Very much in need today, aerogels that “can absorb oil from spills or stop pollutants for ever reaching the environment” are being created. The aerogel sponge is currently being tested and is expected to be able to clean rocks and birds covered in oil. Read about this amazing material in an article by Eric Bland […]
The International Herald Tribune of 15 April 2010 actually includes a positive headline: Sharp drop in maternal deaths is reported. Good to read good news on the front page, usually relegated to the back! So the number of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth worldwide is falling. Positive news indeed, even if “some advocates for […]
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 […]
Although they no doubt appeared in one form or another very early on in the evolution of life on Earth, human chromosomes (from the Greek for “colored bodies”) were first seen in the cell nucleus, under the microscope, at the end of the 19th Century. Their journey through the scientific realm proved difficult, as 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 […]
Today, more than 60 million people live in slums across India, lacking access to healthcare, education, employment and housing. In 1989, Rajendra Joshi developed Saath, which uses public-private partnerships to improve the lives of over 40,000 people per year. In 2009, Saath’s employment programs with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation placed 8,000 slum residents in jobs […]
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 […]
