It seems that despite the media attention to the ONE campaign it has gone a little unnoticed that the amount of aid that the US is sending to Africa has been tripled with more aid promised. The Washington Post has an interesting article about the varying viewpoints surrounding this issue and how it was [...]
Two years after the tsunami, much has been rebuilt, but children’s recovery from the trauma is far from complete.
Journalists and photographers organized the InSIGHT Out! workshop series to share their skills with 65 children in Thailand’s worst-affected region.
Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here’s your chance to find out.
Visit the Global Rich List, enter your annual income, take a look at the [...]
Charity, Compassion, Philanthropy, Stewardship — the ethics of billionaire spending and philanthropy. What does the world need? What is the world doing? What can be done? What should we do? If “even the heathens” can accomplish so much than how much more should the Church expect of itself? Peter Singer just published [...]
The State of the World’s Children 2007 focuses on the gains for both women and children of gender equality.
This month the movie Blood Diamond has stirred up renewed attention to the reality of conflict diamonds and the human toll of the diamond trade. Read on for articles and resources for an informed response to this issue.
Part V of V: Children are at the heart of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Check out the United Nations page on Human Rights Day and celebrate that on this day in 1948 the UN General Assembly adopted Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The focus this year is on poverty. “Poverty is a cause and a product of human rights violations.”Read on to learn more…
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Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world – and that number increases in every region every day. Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease.
