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FDA NEWSLETTER

MASS MAIL
10 JANUARY 2006
WELCOME BACK - 2006 AND AFRICA EAGERLY AWAITS
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The FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA proudly presents you with the following information that may add value to Africa's development. Please direct any correspondence to: info@isupportafrica.com


WELCOME BACK - 2006 AND AFRICA EAGERLY AWAITS

The all too familiar signs of congested traffic, numerous emails, ringing phones and the rate at which ones diary fills up rapidly with new appointments, remind us that things are back to normal.

Over the last few days (weeks) we have been inundated with reviews and flashbacks of the year that was and a year that delivered tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes and storms leading to floods causing death, havoc and devastation, not to mention the political uncertainty and lack of service delivery.

I seldom afford myself the opportunity of "looking back" unless I am willing to learn from the past - what has happened is done - there is nothing one can do to change the past. There is little one can do about the future unless you are willing to act on what you have available to you . and that is the present. Right now - that is all we have available to us and we need to make the best of it.

I spent most of this 'quiet' period making some drastic user-friendly improvements to our websites and also prepared the FDA for a number of objectives and projects we will be tackling this year - somehow I do believe this to be the year we have all been waiting for.

Herewith a few changes to our website you may find 'refreshing' and worthwhile visiting:

FDA MASTER INDEX PAGE - Considering that our websites have more than 600 pages of information and services on offer it was essential that we categorised this important page - see:
http://www.foundation-development-africa.org/fda_info/index.htm

MUST READ ISSUES SERVING AFRICA - We regularly post a number of articles and interesting issues regarding Africa on our website and seldom have the opportunity of informing you of these issues - this page is dedicated to latest releases that may be of interest - see:
http://www.foundation-development-africa.org/africa_development/index.htm

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS SERVING AFRICA - Once again we have accumulated a huge amount of events taking place - we had to 'redesign' the index page of this popular section to accommodate the overwhelming number of events taking place - see:
http://www.foundation-development-africa.org/africa_upcoming_events/index.htm

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SERVING AFRICA - It is our intention to assemble the biggest database of products and service available to Africa. As announced in December 2005 we have launched this new service on our website - see:
http://www.fdapartners.net/products_services/index.htm
This section has now reached number one spot when searching for "products services serving africa" on www.google.com, among some 10,800,000 WebPages.

It may be in your interest to participate as a FDA PARTNER - see why:
http://www.fdapartners.net/com/why_participate.htm

The great news is that we will be 'launching' our very own 'printed mouthpiece' within the next month or so - details of this exciting initiative will follow soon.

Other projects and initiatives envisaged for this year will include:
The promotion and implementation of the MDG's Millennium Development Goals
The 'coming to grips' with the NEPAD initiative
The standardization of telephone numbers
The issues of family names and common names

Details of these initiatives and more will follow shortly - I would appreciate your input - please feel free to contact me:
peter_metcalfe@foundation-development-africa.org

PS - I received a huge number of wishes over the festive season and have taken the liberty of 'showcasing' these kind wishes on our website - they do make for very interesting reading - more so the detail of those who sent them - see:
http://www.foundation-development-africa.org/fda_newsletter/2005/29_november_2005.htm

Please add your name to a growing list of names proclaiming - "YES! I support Africa" - see:
http://www.isupportafrica.com/isagen/names/index.htm

Have a great and a successful 2006.


Take care


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