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Video: Child poverty rate in South Dakota
July 2, 2009 | by | Comment
In efforts to decrease the poverty rate in South Dakota, the organization Voices for Children has launched a new website called Bridge to Benefits.…
Send A Cow
July 2, 2009 | by | Comment
A new friend of ours called our attention to a charity based in the UK called Send A Cow. The charity helps with agriculture in Africa…
Masters degrees in poverty eradication
July 2, 2009 | by | Comment
The John T and Cathrene T MacArthur Foundation has donated money to universities to begin masters programs in poverty reduction. The programs will train students to help the under developed…
Indonesia’s poverty rate falls
July 1, 2009 | by | Comment
A nation with one of the highest rates of poverty in Asia has seen it’s percentage fall. Indonesia’s poverty rate has fallen to 14.15…
North Koreans going hungry without aid
July 1, 2009 | by | Comment
North Korea suffered a devastating famine in the mid-1990’s. Ever since that time, the country has depended on foreign aid to feed it’s people. That aid has…
2/3rds of Haiti’s debt canceled
July 1, 2009 | by | Comment
$1.2 billion dollars of Haiti’s debt was canceled yesterday by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The two mega banks have an
Amnesty report calls the Niger Delta a “resource curse”
June 30, 2009 | by | Comment
Amnesty International has released a report that talks about the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The Niger Delta is rich with oil, and only a few people…
Oxfam calls on G-8 to increase agriculture aid
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