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A new movie on microcredit in the US
January 25, 2010 | by | Comment
A new documentary that chronicles the efforts of Grameen Bank expansion to the US has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Titled “To Catch a Dollar:…
A preview of Davos
January 25, 2010 | by | Comment
The World Economic Forum is coming up on January 27th in Davos, Switzerland. Banking, the economic crisis, and Haiti are to be on the top of the…
“Reaching the Marginalised” some statistics on education
January 22, 2010 | by | Comment
A new report from UNESCO has some startling statistics about education around the world. The study titled “Reaching the Marginalised” found a problem with teacher’s attendance…
Earthquake survivors at greater risk of trafficking
January 22, 2010 | by | Comment
From the Voice of America writer Lisa Schlein received a statement from UNICEF on Haiti’s children. UNICEF says that children…
Haiti’s new homeless problem
January 22, 2010 | by | Comment
Haiti’s earthquake demolished at least every other building in Port-au-Prince. So a big challenge has been finding shelter for all of the new homeless people. Tent camps…
Children vulnerable to disease in Myanmar
January 22, 2010 | by | CommentA partnership to help East African fruit farmers
January 22, 2010 | by | Comment
A new partnership between Coca-Cola, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and NGO Technoserve hopes to create a bigger market for small fruit farmers in
World Bank waives Haiti’s debt payments
January 21, 2010 | by | Comment
Actually some good news today, we hope that there is more to come on this issue.
The World Bank issued a statement saying that they waive all payments…
A life threatening scrap metal search
January 21, 2010 | by | Comment
From IRIN, this surprising story of the lengths that poverty stricken Vietnamese are willing to go for some money. In a…
Violence eases in Jos region of Nigeria
January 21, 2010 | by | Comment
The 24 hour curfew has been lifted in Nigeria’s Jos region as violence there has subsided. With the lifting of the curfew people will begin to return…
