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New interactive childhood poverty project
December 30, 2009 | by | Comment
The Denver Post has a great new multimedia project that focuses on Childhood poverty in Colorado. The project is full of flash, photos and…
Video: Mexico’s Oportunidades
December 30, 2009 | by | Comment
A highly regarded poverty fighting program is the conditional cash transfers from Mexico and the Inter-American Development Bank. Instead of just giving money to people because they…
Fair trade in UK sees large growth in past decade
December 30, 2009 | by | Comment
Spending on ethical products ranging from fair trade to eco-friendly products has tripled in the past decade. A survey on ethical spending was conducted by the Co-Operative…
Finding a Life of Praise
December 29, 2009 | by | Comment
Kafui was an orphan before she was born. Premature and without a mother, her young brother became her caretaker. Overwhelmed with the responsibility, he found hope in a Compassion center.…
New poverty report for Israel finds increase in assistance requests
December 29, 2009 | by | Comment
The Israeli charity Latet has released it’s annual Alternative Poverty Report for 2009. The report surveys over 100 food charities in Israel and questions families about their…
China says they have 40 million farmers in poverty
December 29, 2009 | by | Comment
China may have reduced poverty in half in recent years, but with it’s large population there is still work to be done. We we’re reminded of that…
Poverty shortens life expectancy more than smoking
December 29, 2009 | by | Comment
From the Chicago Tribune comes this quick note about poverty’s effects on health. The study finds that being poor can decrease life expectancy more…
Africa’s one billionth child
December 28, 2009 | by | Comment
Sometime in the year 2010, the one billionth African will be born. We won’t know where or when due to spotty census figures but the continent will…
More beekeeping in Uganda
December 28, 2009 | by | Comment
A pair of UK beekeepers were profiled for teaching beekeeping skills to children in Uganda. Dave Bonner and Cath Tompsett traveled to Uganda with the charity…
