January 2012
3 posts
Watchhand-me-downs-et-cetera:
Is the American dream fading?
With more people living on the breadline in the US, we ask if it is time to abandon the American dream.
again, follow my personal blog if you care to see my current poverty-related media intake. i will not be update this blog consistently right now.
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Greetings,
I feel really bad that this blog has gone without management for so long. I was abroad, in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Peru, for three months and since then have had a hard time of it getting readjusted to the states and the old life I came home to in western New York. And sadly, I’m not here to say that I’m returning to activity here at this time, either. I’m only home for a week...
September 2011
1 post
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August 2011
9 posts
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Guatemala's leaders face hunger crisis
lysscguatemala:
Guatemala is one of the world’s most important producers of sugar bananas and coffee yet the country’s children suffer among the highest rates of malnutrition. Deborah Bonello reports on the causes and what needs to be done to eradicate hunger in the country.
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Infant-toting beggars to be charged with child... →
How Many US Deaths Are Caused by Poverty and Other... →
exaequo:
ScienceDaily (June 18, 2011) — How researchers classify and quantify causes of death across a population has evolved in recent decades. In addition to long-recognized physiological causes such as heart attack and cancer, the role of behavioral factors — including smoking, dietary patterns and inactivity — began to be quantified in the 1990s. More recent research has begun to look at...
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This Shirt Helps! →
lysscglobal:
One shirt can feed 12 children. One shirt can rescue 4 animals from being killed in shelters. One shirt can plant 3 trees. One shirt can make all the difference in a life. You can make that difference.
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July 2011
110 posts
I regret to inform you all,
This post signifies the end of the queue that I put in place before leaving for Maine for 6 weeks. If my math was right, there should only be about 2 weeks until I get back and continue to post, sometime early in August. I apologize for the lacking maintenance during this period, and hope none of you decide to abandon this blog due to it. I encourage you all to forward anything to me that you come...
Today, nearly 44 million Americans are living...
Watchthepassengerside:
Recycling hotel soap to save lives.
Derreck Kayongo and his Atlanta-based Global Soap Project collect used hotel soap from across the United States. Instead of ending up in landfills, the soaps are cleaned and reprocessed for shipment to impoverished nations such as Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and Swaziland.
“I was shocked just to know how much (soap) at the end of the day was ...
20 million more Americans live in poverty today...
This year 195,000,000 children will suffer from...
takeactionunite:
Right now the food aid system provides poor quality foods to malnourished children affecting the lives and futures of 195 million children around the world.
Sign the Starved for Attention petition to demand that food aid meets the nutritional needs of young children.
Sign the petition by July 27 to help rewrite the story of malnutrition for 195 million children.
Watchjohrune:
The street children of Bangladesh through their own eyes.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela (via saveafricaschildren)
Street children get their own writing space -... →
Hope For Children →
awakenourworld:
This organization aims to improve the quality of life for the disabled, orphaned, poor and exploited children in developing countries and to advocate for their rights. They also encourage children and their families to participate in processes which improve equality, self-reliance and long term sustainable development. Whenever possible, they also provide support which will allow...
“If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...”
– Bob Hope (via ymcacalgary)
