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UNITED NATIONS: Diverse Partnerships Key to Solving Sustainable Development Challenges, UN Forum Told
By United Nations at May 3, 2013 | 10:43 am | 0 Comment
(United Nations) The United Nations is looking to harness the benefits of science, technology and innovation to create jobs, end poverty, reduce inequality and address other challenges in sustainable development, senior officials today told UN partners in a special event during the 1,000 Days of Action for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by more...
GLOBAL: Salesian Missions Partners with Institution Recycling Network, Benefitting Programs Around the Globe
By Stacy Jones at April 26, 2013 | 2:00 pm | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) Salesian programs around the globe have received school and office furniture as well as workstations thanks to a new partnership between the Institution Recycling Network (IRN) and Salesian Missions. In recent months, IRN has sent shipments of furniture and workstations to Salesian sites in Haiti, the Philippines, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. more...
USAID: Malaria is a Marathon, Not a 50-Yard Dash
By USAID at April 24, 2013 | 8:42 am | 0 Comment
(USAID) Each year, World Malaria Day (April 25) commemorates the global fight toward zero malaria deaths and mobilizes action to combat malaria. This year’s theme is “Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria.” I used to call them “disease du jour” bills. As a staffer on the U.S. Senate committee with jurisdiction over public health issues, every time a more...
ALERTNET: Women are Silver Bullet to Ending Extreme Poverty, Says UNDP Head
By AlertNet at April 23, 2013 | 9:13 am | 0 Comment
(Thomas Reuters Foundation) WASHINGTON – Improving political, economic and social opportunities for women is the single most important step countries can take to end extreme poverty worldwide by 2030, the head of the United Nations Development Program said. Sustained economic growth certainly is needed, especially after the financial crisis that pushed 400 million more...
UNITED STATES: Alliance for Global Food Security Suggests Changes in Opposition to President Obama’s Food Aid Reforms
By MissionNewswire at April 10, 2013 | 12:16 pm | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) The Alliance for Global Food Security is opposed to current reforms proposed in President Obama’s “Food Aid Reforms” presented in the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal. Instead, the Alliance supports greater flexibility and efficiency in food aid programs that maximize benefits without jeopardizing the availability of food aid and has put forth a more...
TOMS SHOES: 4th Annual ‘One Day Without Shoes’
By MissionNewswire at April 5, 2013 | 5:34 pm | 0 Comment
(PRNewswire) On Tuesday, April 5, 2013, TOMS Shoes asked the world to go without shoes so that kids don't have to with its annual One Day Without Shoes event. This is the day each year that TOMS raises awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child's life. In 2012, more than 250,000 people went without shoes and more than 1,600 events took place around the more...
WORLD WATER DAY: Salesian Missions Highlights Programs Providing Clean Water for Healthy Living, Agriculture
By MissionNewswire at March 22, 2013 | 1:41 pm | 0 Comment
(MissionNewswire) From safe drinking water and healthy sanitation to agriculture, water is essential for life. Six to 8 million people die annually from the consequences of disasters and water-related diseases, according to the United Nations. Furthermore, 783 million people do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate more...
USAID: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
By USAID at March 13, 2013 | 7:29 am | 0 Comment
(USAID) Last March, Feed the Future launched a tool to measure women’s empowerment in agriculture—the first of its kind. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index—developed by USAID, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)—tracks women’s engagement in agriculture in five more...
UNITED NATIONS: Human rights must be at the heart of future development agenda, UN panel told
By United Nations at March 1, 2013 | 7:44 am | 0 Comment
(United Nations) Human rights are vital for achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which world leaders have pledged to attain by 2015, and must figure prominently in any development agenda beyond that date, a high-level United Nations panel held in Geneva heard today. “Human rights are part of the DNA of the United more...
UNICEF: Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities Can Transform Lives
By UNICEF at February 13, 2013 | 10:28 am | 0 Comment
(UNICEF) Progressive policies in inclusive education have made positive changes in the lives of children with disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to UNICEF. More schools are welcoming first grade children with disabilities in Serbia as a result of years of policy advocacy. Huge nationwide awareness raising campaigns in Montenegro and more...
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