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This is the first extensive empirical study of Zimbabwean orphans and other vulnerable children and young people. Chronically poor children and their carers can be corrupted or silenced by management systems which fail to recognise their basic human needs. Resilience in the face of such adversity is celebrated by the dominant project management ideology but is a major barrier to achieve  sustainable improvements in the lives of vulnerable children. Manasa Dzirikure and Garth Allen propose a new person-centred project management approach.

A  number of films about the ASC and the Africa Works conference were recently made: a film about the ASC that was broadcast on Dutch television (RTL7 Business Channel), a film about the Africa Works conference that took place on 16 & 17 October 2014, and interviews with several ASC researchers during this conference: Ton Dietz, Stephen Ellis, Mirjam de Bruijn and Akinyinka Akinyoade. Many more interviews with keynote speakers and conference visitors can be watched on the conference website.

During the Africa Works 2014 Conference in Leiden, a petition on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was drawn up, asking for immediate action from the Netherlands government and the European Commission. The petition was handed over to Mr Hans Docter (the Netherlands envoy on Ebola), and was also addressed to Ms Lilianne Ploumen (the Netherlands Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) and to Mr Fernando Frutuoso de Melo (the Director General of EuropeAid). Mr Fernando Frutuoso de Melo has recently responded to the petition.