Four hundred million school-age children are infected with parasitic worms worldwide, which both damage their health and limit their access to education. Yet studies prove that deworming is the most cost-effective way of increasing education. Doing just that, Deworm the World is helping to improve children’s health and education by massively expanding deworming initiatives. It […]
Featuring Camfed International: Dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women Camfed International has successfully challenged the conventional wisdom that cultural resistance is at the heart of girls’ exclusion from education in rural Africa, proving instead that chronic poverty is the main barrier. Since 1993, Camfed […]
A new association has just been founded to support sustainable community initiatives in schooling, health and infrastructure. Currently active in Burkina Faso, Kaïcedra is working on a project to build a first grade class in Gorin in time for the start of classes in September 2010.
Caution should be used in reading the beginning of this article, A Sisterhood in Congo by Nicholas D. Kristof, which reads like something you might see in a horror movie. Yet the story shows what one person can do to make a difference in the lives of countless women, victims of the most atrocious crimes […]
It’s time to highlight positive news, communicate the actions that have led to important achievements in all fields and report on the work of insightful individuals. The Good Times concept – A revolution in news No less than a revolution is needed – a revolution that transforms the news we read. Today’s newspapers, news broadcasts, […]
This is an article about saving lives of the poor by Don McNeil.
