Though Morocco’s GDP growth rate has decreased from 4.4 percent rate in 2015 to below two percent this year, the country eradicating hunger for its citizens. According to a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report titled “The State of Food Insecurity in the World,” Morocco has made significant progress in the reduction of hunger. The […]
As two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population or 496 million people are women, the gender gap in literacy rates remains conspicuous. The Guardian calls the gap “stubbornly unchanging” as gender inequality persists and overall literacy rates improve. In the past 20 years, youth literacy rates have jumped from 83% to 91%, while the number of […]
The following humanitarian quotes are from well-known humanitarians who shared their wisdom for helping others. Humanitarian Quotes 1. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” – Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist and clergyman 2. “If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.” – Mother Teresa, […]
With more than 1 billion people around the world lacking access to safe drinking water, Ethos Water founder Peter Thum is using proceeds from his bottled water sales to provide clean water to areas in need. Ethos Water began in 2001 with the goal of helping children get clean water. Thum, the man behind the mission, […]
Water quality in Peru is a major problem. According to water.org, four million Peruvians don’t have access to clean water. Tap water in Peru must be boiled for at least one minute or purified using other methods to be safe for drinking. According to Scientific American, as water shortages cause crop failure, people in rural […]
A common reason for conflict, whether cultural, racial or economic is lack of empathy. The solution to this problem may be simpler than previously believed. An article on psychology website Spring suggests that empathy can increase with as little as two positive experiences with a group. To collect their research, scientists paired Swiss people with […]
Education in Finland is prestigious and public. After 40 years of education reform to propel the economy, Finland has created some of the finest students in the world. In 2000, they led in reading, in 2003, in math and in 2006, in science. Since 2009, they consistently rank at the top for each subject in the […]
Although school attendance has increased within the past several years, education in Haiti remains a problem. More than 200,000 Haitian children do not go to school, and half of Haiti’s adult population is illiterate. Because most schools in Haiti are privately operated without government regulation, the cost of tuition is taxing. In many cases, students are […]
In many developing countries, rapid industrialization and motorization contribute to high levels of environmental pollution. The physical toll of disposable product packaging and plastics is especially high for low-income nations, which frequently lack the government funds and resources to efficiently manage waste. As a result, it’s often the world’s poor who suffer the worst consequences […]
Poverty in the Netherlands? Pockets of poverty still exist. Around 2.5 million people in the Netherlands live below the poverty line. With a population of 17 million, that means around 14 percent or one in seven people lives below the poverty line. Poverty in the Netherlands: Implications and Solutions The poverty line for […]
