LONDON PLACE FOR KIDS AND FAMILY

Kids and Family Events in London
          kids and family events in London  offer family fun. kids games and activities  makes kids and family      events in London fun whatever your age


London Net : is great guide for A-Z of London Cinemas & Films


Young London Kids : is  Mayor's website for Young Londoners 


A Day out with the kids:   the fun way to plan a family day out in the UK

Migrant and Refuge women have Fun!!!!!

it's time for Migrant and Refuge Women to start having  fun and makes happy children !! 
there is plenty family places in London and UK

London Parks

London Parks are spacious & well preserved and maintained perfect for family walks, picnics and various concerts and events in London. London city has made the most of its greenery by encouraging people to come and enjoy the quiet and healthy environment. Rich and green parks in London offer a large grass area for sports and a wide variety of activities. Hyde Park, Regents Park, Holland Park, St James's Park and Kensington Gardens all can help you enjoy the quiet retreat in the heart of the city.

Beautiful London parks for children are very ideal for their outdoor activities with a specially devoted children's play area. Often described as the Lungs of London, parks offer a quiet retreat in the heart of the city for both residents and visitors.

Highgate Wood and Queen's WoodMagical and ancient woodland, found in North London; Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood are remnants of the Forest of Middlesex with the rare Wild Service Tree and rich plants & animals.

Hyde Park
One of the largest parks in London with more than 350 acres of    green land & meadows split by a lake is famous for Speaker's Corner for one    
who wants to speak about anything.

Kew Gardens The largest Royal world heritage site by UNESCO from 2003, these gardens offer 300 acres of lovely gardens with 6 glasshouses which offer an excellent experience of plant evolution or Bonsai House.

Richmond Parkl Park in London is home to 650 free roaming deer and provides an amazing view of St Paul's Cathedral. There are guided walks, kids entertainment & sports activities.

Victoria ParkVictoria Park, a very nice park in London for chilling out was historically the meeting place for industrial and social reforms, including the Great Dock Strike of 1889.

Waterlow ParkA "garden for the gardenless" bequeathed by Sir Sidney Waterlow in 1889: Waterlow Park with outdoor theatres and music shows and wonderful ecological wildlife.

MRCF Picnic in Hyde Park

*Who: Mentors, Mentees, and families (children welcom!)

*Date: Saturday 30th july 

*Time: 12pm-4pm 

*Where: Hyde park ( Hyde park Corner Underground station)

We will sit somewhere fairly close to the entrance opposite hyde park corner underground station 

 we will provide a small amount of food and drink, but we would like evrerybody to contribute by bringing something-homemade or shop bought!
This is a great opportunity to meet other mentors and mentees, inludind those who have completed the mentoring project. there will be games for children!

End of term Party for all Esol Students!

                      Wednesday 27th July-1.15pm


              A chance for students in clases with Jeff,mMargaret and Suzanne
                      to meet and share their achievements over party

                                         Food and Speeches!

                         

A Beating for a Phone: Women Struggle to Access Mobile Technology

Beyond Making a Call: Mobile Technology Gives Women Access to More Information. Image Credit: Flickr

People are always shocked to learn how widespread and easily available mobile technology is in “developing nations” like Bangladesh, Kenya, and Afghanistan. When my husband visited my city of birth, Dhaka last year he could not believe how many people had cell phones in a country where more than half of the population cannot access clean drinking water.

Non-profit organizations are using mobile technology to spread development, allowing rural populations more access to their programs and basic health services. The advantages of having a mobile phone are endless, but how easily are these advantages available to women?

Not without serious difficulties as a news story by Bloomberg Newsreports. The title of the news story, “Afghan Women Tolerate Beating for Wireless Phones in a $4 Billion New Market,” pretty much says it all, reflecting the barriers women in some countries in South & Central Asia, and Africa have in accessing technology that can increase their mobility and give them an income.

“My husband’s family is very traditional,” Maryam, a 24-year-old Afghan woman told Bloomberg News. “They are very much against mobile phones and freedom for women.” So much so that when Maryam’s husband discovered her cell phone, he beat her with a whip.

Men like Maryam’s husband’s should be worried. Information is power. Cell phones can be life changing for women in emerging markets because it allows them access to banking services, text messages alerting them when the communal water tap is working, and even sends them instructions in prenatal care. That’s a lot of women’s empowerment for some men in this part of the world who would prefer control stays well, in their control.

But the world’s biggest telecommunications companies have noticed this huge untapped new market, and have begun to target female customers in the developing world.

Bloomberg states that American and Australian agencies for international development are backing the effort by phone companies such asVodafone Group Plc (VOD), France Telecom SA (FTE) “with $1 million to fund research into how to find and keep women like Maryam, and to persuade men that handsets aren’t a threat.”

The GSMA’s MWomen program estimates that approximately 38 percent of women have cell phones in their 149 target countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.  MWomen found that women in these countries are 21 percent less likely than their male counterparts to have a handset.

The gap is even larger in South & Central Asian countries such as Afghanistan, India and Nepal, where a woman is 37 percent less likely to be a wireless customer, as Aleeda Fazal, a mobile money specialist, describes:

In the Afghan woman’s mind, mobile phone technology helps her to keep in touch with friends and can help her be entrepreneurial. In the Afghan man’s mind, the technology means he loses control of the woman.

Fazal states that in front of Afghan men, Afghan women would say they weren’t interested in accessing mobile technology. But in their absence they would plead to her, “Please, find a way to help us be a part of this.”

If the world’s largest cell phone companies have their way, soon women all over the world will be.