiasm.
"The cast and production team all got together last week for the first time and it was really good fun. I think we and the audience are going to have a brilliant time this Christmas," he says.
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Update on Mali and the IRC's emergency response
The International Rescue Committee is launching an emergency response in the West African country of Mali, where the drought spreading across the Sahel region has been compounded by political instability.
Mali continues to face upheaval and worsening drought conditions. This week the coup leaders promised to hold elections within 40 days and as a result the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted its sanctions, allowing fuel and funds to flow back into the country. Although the head of the National Assembly, Mr. Dioncounda Traoré, was sworn in as interim President last week, Captain Amadou Sanogo, the leader of the military forces that led the coup d'état, has reasserted his intent to maintain a role in the envisaged transition government. With neighboring ECOWAS states monitoring the situation closely — and the population in Bamako demonstrating over the rebel takeover in the north — the situation in Mali is mercurial.
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the predominantly Taureg rebel group, has cemented its control of the new partition across the mid-section of the country in the last week, leaving the rest of the rural north open to an uneven power vacuum where the Al Qaeda-aligned Ansar Dine, and to a lesser degree the Nigerian based Boko Haram militants, have established their presence and raised their black flags.
With the government of Mali focused on internal power dynamics and unable to serve more than half of the country, new humanitarian aid programs are welcomed — especially as many international aid organizations continue to leave the country.
The IRC Emergency Response Team is in Mali, assessing humanitarian needs in both rebel-controlled areas in the north, and in areas afflicted by severe drought in the government-controlled south. In the north our response will focus on clean water and sanitation services for displaced Malians and host communities affected by drought, conflict and cholera. In the south, which has been hit exceptionally hard by the drought and hunger crisis plaguing the entire Sahel, the team will lead an inter-agency effort to assess nutrition needs and the needs of displaced children.
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UPDATE on 30 December 2008
And here is the Pangandaman's side of the story: DAR Chief readies suit vs son's accusers (from Inquirer.net).
Here are more, from Minda News: Pangandamans accused of mauling; DAR Sec says "my son was attacked first" and lalee's Site: THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE VALLEY GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB INCIDENT
27 December 2008
In a place supposedly as safe as a golf course, here comes a story written all over the blogsites. BA was fuming mad when he learned about yesterday afternoon's story which he blogged about. A 56-year old father and 14-year old brother of blogger Bambee dela Paz was beaten up by Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr., Mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur. And it all started with the mayor violating basic golf etiquette.
A lot of politicians have been lording it all over in cases of graft and corruption which is already unforgivable, now here they are lording it over, as if they own the world, as if they can go over the law, as if they can just maul and poke their guns on people–the old and the young, and the very old and the very young.
Let's say we cannot eradicate the greedy, the graft and the corrupt–can we still not have at least peace and order, in public places? Now again, I fear for the safety of my own children, of my grandchildren. Last night I was just telling the boys, "in case of traffic altercations or any other case in which you are almost accidentally into a fight, keep your heads cool, just let the other party get away with it even if he/she were wrong."
And they asked, "Ganun na lang po ba Mommy?, Lagi na lang po bang ganon?"
I could not defend myself–all I wanted is just for my boys, or my other children for that matter, to be safe.
Sometimes, it's as if we are helpless, especially when we hear of cases such as this.
When I read Bambee's story in full, I also fumed as mad as BA did. I was also asking a friend a few days back–is the Pinoy hopeless?
When Steph and Vince heard about it, they felt shocked and so bad–Bambee is a high school arkada.
(And to think that traditional media, who are always there at any controversial events or accidents or piece of small news did not even report about it until a while ago–CALL THIS RESPONSIBLE REPORTING!!!)
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Impunity and Golf By Caffeine Sparks
Golf, Guns, & Goons : Philippine Golf Horror Story by Joel Chua
Politicians Beat Up Defenseless Dad, 56, and Son, 14, Over Golf by Shari
Mayor of Lanao Del Sur Mauls Father and Son by Village Idiot Savant
DAR Secretary Nasser Pangandaman and Son maul 56-year-old Golfer and 14-year old Kid by Neil Es2pido
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With Great Power Comes Great IRresponsibility? by Jane
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crazy politicians by lalaine
Asshole Politicians Beat Up Father and Son Over Golf by Mad Cow Blues
Mayor Beats Up 56 Year Old Man and 14 Year Old Boy by BA Racoma
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He Who Had Too Much Sense of Entitlement by Tess Termulo
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just a couple of days ago, sabi ko gusto ko maging pulitiko someday.
