This is bloody fascinating - Matternet will alleviate poverty and accelerate economic growth for the rising billion through a roadless transportation network.
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Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.
Low2High Biking Fundraiser
Low2High: Africa is a fundraiser for the New Day Children’s Centre in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
In January, 2011, Kyle Henning will begin his human-powered, solo expedition from the lowest point on the African continent to the highest. Starting at the shore of Lake Assal, Djibouti (155m below sea level), he will bicycle more than 3,000km through six countries to the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and trek to the summit of Uhuru Peak (5,892m above sea level).
In 2008, an estimated 2.6 billion people around the world lacked access to sanitary flush toilets or latrines, and this number is projected to grow to 2.7 billion by 2015. The two regions facing the greatest challenges are sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, where 69 percent and 64 percent of the population, respectively, lack access to these so-called “improved sanitation facilities.”
Open defecation, a deadly threat to human health, remains common in sub-Saharan Africa but is an even bigger problem in Southern Asia, where 44 percent of the population has no access to toilets of any kind.
