WHO: Substantial progress against malaria Increased funding has helped slash the number of malaria-related deaths by half in a third of countries where the disease is endemic, the World Health Organization says in its World Malaria Report 2009. Funding increased from $300 million in 2003 to $1.7 billion this year, allowing for more widespread delivery […]
Small changes in your local community can make a big difference in our world. Your “climate” is more than the air you breathe–it’s the people, places, & relationships that affect your daily life. Describe in a video (no longer than 2 minutes) what you or somebody you know is doing to make your community a […]
Tis’ the season of giving and time to evaluate how privileged in life you are, and see how you can help someone in need. Therefore here is a few ideas to help you in your unquenchable need to help underprivileged children, and help make a child’s life better this year. Why not pick a few […]
Technology and relief A report from the UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation titled New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks turns the spotlight on how mobile communications and social networks can be used in support of crisis response, especially in impoverished or isolated regions that lack established communications and […]
“All human beings, whatever their cultural or historical background, suffer when they are intimidated, imprisoned or tortured . . . We must, therefore, insist on a global consensus, not only on the need to respect human rights worldwide, but also on the definition of these rights . . . for it is the inherent nature […]
Does porn drive sex trafficking? In a world where sex is everywhere and we use motto’s in business, such as “sex sells”, on is left to question where the line of genuine sexuality and harm begins and ends. “The act of rape is merely the expression of the standard, ‘healthy’ even encouraged male fantasy in […]
Its that time of year again to give back and what isn’t a better way to give than to take a chance on freedom and a fantastic rug. The GoodWeave™ Program to End Child Labor is running it’s 8th Annual Rug Raffle, which is quickly coming to an end, so get your ticket before its […]
Officials: In Ghana, cell phones reduce maternal mortality In Ghana’s Amensie village, where the Millennium Villages project made mobile phones near ubiquitous in 2006, deaths related to childbirth have fallen from 20 per year to zero in 2008, according to local health officials. Local health workers attribute the improvement in part to women’s new-found emergency […]
In 1988, the UN General Assembly expressed deep concern at the pandemic proportions of the AIDS virus, and noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared 1 December 1988 World AIDS Day, the General Assembly thus drafted resolution 43/15. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.4 million people living with HIV, including 2.1 […]
You’ve filled your plates and stuffed you faces with the barrage of Turkey Day delights and now belly full your mind begins to drift to Christmas Shopping and the Black Friday deals. So sure prepare yourself for a deal, but why not shop in the true holiday spirit and give back as you give to […]
Today American’s set forth to escape the ciaos that has become our everyday lives to spend the day amongst family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, and as we gather around tables covered in American traditions old and new, let us not forget the meaning of the holiday. As you gather around your tables today, remember […]
GUINEA: Shoring up children’s health amid turmoil Some 1.6 million children throughout Guinea are receiving vaccinations, nutritional supplements and mosquito nets in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children’s health, which experts say has been hit hard by unrest in recent years. After some progress in the late 1990s and […]
As mentioned in my previous post, local trafficking case brings the face of modern slavery home, the recent story of child trafficking out of Fayetteville, NC, has gained a large amount of media attention. The story thus lead me to do an interview with Blog Talk Radio’s DC based show, “A Measure Of Truth”. I […]
I recently posted the story, Trafficking? Not in my town…Yes, in every town, which featured the story of 5 year-old, Shaniya Davis, from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Shaniya was reportedly kidnapped and her body was later found on the side of a rural highway in North Carolina. Her mother was later charged with human trafficking for […]
The State of the World’s Children report, published by UNICEF, has just this week issued a special edition of the report in commemoration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Released on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Convention’s adoption by the UN General Assembly, “The Convention on the Rights of […]