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G8 Pledges $5 Billion for Maternal, Child Health Goals
As the G8 summit in Toronto came to a close on Saturday, health advocates hailed the Canadian-led Muskoka Initiative for elevating maternal and child...
World On Track to Cut Poverty in Half, But Turner and Gates Called in to Boost Other Goals
Despite the global economic downturn, the world is still on track to meet a key U.N. goal of halving the number of people living...
Madonna Visits Millennium Village in Malawi, Sees Progress She Funded
Madonna today visited Gumulira, a Millennium Village of approximately 5000 people in rural central Malawi. Raising Malawi, an organization co-founded by Madonna, has been...
Islamic Development Bank Launches $10 Billion Poverty Fund
The Islamic Development Bank launched a multi-billion-dollar Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development, which aims at combatting poverty and its causes in member Islamic countries...
In Just 20 Years, Over 220 Million Children Have Been Saved From Marriage, Labor, and Violence
According to this new report from Save the Children, more and more kids around the world are being given the healthy childhoods they deserve.
Here’s Your Antidote to Current Events: Positive News About 10 Death Rates That Keep Going Down
While the media today might cause you to believe that we're surrounded by death and destruction, these positive trends will convince you many things are improving.
Malawi Celebrates Dramatic Drop in Child Mortality–280,000 Kids Saved
Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi has reduced its child mortality rate by more than two-thirds, saving the lives...
Sharp Decline in Maternal and Child Deaths Globally, New Data Shows
Since the start of an international effort to address maternal and child mortality, millions of lives have been saved globally, a new study shows.
In...
2 Billion More Get Safe Water to Drink; UN Goal Achieved
The goal of reducing by half the number of people without access to safe drinking water has been achieved well ahead of the 2015...
Program Vaccinates One Billion Children
The Measles Initiative this week announced it has vaccinated one billion children in more than 60 developing countries, making significant gains in the global...
Ghana’s Incredible Path Out of Hunger and Poverty
Ghana is on track to be the first country in Africa to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for halving poverty and hunger by 2015.
Between...
Ten Hero Kids Voted Most Huggable, Each Awarded $10,000
Ten youth judged as this year's Huggable Heroes were honored today for their volunteer efforts at making the world a better place -- in...
Antonio Banderas Named UN Goodwill Ambassador With Focus On Poverty
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has agreed to act as U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against poverty, the United Nations Development Program announced Wednesday....
Global Access to Safe Drinking Water Increasing
A report from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund says the world is on track to meet or even...
Record-Breaking 173 Million People Take Stand With UN Against Poverty
Smashing a Guinness World Record, more than 173 million people around the world joined forces with the United Nations to call on global...
Child Deaths Worldwide Drop by 28 Percent Over Seven Years
Deaths of children under five years of age have plummeted by almost one third since 1990, the United Nations World Health Organization said yesterday....
G-20 Backs $1Trillion Boost For Struggling Nations
President Obama emerged from the global summit of G20 leaders with an agreement to provide funding for $1 trillion in additional loans and...
Fast Food Operator Kicks In $80 Million to Help Feed Schoolchildren
Lunches for over 200 million hungry schoolchildren in the developing world will be delivered, thanks to a commitment of $80 million by leading restaurant...
Unilever Employees Fund Pakistan Food Program With Payroll Donations
A joint venture launched yesterday with the United Nations food agency will allow the employees of industrial giant Unilever to pledge a percentage of...
Britain offers Ethiopia $260 mln to fight poverty
Britain said on Thursday it will give Ethiopia 133 million pounds (2.5 billion birr) this year to help the Horn of Africa country try...