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Tag Archives: poverty
A boon for poor girls and women
Poverty has a greater effect on women than it does on men. That’s because women’s needs are more complex and they are usually treated as second-class citizens in most poor societies. Basic things that rich and middle-class women take for … Continue reading
Posted in A. Muruganandam, adolescence, Africa, Asia, Coimbatore, developing countries, education, feminine hygiene, gender, gender issues, girls, girls' education, health, hygiene, India, innovations, life, low-cost sanitary napkins, machinery, menstruation, periods, physiology, poverty, puberty, rural schools, sanitary napkins, sanitary pads, school girls, schooling, schools, Self-Help Groups, SHGs, students, Tamil Nadu, Third World, women, women's issues, women's rights, world
Tagged A. Muruganandam, adolescence, Africa, Asia, Coimbatore, developing countries, education, feminine hygiene, gender, gender issues, girls, girls' education, health, hygiene, India, innovations, life, low-cost sanitary napkins, machinery, menstruation, periods, physiology, poverty, puberty, rural schools, sanitary napkins, sanitary pads, school girls, schooling, schools, Self-Help Groups, SHGs, students, Tamil Nadu, Third World, women, women's issues, women's rights, world
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A billion people are facing starvation!
If you are reading this post, I assume you would not have experienced starvation in your life. Certainly not prolonged starvation that has been forced on you by economic circumstances. But do you know how many people on this planet … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Global Hunger Index, Africa, Bangladesh, child mortality, child nutrition, Concern Worldwide, destitution, development, development indices, Germany, GHI, human development index, hunger, hunger in India, IFPRI, inclusive growth, India, Ingeborg Schaeuble, International Food Policy Research Institute, journalism, life, mainstream media, malnutrition, media, news, poor, poverty, random, South Asia, starvation, sub-Saharan Africa, thoughts, Welthungerhilfe, world, world hunger, yellow journalism
Tagged 2008 Global Hunger Index, Africa, Bangladesh, child mortality, child nutrition, Concern Worldwide, destitution, development, development indices, Germany, GHI, human development index, hunger, hunger in India, IFPRI, inclusive growth, India, Ingeborg Schaeuble, International Food Policy Research Institute, journalism, life, mainstream media, malnutrition, media, news, poor, poverty, random, South Asia, starvation, sub-Saharan Africa, thoughts, Welthungerhilfe, world, world hunger, yellow journalism
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The Great American Home Robbery!
Okay, now that the people of the world in general and Americans in particular, have witnessed the greatest robbery in the history of the world, let us get to know something about how all this happened: And what does the … Continue reading
Posted in $700000000000, a trillion dollars, American economy, bailout, banks, car sleepers, economics, economy, financial crisis, foreclosures, home robbery, homelessness, lending, life, loans, mortgage, politics, poor, poverty, random, robbery, seven hundred billion dollars, sub-prime mortgage crisis, sub-prime mortgages, tent cities, The Great American Home Robbery, the new homeless, thoughts, U.S., video post, Wall Street, Wall Street bailout, world
Tagged $700000000000, a trillion, a trillion dollars, American economy, bailout, banks, car sleepers, economics, economy, financial crisis, foreclosures, home robbery, homelessness, lending, life, loans, mortgage, politics, poor, poverty, random, robbery, seven hundred billion dollars, sub-prime mortgage crisis, sub-prime mortgages, tent cities, The Great American Home Robbery, the new homeless, thoughts, U.S., video post, Wall Street, Wall Street bailout, world
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The 2008 Right Livelihood Awards – Part 1
The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to honour and support those “offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today”. It has become widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ and there are now … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Right Livelihood Awards, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, affordable housing, agriculture, Amy Goodman, Asha Hagi, கிருஷ்ணம்மாள் ஜகந்ந, குத்தூர, சங்கரலிங்கம் ஜகந்நா, தமிழ் நாடு, திருவாரூர், நாகப்பட்டினம், Bhoodan Movement, caste system, Dalits, destitute, destitution, Earth, Earthlings, farmers, farming, Gandhi Jayanthi, Gandhian movement, Germany, heroes, hope, human rights, humanity, India, justice, Krishnammal Jagannathan, Kuthur, LAFTI, land, Land for Tillers' Freedom, land revolution, landless labourers, life, low-cost housing, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Monika Hauser, movements, Nagapattinam, news, NGO, non-violence, poor, poverty, random, rights, rural housing, social organisation, social workers, Somalia, South Asia, Stockholm, Sweden, Tamil Nadu, The Right Livelihood Award, Thiruvarur, thoughts, U.S., untouchability, village community, villages, women, women's rights, world