We haven't really gone anywhere by Alex Maximo
Do Not Underestimate a Blogger: Bloggers Buzz Against the Injustice of a Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr. by cmaotaku
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Philippines: Uproar over mauling by mayor/son of Cabinet secretary by Global Voices
Ang Kapangahasan ng Isang Pulitiko by Fjordan
Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr. mauls golfers while father/Cabinet secretary just looks on by Tonyo Cruz
PANGANDAMNYOU: will GMA force Sec. Nasser Pangandaman to RESIGN? by Spanky
A Mindanaoan's point of view on The Valley Golf Antipolo Controversy by Yolynne
Bully Foolitician Nasser Pangandaman Jr. by Pedestrian Observer
The Golf Incident: The Trouble with Mirrors by Juned
Masui Mayor beats up 56-yr-old man and 14-yr-old boy – another reason to oppose term extensions, no elections and Cha-Cha by Jhay Rocas
Pamandangan de Barbarian by Pao
Mayor and Bodyguards beat up 56 year-old man and 14 year old boy over GOLF by the_bumper_car
Not a Videogame This Time Folks by Rocky
DAR chief, son accused of mauling golfers in Antipolo by Jay-R
Local politicians maul a 56-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy by Lyn
Golfing with the Pangandaman…can hurt…(Repost of Bambee's post) by lyn
Mayor and Bodyguards beat up 56 year-old man and 14 year old boy over GOLF by the_bumper_car
Impunity by Manolo Quezon
Mayor beats up 56-year-old man and 14-year-old boy… SHAME ON HIM. by Cheesy Chuckie
Of Golf, the Internet and Elites by Butch at Filipino Voices
Pangandaman and son display bad behavior by Arpee Lazaro
Nasser Pangandaman Jr.: The Warlord of Masiu by Carlos Conde of Pinoy Press
DAR chief's son, 5 bodyguards face charges for alleged mauling of 2 golfers from Cotabato City News
Reports on DAR's cheif son, Mayor Nasser Pangandaman's Assult on Father & Son at Valley Golf & Country Club Antipolo by Brian Ong
Blog entry take your time to read this. these politicos need a REFORM. by xkeldax
Coming Up for Air….and bored by Jester in Exile
A Mauling Mayor from Lanao del Sur by Politekon
A Good Round Spoiled by Dr. M Bautista
Arroyo's peace adviser merely watched his son's mauling spree by Ellen Tordesillas
Pangandamans Charge with Mauling Golver and his Teenage Son by Barako Brew
Public servant power by Mon Casiple
How NOT To Play 'Spin Doctor' on Blogs [The Pangandaman Golf-Mauling Incident] by Ely
Nasser Pangandaman Mauls a Father and His 14-year-old Son? by Pinoy Copywriter
The Freedom to Blog in Sonnie's Porch
Character and Abuse of Power by Conressman Ruffy Biazon
UNLUCKY by the Professional Heckler
Comment: Nasser Pangandaman Jr.: The warlord of Masiu
Character and Abuse of Power by Congressman Ruffy Biazon
Arrogrance on Naked Display by the Unlawyer
Power and Humanity by Nick, Filipino Voices
Politicians Acted Like Gangsters by Belle
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Lanao Mayor and DAR Secretary beat up 56 year old man and 14 year son on golf course at Pinoy Exchange Forums
KIKO TO DAR SECRETARY – INHIBIT SELF FROM SONS' CASE, a Press Release
DAR chief's mayor-son accused of mauling father, son in golf course from Manila (English version) from Manila Shimbun
Comment: Nasser Pangandaman Jr.: The warlord of Masiu in Musings of Don Kishote
From Traditional Media:
DAR chief's son, 5 bodyguards face charges for alleged mauling of 2 golfers from GMAnews.tv
DAR chief's son tagged in golf attack from Inquirer
DAR chief, son face complaints for allegedly mauling golfers from ABS CBN
Gov't peace negotiator, son face mauling raps from ABS CBN (with video)
Kalihim ni Arroyo inakusahang nanggulpi sa golf course sa Antipolo from Gmanews.tv
MAG-AMA BINUGBOG NG ANAK NG DAR CHIEF from Abante Tonite
DAR chief, mayor son tagged in beating by Philippine Star
'KAMI ANG SINUGOD AT SINAKTAN!' from Abante
DAR chief readies suit vs son's accusers from Inquirer
Charges readied vs DAR chief's son by Inquirer
Pangandamans accused of mauling; DAR Sec says "my son was attacked first" by Minda News
Golf club suspends DAR chief over brawl
DOJ told to probe DAR chief, son over golf course 'scuffle' by GMA
Cops frustrated over golf club's silence by Inquirer
Golf mauling sparks blog outrage by Inquirer
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Don't Shoot the Messenger
This spring must have felt like Long Lent II for the Catholic Church as it faced waves of new sex abuse claims worldwide and media scrutiny. Unlike many Catholic leaders, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan welcomed the scrutiny as one hard step in church reform. A devoted Catholic, Noonan believes the fire of journalistic inquiry revealed the worth of the institution—and its urgent need for change: "[T]he journalistic establishment in the U.S. and Europe has been the best friend of the Catholic Church … The press forced the church to change the old regime and begin to come to terms with the abusers. The church shouldn't be saying j'accuse but thank you."
