Africa was nonchalantly divided up by the Europeans in the late 19th century with little regard for the autonomy and self-government of their African counterparts. Consequently, the more commanding European nations hastily snatched up hefty swaths of terrain in Africa. Italy, on the other hand, had only recently unified in 1871, and was delayed from […]
More than 130 children died during a recent drought in Pakistan. Activists link the growing death toll to “long-term failures” in its healthcare and infrastructure. Most of those suffering from the drought belong to the Dalit caste. Referred to as ‘the scheduled class’, Dalits suffer the most discrimination in the region. As residents of the […]
With all the attention in the United States focused on the economy and the government’s fiscal decisions, people are finally noticing the vast amount of pork barrel spending that occurs every year. Wasted government dollars are spent on projects of no significance while Congress still refuses to extend unemployment insurance benefits. This intense scrutiny of […]
The World Bank reports that we are making significant strides towards reducing global poverty. In 1981, approximately 50% of the developing world was living on less than $1.25 per day. Today that number is reduced to just 21% despite rapid increases in population. To continue pushing forward on the battle against poverty, here are some […]
Less than 5% of Ethiopia’s original forest remains today. Ethiopia experiences 0.8% deforestation per year, and is down to 4.6% forest cover. The rapidly growing population of 85 million and the 70 million livestock put pressure on land forests. With 80% of the population living in rural areas, deforestation in Ethiopia affects their livelihood. Before […]
In the span of about five years Israel has seen monumental changes in its country’s reputation as being sympathetic to human trafficking. As of 2005 Israel was listed on Tier 3 by the U.S. State Department in its efforts to fight and prevent human trafficking. As the bottom in the scale Tier 3 is reserved […]
Guns are more of a threat mechanism for Boko Haram. It is knives they use to kill. Known for attacking Christians, government officials and schools in an effort to halt anything it considers to be Westernization, Boko Haram is an Islamic jihad terrorist organization that aims to form an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria. Their […]
Many educated people casually assume that the human species has grown more advanced over time. After all, the developed world is full of modern conveniences that were not even conceivable two generations ago. Meanwhile, a wealth of traditional knowledge, skills and information forged over thousands of years of human experience are being lost in our […]
Last month, on February 24th, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released a new report, the Water and Conflict Toolkit. The toolkit is part of a series that explores the ways in which development assistance can assess and manage key risk factors that are associated with conflict and instability in developing countries. One major […]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on March 20, 2014 that they were awarding $2 million worth of grants to multiple teams of researchers in India to work towards solving global sanitation issues. These grants are part of the foundation’s “Grand Challenges,” a series of grant programs that was started ten years ago. The […]
