poverty

EU ministers set to fudge €1 billion food package for poor farmers

Posted Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:01 by muenda

Ahead of a crucial meeting this Friday in Brussels to decide the fate of the proposed EU food crisis package, leading anti-poverty campaigners expressed their concern that no new resread more

World Toilet Day

Posted Wed, 11/19/2008 - 10:35 by muenda

Image by M. Betti and WaterAid

Don't laugh, this is serious. Did you know that 40% of the world's population, 2.6 billion people, don't have access to a toilet. To raise awareness of this global sanitation crisis and to celebrate a humble yet essential bathroom fixture, World Toilet Day is being proclaimed today, November 19.

Report: Global Warming Disproportionately Affects African Americans, Low-Income Communities

Posted Wed, 10/22/2008 - 19:31 by muenda

Image: EJCC website

NGOs warn poor countries neglected in financial bail-outs

Posted Fri, 10/17/2008 - 14:36 by muenda

The below statement was signed by the heads of six international NGOs:read more

Oxfam condemns lethargic reaction to global food crisis – Billions of vital funds missing

Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 16:53 by muenda

As world leaders meet in New York at a special Summit on poverty, aid agency Oxfam slammed the lack of urgency by the international community in tackling the ongoing food crisis nowread more

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Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 10:40 by muenda

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In my name...

Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 09:52 by muenda

In 2000, the UN made history, when 189 countries gathered at the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) summit in New York and agreed that they would halve extreme poverty by 2015.read more

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Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 09:39 by muenda

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MDGs: Bold leadership needed to turn tide of poverty

Posted Mon, 09/22/2008 - 10:29 by muenda

Ahead of a crucial meeting in New York next week to assess the state of the world’s fight against global poverty, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders to redoubleread more