That thank you may be a while coming. No one, persons or institutions, likes public criticism, and many Catholic leaders naturally circled the wagons during the recent media blitz. They rightly noted many journalists' ignorance about church history and teaching and decried sloppy reporting.
"The facts seem to be of little interest to those whose primary concern is to nail down the narrative of global Catholic criminality," charged Catholic public intellectual George Weigel, in response to a New York Times report on a Wisconsin priest accused of abusing some 200 deaf children. "[The media's narrative] … is often less about the protection of the young … than it is about taking the Church down—and, eventually, out, both financially and as a credible voice in the public debate …." In other words, the secular press has no right to wag sanctimonious fingers when they have at times sensationalized horror stories involving children to sell copy. Surely Christians of all streams have at times felt besieged by reporters seemingly bent on elbowing them out of public discourse.
The rub is, many journalists—even secular ones—are bent not on taking down the Christians but on getting the facts right. The Boston Globe's 2002 series on sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston is a case par excellence of journalistic integrity in the service of a community. The Pulitzer Prize-winning series is often noted for breaking the dam of global church secrecy and helping the church handle victims and abusers more responsibly. The series led to concrete changes, including a 2004 church-initiated survey of the scope of abuse in the U.S., and tougher measures for handling allegations. It helped clear away the "filth," as Pope Benedict has called abusive priests, and lead to new life.
Churches—indeed, all Christian ministries—can learn from the Catholic Church's overall response to media scrutiny. Instead of resorting to defensiveness (as did one bishop over Easter, dismissing new reports as "petty gossip"), believers might carefully listen to media depictions of the church, and prayerfully sort truth from falsehood. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wisely noted that writing off all news media as anti-Christian hurts the church when actual bias is at work: "Attacks on the media tend to spur journalists to greater unfairness, whereas acknowledging legitimate critiques gives you more credibility, not less, when it comes time to rebut slanderous charges." Quickly and clearly responding gives believers more leverage to reshape public opinion and protect the bride of Christ against falsehood.
But more than image management is at stake in how Christians respond to media. God, in his zeal for our refinement, can use journalistic truth-telling—even from those who ask "what is truth?"—to sanctify us. Purification rarely feels good, and some critiques are found to be nothing more than hate-filled attacks. But since "there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known" (Luke 12:2), ministries can face journalistic scrutiny confidently, looking for God's judgment and grace in unlikely sources. As Catholic theologian Edward Oakes said in an April homily, "[I]f the Hebrew prophets could see the hand of God at work in the attacks on ancient Israel from the Assyrian empire, then Catholics [and all Christians] ought to be able to espy the workings of divine providence when the media bring to light crimes that should have been made public from the beginning."
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Don Schenk
Has anyone noticed that the MSM went after the Catholic Church on the homosexual abuse issue at the same time that Obama was pushing the promotion of homosexual abuse in the military with the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (Even now the military subjects recruitws to sessions promoting "tolerance" of homosexuality, but that's not enough for homosexual "actrivists") and the apointment of Kevin Jennings, the founder of GLSEN, the "Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network," an outfit that promotes homosexuality amoung school children, to be his "Drug-Free Safe Schools Czar"? It's been estimated by outfits like, yes, Christianity Today that the abuse problem is at lteast as bad in the Protestant churches, and in 2004 the US Department of Education estimated that the problem is "at least 100 times worse" in the public schools, but the MSM knows when to look the other way and be "discrete."
Johann Conrad
The fact is that the rate of abuse in American Protestantism is equal to or slightly worse than the Catholic Church, but that fact doesn't get much play in the media. Look it up though and take the beam out of your eye. The media was instrumental in exposing this issue, but their attempts in the last few months to personally implicate Pope Benedict have been classic smear technique. This Pope has done a lot to filter homosexuals from the priesthood before they even get into seminary. On the other side, much of anarchic Protestantism couldn't do anything about the problem even if they wanted to. Where so much of American Protestantism consists of self-appointed preachers operating outside of any denominational hierarchy, with a cadre of youth ministers given authority on no other basis than loyalty, you're asking for trouble. Let's not even talk about all the Protestant churches where fornication and homosexuality are tolerated.
