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Education is the first step towards progress, in every field of activity. Computer Aid is well aware of this; therefore, it plans to offer unprivileged children from African villages free access to computing rooms.
So far, the British organization has succeeded in sending eight solar-powered Internet cafes called Zu... |
28 December 2011
04:44 GMT |
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An American teacher plans to fight the alarming effects of poverty and AIDS in Zambia, relying on recycled plastic bags. After meeting local people from the Ng’ombe community, severely affected by this disease, Linda Wilkinson has decided to change the fate of widows, orphans and hundreds of people who are curr... |
8 December 2011
07:43 GMT |
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The Durban summit is expected to provide an effective framework meant to cope with the continuously growing food prices. Experts and organizations put all their hopes in negotiations on climate change, since the lives of people living in poor countries depend on the impact of strict regulations. Oxfam affirms that ... |
29 November 2011
07:01 GMT |
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India struggles to follow the green trend while letting its 1.21 billion inhabitants enjoy the benefits of earth-friendly energy. This is the second most populous nation all across the Globe, but its resources aren't divided in an equitable manner.
While some people enjoy prosperity and opulence, a more signif... |
15 November 2011
07:19 GMT |
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Experts from the United Nations Development Program revealed a new study which states the fact that climate change can put the economical development of countries on hold or even make the numbers decrease, unless realistic measures of fighting this phenomenon will be implemented throughout the next four decades.
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8 November 2011
06:48 GMT |
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Microsoft co-Founder and Chairman Bill Gates addressed the G20 this week, underlining the importance of remaining committed to alleviating poverty for the members that are part of the group.
French President and G20 Chair President Nicolas Sarkozy invited Gates to speak, with the billionaire philanthropist focusi... |
5 November 2011
07:25 GMT |
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Researchers managed to find out how plants manage to adapt themselves to low oxygen levels. They are now able to detect the mechanism that would make crops flood-resistant. This could represent a key element in fighting global poverty since entire populations are left to starve after devastating floods damage the re... |
25 October 2011
10:58 GMT |
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The international society agrees that rainforests need to be saved at all costs. Yet, while this much is certain, what remains to be determined is the extent to which local communities will be affected. In most areas that contain rainforests, locals are extremely poor.One of the most widely proposed methods of reduci... |
30 May 2011
06:01 GMT |
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In a new investigation, experts were able to determine that a clear correlation exists between having a poor socioeconomic status and chances of developing a mental illness, or attempting suicide. In other words, being poor makes people more likely to develop neural afflictions, and also to attempt to take their ow... |
5 April 2011
02:36 GMT |
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University of Leicester investigators have determined that people with low income are four times more likely to receive a heart failure diagnostic than their peers who are wealthy, or only moderately-better off. Economically-disadvantaged communities were found to hold most heart failure cases.Another population that... |
25 January 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Researchers in the United States are proposing a new approach to sanitizing the areas in which more than 2.6 billion people live in unimaginable conditions. The team says that a total revamp of the value chain behind the sanitation chain is needed, and provides solutions in this matter. The people who are now living ... |
19 November 2010
07:09 GMT |
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Analysts say that the world could see an international agreement on two of the planet's most pressing issues as early as this December, if representatives of countries meeting in Cancun, Mexico, agree to compromise, and at least try to work together. Between November 29 and December 10, representatives from near... |
10 November 2010
09:29 GMT |
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A team of experts from the MIT, including students, volunteers, and professors, has recently developed a new method of providing healthcare to millions of people in the Third World, and in the developed world. Their approach relies heavily on the 5 billion+ mobile-device subscribers that exist worldwide. A large part... |
27 September 2010
06:50 GMT |
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Following a new scientific study, German researchers at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), in Berlin, report a new correlation between the wealth status of a person and the amount of cigarettes he or she consumes. Social status was also found to be a clear indicator of how much tobacco a person smoked each day, the sam... |
15 January 2010
10:53 GMT |
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A new report released on June 25th shows that the calorie requirements of the human population as a whole will sore by about 40 percent until 2050, at a rate that is completely unsustainable by existing agricultural practices and food production capabilities. Planning and serious investment in agriculture is therefor... |
26 June 2009
18:41 GMT |
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There's not a doubt in anyone's mind that children living in poverty are subjected to many deprivations, which can severely affect them in the long run in a number of ways. Health problems are the most often, as parents don't have the means to ensure that their kids live a healthy life. In addition, th... |
7 April 2009
16:31 GMT |
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Monday that the world should not get the impression that the global food security crisis had passed simply because the price of grain had slightly dropped over the last period. The organization said that the actual number of those below the limit of poverty ... |
30 March 2009
09:16 GMT |
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A school-based program that was underway in Seattle in the 1980s proved to have far-reaching effects, showing a great influence on adults 24- and 27-years old, as well as on their parents and relatives. The Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) was meant to teach unfavored children how to function properly in and... |
12 December 2008
07:40 GMT |
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In Bangladesh, one of the most densely-populated nations in the world, some 35 million people struggle to survive at the lowest limit of poverty. In most cases, money paid on dowries is the main cause for people's misery. Although this is not legally accepted, payments to future relatives are still a common prac... |
31 October 2008
06:38 GMT |
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When one thinks about the problems the world is facing today, one thinks of financial crisis, tense international relationships or pollution, but there are, actually, many people who would wish to have to worry only on these accounts. Changing all these wouldn't affect the fact that about 1 of 8 persons in the w... |
31 October 2008
04:07 GMT |
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