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Ireland pledges another 2 million Euros to Malawi

December 28, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Ire­land has pledged another two mil­lion Euros of aid to Malawi. The money will con­cen­trate on farm­ing inputs and infant health. Ire­land government’s inter­na­tional…

A one year old living in unsafe Gaza

December 28, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A very touch­ing story comes from the BBC about a one year old that lives in the very unsafe area of the Gaza strip.

The front lines of human trafficking

December 28, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The bor­der between Myan­mar and China is con­sid­ered a front line of human traf­fick­ing. A steady stream of peo­ple cross the bor­der in either…

Malawian political enemy returns home

December 28, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The Toronto Star has a great story today about a Malawi expat who returned home. Ali Sikelo was forced to leave Malawi becuase he…

31.2 million US children in reduced price lunch program

December 26, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
More chil­dren than ever before use the free or reduced price lunches avail­able at US schools. The National School Lunch Pro­gram says that 31.2 mil­lion of the…

The holiday spirit of volunteerism part 2

December 26, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A Scran­ton, Penn­syl­va­nia high school stu­dent was pro­filed on his vol­un­teer work for a Christ­mas time story. Adam Schroth trav­eled to

Liquid Gold

December 26, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Sci­en­tists in Zam­bia are devel­op­ing a toi­let that would use human waste as fer­til­izer for farm­ers. The toi­let would sep­a­rate urine and the solids…

The holiday spirit of volunteerism

December 26, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
For a Christmas-time story, The Toronto Star pro­filed Elaine Ren­nie and her 30 years of vol­un­teer work. Ren­nie spends her Christ­mas vol­un­teer­ing at the Scott Mis­sion kitchen…

Comment on social enterprise in the Philippines

December 23, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Social Enter­prise is a grow­ing move­ment world­wide that is almost unknown in the United States. It pro­poses a new, fourth way to solve the world’s ills. Instead…

Microcredit borrowers need more than cash

December 23, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
When a micro­cre­dit loan is made, some­times more than money is needed by the bor­rower to make the loan suc­cess­ful. Some entre­pre­neur­ial train­ing, some dis­ci­pline and a…