Steve Skeete
I am extremely cynical about the secular media, but even a die-hard non-believer in the media like myself know that Catholic priests have been molesting children and young adults in their care - probably since time immemorial. Undoubtedly, evangelical churches also have sexual skeletons, but not of the Catholic magnitude or these too, would have been exposed long ago. The real issue here is that something is most definitely wrong with an institition whose leaders sexually afflict young persons in their care in such large numbers and in such a sustained manner. Denying this, seeking to minimize it, or accusing others of doing the same is not the answer, getting to the roots of the rot is. These roots, in my view, are at least institutional, historical and theological. Drastic and immediate surgery is needed in all these areas. The catholic church can no longer behave like it is a law unto itself, acting with impunity at the expense of innocent young lives. The wrong-doing must end now.
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JOHNSON CITY (Posted Feb. 11, 2013) – The "love potion." Many songs and stories have been written about it, and one of those – Gaetano Donizetti's opera, "The Elixir of Love" – is coming to East Tennessee State University Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22-23.
Under the direction of Karen Smith, ETSU Department of Music Opera Workshop director, the student cast will present Donald Pippin's English translation of this popular opera in a 1940s setting, with an orchestra led by ETSU Choral Director Dr. Alan Stevens.
"The Elixir of Love" is a lighthearted rendition of the classic "boy loves girl and will do anything to make her love him" story, according to Smith.
"Cheap wine as the 'elixir' makes for many comedic moments, but the famous aria, 'Una furtiva lagrima,' will remind everyone that the beauty of the voice is unlike any 'potion' prescribed by man," she said.
The cast of "The Elixir of Love" includes ETSU students Tatum Spears, Weber City, Va., as Adina; John Overholt, Newport, as Nemorino; Kelsey Holmes (Feb. 22), Glade Spring, Va., and Laura Jordan (Feb. 23), Johnson City, as Giannetta; John Bell, Jefferson City, as Belcore; and Paka Cordiero, Kealakekua, Hawaii, as Dr. Dulcamara. Members of the chorus include Zach Kiser, Bristol; Sarah Wallace, Clarksville; Brandon Blevins, Elizabethton; Jeremiah Bales and Meghan Hawkins, Greeneville; Alec Castro, Justin Donegan, Hannah Lamb and Kiersten Turner, Johnson City; Aricela Reyes, Jonesborough; Sean Johnson, Telford; Seth O'Kegley, Fredericksburg, Va.; and Aaron Pritchard, Manassas, Va.
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IS SA about to multiply and repeat the R40bn arms-deal debacle that has haunted our politics for more than a decade? The government's decision to invest more than R1-trillion in six nuclear reactors — the equivalent of 30 arms deals — risks being a disaster for our fraying governance as well as for the economy. The amounts of money involved in the nuclear deal are an obvious magnet for corruption; the security risks inherent in the technology offer a million more excuses for secrecy.
The nuclear decision is justified by the conventional wisdom that we need infrastructure-intensive economic development to meet "the needs of our people", that economic development demands economic growth, and economic growth demands huge power stations. Some consider it to be a necessary low-carbon alternative: South Africans are mostly unaware of the technological revolution unfolding globally in the renewable energy sector.
Activists question the nuclear decision on the grounds of radiation and proliferation risks. They point out that no country has solved the problem of how to deal with high- level radioactive waste and that it is highly unlikely that a problem that has so far defeated the likes of the US and Japan will be solved by SA. Despite having had nearly 20 years since the end of apartheid to find a responsible solution for managing high-level waste, Eskom continues to stack it up in racks at Koeberg, just as was done — disastrously — at Fukushima. The National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute, unfunded, Continue reading


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ANGEL FALLS or KEREPAKUPAI MERU
You may have seen a number of pictures or may have traveled to many waterfalls in the world. But it would be an exciting and extreme adventurous experience to have a visit of the world's highest waterfalls which is named Angel Falls. Angel Falls are the highest falls of the world with the height of approximately 979 m (3212 ft). These falls are located in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela. Canaima National Park is the place where these falls are situated and drops over the edge of the Auyantepui Mountain. This waterfall is created with the water of Churun River. This has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. This waterfall is about 15 times higher than the famous Niagra Falls. The water falls are at such a big height that the water is evaporated before reaching the ground. There are strong gusts of wind by which the water is carried away and forms the mist and touches the ground in the form of vapors.
