The United Nations has called for the end of world hunger by 2030 in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Goal 2, of 17, the UN outlines the need for the promotion of sustainable agriculture that will improve food security and nutrition while protecting the ecosystem and fighting climate change. Although a tall order, the […]
The president of Ghana announced at a ceremony earlier this month that the West African nation’s government has signed new grants with Global Fund, an international financing organization that invests around $4 billion a year to support programs fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB). The seven new grants, totaling $248 million, come from many supporters, […]
According to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), by 2015 an additional 5.3 million teachers are needed to meet the needs of global education and children around the world. But teacher shortages present an ongoing challenge. Worldwide, 1.6 million new teachers are needed to meet the demand, and 3.7 million more are needed to replace […]
The devastating effects of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) can be seen all around the globe. NCDs are responsible for the majority of deaths in developing countries, and they are not receiving the attention they need in order to be stopped. NCDs are diseases that cannot be passed from person to person. Also known as chronic diseases, […]
Aba is the capital city of Abia State in Nigeria and is regarded as a strategic trading hub in the southern part of the country. Potentially having the biggest smart mall in Nigeria, the community of Aba will not only change the way of traditional trade but also benefit local economic development. According to Paul […]
Rabies occurs in more than 150 countries in the world. The disease is present on all continents with the exception of Antarctica. Each year, tens of thousands of people die from the infection it causes. Most of the areas that are affected are in Asia and Africa and account for over 95% of human rabies […]
Fishermen in Zanzibar used to use blast fishing, which is an illegal fishing technique using explosives to maximize catch. In combination with climate change, blast fishing threatens the coastal ecosystem, Mariculture and the local economy of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Identifying the problem, the World Bank launches the SWIOFish program to protect priority fisheries in the African […]
During the 2015 Call To Action Summit, health ministers and global experts take a look at the progress that has been made. USAID has helped save the lives of an estimated 2.5 million children and nearly 200,000 mothers since 2008. It has been a little over a year, in June 2014, since USAID introduced its […]
What is voluntourism? Voluntourism (volunteer tourism) is a growing travel trend. It involves trading a typical vacation for an experience volunteering in orphanages and communities in poorer regions of the world. It is an opportunity for others to assist women, men and children in need. Who participates in voluntourism? Typically, privileged Americans and Europeans are […]
There is an almost universal understanding that a lack of education is almost always a ticket to poverty. From rural India to modern Japan, when children miss out on quality education, it sets them on a difficult path to poverty. But the United Way of Windsor-Essex in Ontario, Canada is putting their foot down, and […]