Tagged 2008 Right Livelihood Awards, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, affordable housing, agriculture, Amy Goodman, Asha Hagi, கிருஷ்ணம்மாள் ஜகந்ந, குத்தூர், சங்கரலிங்கம் ஜகந்நா, தமிழ் நாடு, திருவாரூர், நாகப்பட்டினம், Bhoodan Movement, caste system, Dalits, destitute, destitution, Earth, Earthlings, farmers, farming, Gandhi Jayanthi, Gandhian movement, Germany, heroes, hope, human rights, humanity, India, justice, Krishnammal Jagannathan, Kuthur, LAFTI, land, Land for Tillers' Freedom, land revolution, landless labourers, life, low-cost housing, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Monika Hauser, movements, Nagapattinam, news, NGO, non-violence, poor, poverty, random, rights, rural housing, Sankaralingam Jagannathan, social organisation, social workers, Somalia, South Asia, Stockholm, Sweden, Tamil Nadu, The Right Livelihood Award, Thiruvarur, thoughts, U.S., untouchability, village community, villages, women, women's rights, world
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Africa, awake, arise and act! (Part 1)
African leaders have warned that the lingering global financial crisis coupled with the collapse of talks on a world trade agreement could hinder the United Nations’ campaign to improve life for hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest. Africa, despite … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, agriculture, aid, China, civil wars, colonisation, corruption, crime, destitution, development, dictators, disease, Earth, Earthlings, economic exploitation, economic terrorists, economics, economy, exploitation, famine, farmers, farmers' suicides, farming, hope, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanity, India, international aid, Japan, malnutrition, Millenium Development Goals (MDG), mineral wealth, minerals, multi-national corporation, news, oil, oil reserves, politics, poverty, predatory corporations, random, Sahara desert, slavery, starvation, sub-Saharan Africa, subsistence farming, the E.U., the IMF, the U.N., the World Bank, the WTO, thoughts, thugs, tuxedoed thugs, U.S., wars
Tagged Africa, agriculture, aid, China, civil wars, colonisation, corruption, corrution, crime, desertification, destitution, development, dictators, disease, Earth, Earthlings, economic aid, economic exploitation, economic terrorists, economics, economy, exploitation, famine, farmers, farmers' suicides, farming, globalisation, hope, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanity, India, industries, international aid, Japan, malnutrition, manufacturing, MDG, millenium development goals, Millenium Development Goals (MDG), mineral wealth, minerals, multi-national corporation, news, oil, oil reserves, politics, poverty, predatory corporations, random, Sahara desert, services, slavery, starvation, stooges, sub-Saharan Africa, subsistence farming, the E.U., the IMF, the U.N., the World Bank, the WTO, thoughts, thugs, tuxedoed thugs, U.S., wars
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The woman who spread love and hope . . .
September 5, 2008 marked the tenth death anniversary of Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She is better known as Mother Teresa. Almost everyone would have heard of her and the organisation that she founded, the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa . . … Continue reading
Posted in Albania, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Calcutta, Catholicism, child rights, children, Christianity, City of Joy, death, destitute, Earth, Earthlings, heroes, hope, human rights, humanitarian, humanity, India, Kolkata, life, love, Macedonia, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, nun, poetry, poor, poverty, random, religion, rights, Roman Catholic Church, Saint of Hope, saints, social worker, South Asia, spirituality, struggle, thoughts, tribute, West Bengal, world
Tagged Albania, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Calcutta, Catholicism, child rights, children, Christianity, City of Joy, death, destitute, Earth, Earthlings, heroes, hope, human rights, humanitarian, humanity, India, Kolkata, life, love, Macedonia, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, nun, poetry, poor, poverty, random, religion, rights, Roman Catholic Church, Saint of Hope, saints, social worker, South Asia, spirituality, struggle, thoughts, tribute, West Bengal, world
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An alien's thoughts about our planet 