The name of the waterfall may be suggesting to someone that it has any kind of link with angels or any other story of this kind. But it is not like this. Infact the name of the fall is on the name of Jimmie Angel. This is the man who visited the site for first time in a plane back in 1933. The name was given in 1937 when Angel and his three companions including his wife tried to land the plane at Auyantepui Mountain, but the plane damaged and they started journey descending back on foot which took 11 days to reach the ground. This was the very first visit of any person to the Angel Falls. To honour this effort of Jimmie Angel the name was given to the falls. In 2009 the President of Venezuela, Hugo Shavez showed his intention to change the name of the falls from Angel Falls to Kerepakupai Meru.
The beauty of the Canaima National is the mixture of magic and reality. This is the real beauty of the nature. This fascinating world of the park is the great combination of all beauties of the world. You can find the amazing mountains here like Auyantepui Mountain. there are mighty rivers and are in great numbers. Beautiful waterfalls astonish the park's beauty. Big forests and savannah trees are the amazing beauties. The park covers the area of three million hectares which is the second in the Venezuela and the sixth in the world.
This waterfall is the most important tourist attraction in Venezuela. But it is still not able to attract as many tourists as it would have because it is very difficult to reach there. the waterfall is located in an isolated forest. You have to reach the Canaim camp by air which is the starting point of the river trip towards the base of the falls. To have a river trip wood curiaras are used for which a certain depth of water is required. Best time for this activity is June to December.
This is the place which everyone should try to see at least once in life time.


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Technical Abstract: Prompted by regulatory concerns of Asian citrus psyllid accidentally being transported from areas infested by the psyllid to areas not infested, survival of adults was investigated on harvested fruit and leaves. Adults lived a maximum of 4 or 5 days in the absence of plant material but for 10 or 11 days on fruit. Survival increased when adults were confined to individual fruit with an attached stem of leaves, although there were survival differences among four citrus cultivars studied – adults lived a maximum of about 18, 21, 25 or 29 days on fruit from Temple orange, grapefruit, Murcott, or sweet orange trees when a stem with leaves remained attached to a fruit. Survival of adults on detached stems without leaves was similar to survival in the absence of food. Adults survived longer on detached stems with leaves or on detached leaves – adults lived a maximum of about 7 or 8 days when confined on leaves from Murcott or Temple trees compared to a maximum of more than 10 days on leaves from grapefruit or sweet orange trees.


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Gryphon Hill is the prequel to Ravenloft and is very investigational and haunting
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As you probably have already noticed, KOPRA relaunched its website in July, 2010 to be even more at your service. As KOPRA is proud of your registration ao our website, we would like to give you the opportunty to publish your company logo at the top of all of your internship and job offers you put online at www.kopra.org - the posting of your logo is completely free of charge! Additionjally, your logo will be shown at the "Companies registered at KOPRA" section on the right side of the website.
You can upload your logo on your own by using the company logo function in the Member Area. Alternatively, please feel free to send us your logo via email to headoffice(at)kopra.org, we will be glad to upload it for you at no charge.
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2010 had been a very successful and prospective year for KOPRA. With the complete redesign of the website www.kopra.org and its extended services, KOPRA started in a new era.
From 2011 on, KOPRA is managed by a new team of the non-profit KOPRA e.V. e.V. stands for "registered non-profit organization" according to German law.
In detail, Ms. Caterina Wasmer is the Chairwoman of KOPRA e.V., Mr. Sebastian Scheffel has been elected Vice Chairman. Both can be addressed with general inquiries about KOPRA and represent KOPRA in Germany.
Any inquiries in Asia can be addressed to our Board Member in charge of the respective region:
Ms. Stefanie Maerz is in charge of KOPRA China. The meetings in Shanghai are organized by Ms. Jing Liu.
Ms. Haejung Bae is responsible for KOPRA Korea, Ms. Jiwon Noh is your contact person and your host at the KOPRA meeting in Seoul..
Mr. Fabian Juran is in charge of KOPRA Japan and organizes along with Mr. Martin Killmann the monthly KOPRA Tokyo meetings.
Mr. Peter in der Heiden acts as Treasurer and is therefore responsible for all matters concerning finances, whereas Mr David Eichhorn is the responsible Board Member for Membership Services and Sponsoring
Prof. Dr. Werner Pascha has fortunately agreed to continue his position as Honorary President.
The team of KOPRA e.V. is glad to continue the successful history of www.kopra.org! We hope to contribute to improve mutual understanding between Europe and the region of East Asia through international internship exchange and job placements.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time! For some more details of the KOPRA e.V. board members, please check our KOPRA Board and KOPRA Team pages!
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