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'1 million newborns die every yr in India'
New Delhi :: India | about 5 hours ago
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Almost 20 years after India signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), experts are now looking at the glass as half full, on indicators related to child survival and development . While there are some reasons to cheer — under-five mortality...
Tags: UNICEF India, India, New Delhi, Child survival, Poverty, Children's rights, UNICEF, Public health, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Social Issues
Simon Read: Everyone should be able to keep warm
London :: United Kingdom | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Yet some 6.6 million households in the UK simply won't be able to afford to turn up the heating this winter. The rest of us probably take for granted that we can keep our homes as warm as we need, but millions will be forced to wear extra jumpers or blankets...
Tags: fuel poverty, United Kingdom, London, Poverty, Socioeconomics, Energy economics, Energy policy, Social Issues
POLITICS: U.N. in Final Push for 2015 Development Goals
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 7 hours ago
Credibility A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make "a final push" to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of 2015. "We have seen progress, but not enough - especially...
Tags: U.N. Millennium Campaign, Salil Shetty, Ethiopia, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, development goals, maternal health, MDG, UNFPA, final push, Addis Ababa, Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Maternal death, Reproductive health, Obstetrics, Public health, Demography
Out of the slum and into joblessness
Cairo :: Egypt | about 8 hours ago
Credibility When government workmen came in a truck to take Ahmad Mohammad’s furniture to his new home just outside Cairo, the 32-year-old fisherman was overjoyed: His dream of quitting the slum where he had lived for years seemed to be coming true. However, when...
Tags: Cairo, Ahmad Mohammad, Egypt, Slums, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Raouf, Development, Poverty, Urban decay
Shelter needs personal-care items
South Lebanon :: OH :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Even though Thanksgiving is less than a week away, Bernie's Place, the only homeless shelter for single adults in Warren County, isn't looking for fixings for its holiday dinner. Kind-hearted folks usually drop by with enough turkey and trimmings for...
Tags: South Lebanon, SOUTH LEBANON, Bernie, Bernard Marshall, Humanitarian aid, Socioeconomics, Poverty, Homelessness, Busking
City breaks ground for new homeless service center
Portland :: TX :: USA | about 11 hours ago
Credibility City, county and community leaders cheered the start of construction of the Regional Access Center at a Friday morning groundbreaking ceremony. When completed in 18 months, the center will house a variety of homeless services, including 130 units of transitional...
Tags: homelessness services, Portland, Schizophrenia, Socioeconomics, Homelessness in the United States, Homelessness, Busking, Poverty, Social Issues
Shakira gets political
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 11 hours ago
Credibility In the article, Shakira calls for world governments to support the Global Fund for Education. The Fund is an effort of the Millennium Development Goals which aims to reduce poverty by ensuring that every child is able to complete primary school. As we’ve...
Tags: Shakira’s Barefoot Foundation, Los Angeles, Shakira, Poverty, Education
Charity study shows 6M seniors at risk of hunger
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 14 hours ago
Credibility A new study by the Meals on Wheels Association of America shows roughly six million seniors are at risk of being hungry. The charity says in the study that poverty also correlates with hunger, but most seniors who have trouble getting food live above...
Tags: Chicago, Harrah's Entertainment, Poverty, Las Vegas Nevada, Charities, Meals on Wheels, Hunger, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Madonna in-vests in Brazil
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Having just recently broken ground on a girls’ school in Malawi, Madonna is wasting no time in taking her Raising Malawi organization international. On a recent trip to Brazil, Madonna took time out to tour the Dona Marta shantytown in Rio. Accompanied...
Tags: Dona Marta, Madonna Wore Bullet-Proof Vest, Brazil, proof vests, Rio de Janiero, São Paulo, Marta Vieira da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Homework, Human Interest, Madonna (entertainer), Raising Malawi, Malawi, Education, Bulletproofing, Ballistic vest, Leather jacket, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Jackets, Law Crime, Favela, Poverty, Trackback, Overkill, Slums, Brazilian society
SKS Microfinance announces foray into Tamil Nadu
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 21 hours ago
Credibility SKS Microfinance limited today announced its foray into Tamil Nadu to offer collateral free loans to help women start income generating activities. SKS, which had successfully replicated the Bangaldesh's Grameen Bank model in India, has already enrolled...
Tags: SKS Microfinance, Tamil Nadu Chennai, income generation, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Social economy, Poverty, Microcredit, Grameen Bank, Rural community development, Development, Microfinance, Business Finance
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