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New agriculture support funding to be operated by the World Bank

June 9, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foun­da­tion will help to start new agri­cul­ture sup­port fund­ing. The World Bank will oper­ate the fund…

Nicaragua; the poorest country in the Americas

June 9, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Dur­ing the global reces­sion as many as 52,000 jobs could be lost in Nicaragua. Already the poor­est coun­try in the Amer­i­cas, many are say­ing the coun­try will…

New malaria drug could be ready by 2012

June 9, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A new malaria fight­ing drug from Glaxo Smith Kline is in it’s final round of test­ing. If every­thing con­tin­ues to go well, the drug could be avail­able…

The Red Cross is feeding Zimbabwe’s prisoners

June 8, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The Inter­na­tional Red Cross is now feed­ing Zimbabwe’s pris­on­ers to keep them from starv­ing to death. The Red Cross is feed­ing over 6,300 pris­on­ers and the num­bers…

Good Humanitarian Aid: Talk To The Chief.

June 8, 2009 | by Humanitarian Aid and Relief | Comment
Human­i­tar­i­ans in rural areas must work with local lead­ers. World Con­cern employ­ees shared many meals with this chief (cen­ter) in a remote vil­lage in Laos. In tribal…

Cyclone Nargis Inflicts Pain One Year Later

May 19, 2009 | by Humanitarian Aid and Relief | Comment
A Nu Mya looks out from her front door, reflect­ing on life one year after Cyclone Nar­gis killed her husband. Every home along the…

Rwanda Remembers

May 15, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Over 10,000 Compassion-assisted chil­dren were lost in the Rwan­dan geno­cide. Fif­teen years later we con­tinue to stand strong in the coun­try, assist­ing more than 41,000 chil­dren. Read more at

Armed With Education

April 3, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Ind­hira knows the dan­gers lurk­ing in the streets out­side Daisy’s home — drugs, gangs and vio­lence. Ind­hira res­cued Daisy by reg­is­ter­ing her in Compassion’s pro­gram. Read more at http://author.compassion.com/sponsordonor/features/compassionstories/default.htm

Walking a Journey of Faith

March 23, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Faith never believed that within a year her life would look com­pletely dif­fer­ent. Compassion’s pro­gram would edu­cate her all the way to the uni­ver­sity level. Read more at http://author.compassion.com/sponsordonor/features/compassionstories/default.htm

From Victim to Victor

March 13, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Rosa was 3 when her step­fa­ther began abus­ing her. Her mother left with Rosa. The only hope was the Com­pas­sion child devel­op­ment cen­ter which slowly allowed Rosa to heal. Read…