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Brazil Nuts Transforming Poor Villages, Forest Preservation
"Help is at hand for the Amazon rainforest and Brazil's poverty-stricken rural people - courtesy of the country's famous native nut. Small communities are...
The True Angel of Africa
Sonia Waters has "a salutary lesson for anyone who has felt helpless in the face of extreme poverty and deprivation, who feels the problem...
Study: Higher Taxes are Good for a Nation’s Health and Well-Being
A new study revealed that countries with higher taxes are happier, healthier, benefit from more research and development, and a higher GDP rate per...
Zambian Tailor Wins AIDS Award for Providing Orphans with Free School Uniforms
Six years after a teenage Zambian tailor started using his only sewing machine to make free school uniforms for AIDS orphans, the organization he...
Vote on Nov 7, Urges Clooney, Roberts and Damen
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Banker to the Poor Wins Nobel Prize, Reinvests Winnings
Bangladeshi Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus, and his Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to help...
Schools Replace Gangs in Haiti’s Worst Slum
Books are replacing bullets as the primary focus for children in some of Haiti’s worst slums, where, for years, gunmen have ruled the streets...
China, India Once Food Aid Recipients, Now Food Donors
In the same year it stopped receiving global food aid, China emerged as the world's third largest food donor. According to a report by...
Gates, Rockefeller Charities Take Aim at African Hunger
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation have teamed up to tackle hunger in Africa, starting with a $150 million endowment....
Mexican Artisans Turn Trash Into Fashion
It began as a way to clean up the environment and make something useful — and perhaps profitable. The products ... women's clutches,...
UK Paper Donates Revenue from Bono/AIDS Edition to Africa Fight
Half of all revenues from yesterday's issue of the UK paper, the Independent, will go towards the fight against AIDS in Africa.
The May 16...
Bon Jovi to Sponsor Six Homes with Habitat for Humanity in Philly
A Philadelphia radio station announced the expansion of a partnership between Jon Bon Jovi and the city's Habitat for Humanity charity by highlighting the...
World Bank Cancels Debt of 17 of the World’s Poorest Countries
The World Bank approved details to implement the 2005 debt relief initiative, which will cancel the debt of some of the world’s poorest countries...
Catholics and Pentecostals Unite for the First Time in U.S.
NEW YORK (ENI) — After nearly five years of discussions and planning, a new group for all the major Christian traditions in the United...
Teach a Village to Farm, and Feed them for Life
Sauri, Kenya is the first village to benefit from the Millennium Village Project begun 18 months ago. Based at Columbia University, the program is...
Nation Overcomes Turbulent History; Christian and Muslim Tanzanians Live in Peace
With all the bad news associated with Africa, it is refreshing to read about the successes. Tanzania is a haven of co-existence between two...
Rival Gangs in Jamaica Find Common Ground: A New Woman Prime Minister
"Portia Simpson-Miller, 51, who will be sworn in next week as the first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica, has prompted a rare dose of...
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World (Hardcover) The researchers who wrote this fascinating book characterize a new group of...
Poor Kids Can Figure Out Computers on Their Own
Children in Remote Villages in India Teaching Themselves to use Computers Instinctively – with No Help from Adults
An IT engineer in India was gazing...
Forgiving the Unforgivable
Why would Peter and Linda Biehl, a wealthy, conservative Newport Beach couple, leave their privileged community for South Africa to work arm in arm...