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Summer’s surge in homelessness
July 7, 2009 | by | Comment
Once it gets warm here in the States, many families find themselves without a home. Landlords and relatives are not as patient when the…
Comment: Climate change effects on food security
July 7, 2009 | by | Comment
President of the Society of Landscape Architects of Nigeria, Niyi Kehinde, analyzes the effects of climate change on African food production. Kehinde observes that a couple of…
Britain aims to press the other rich nations on aid in G-8 meeting
July 7, 2009 | by | Comment
Britain has gone on record to say that they will not cut aid to the under-developed world despite the global economic recession. The International…
A preview of the G-8
July 6, 2009 | by | Comment
The G-8 begins to meet tomorrow in Italy. There is a lot of concern amongst anti-poverty activists as to how much the issues of poverty will be…
Forbes ranks the microcredit lenders
July 6, 2009 | by | Comment
The story we linked to this morning on microcredit in Bosnia mentioned a Forbes ranking of microcredit lenders. This ranking was new to us, so we wanted…
Microcredit going strong in Bosnia
July 6, 2009 | by | CommentMalaria vaccine researcher wins Kiwanis World Service Medal
July 3, 2009 | by | Comment
Virginia native Col. Donald “Gray” Heppner Jr. has won the Kiwanis 2009 World Service Award. Heppner won the award for his work developing a malaria fighting vaccine.…
Malaria threatens the lives of a young mother and her unborn child
July 2, 2009 | by | Comment
In sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria kills as many as 10,000 pregnant women and 200,000 unborn children each year, World Vision is working to raise awareness and combat the spread of…
Comment: World Vision’s wishes for next weeks G-8
July 2, 2009 | by | Comment
With the G-8 meeting in Italy next week, aid organizations around the world are making their voices heard on what they would like to see done. Advocacy…
