30,000 kids died unnecessarily today and it didn’t even make the front page of your newspaper. Another 30,000 kids will die tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that UNLESS something changes. This shocking information – which should stop anyone with a heart and soul in their tracks – comes not from [...]
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One of the problems addressing the social issues surrounding poverty – for those not affected by it directly – is that one is usually not subjected to the concept of what poverty means until around the age of college. Then any number of influences can expose one to the idea of poverty but it tends [...]
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Global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies – in other words, wealthy countries taking advantage of poor, developing countries. Renowned actor and activist, Martin Sheen, [...]
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Wealth Inequality ‘Wealth’ refers to total net worth or total assets, including financial assets (such as cash, stocks, etc.) and other assets (such as house). Wealth is different from ‘income’ which is the annual amount of money earned in a year. Most of the wealth calculations are based on ‘households’, and average household sizes are [...]
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In Sitio Maligaya a group of innovative thinkers are installing lightbulbs that do not use any electricity. That’s right, these new lightbulbs uses nothing but the sun’s energy. Soda bottles are filled with water, sealed and then installed on a roof which allows the sun’s rays to shine through these water filled bottles almost producing [...]
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The standard economic model of how things work is that people produce and exchange goods. Governments exist to provide “government goods”— things that people cannot provide for themselves, such as national defense. Thus the standard economic view is that activities are essentially productive. While this view has made for a thriving profession of economics, it [...]
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The number of hungry people in the world is projected to reach an all-time high of 1.02 billion this year, according to a report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The report blames this latest spike in world hunger chiefly on the global economic recession, which has increased unemployment [...]
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When Warfa, was asked about the arrest of two aid workers by al Shabaab, one with UNICEF, Warfa did not confirm or deny it. Instead he emphasized the desperate need of Somalians for assistance. Although some feared a new Kenyan camp would result in more Somalis fleeing to Kenya, Kenya has announced in will open [...]
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