Lesotho: Feeling the Pinch of Soaring Food Prices

" Urban families in Lesotho, a small landlocked southern African country, are struggling to cope with rising food prices, according to a recent survey. Practically every household interviewed in a vulnerability assessment reported being affected by escalating food costs; more...

Pineau, Nut Butters & Chocolate: My 3 Prizes for Menu for Hope

With only 12 hours to go until Menu for Hope 5 closes its doors to your donations, I thought it was time for me after looking at offerings around the globe to refresh your mind about my 3 modest prizes.In reverse order let me start with My 3rd Prize for Menu for Hope 5 is a...

Make Last Week of 2008 an Orgy of Giving, Menu for Hope extended

With the wobbly economy, Menu for Hope 5 has taken a little more time to pick up steam. What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. In the past couple of days many people...

Epicurean Delights worth Trip to Australia for Menu for Hope 5

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered? It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. After stops in Paris and on the West Coast, I continue my Menu for Hope 5 exploration. After seeing the embarrassment of...

2 Artisan Grab Bags, West Coast Prizes for Menu for Hope 5

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme.I mentioned France yesterday so let me jump to the other side of the country where Matt Bites who coordinates Menu for Hope 5...

Nut Butters for Grown Ups, Nothing Kinky, Menu for Hope 2nd Prize

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. In last year edition of this doing good event, most of my prizes were of the cookie and chocolate kind  so this year, I...

in Pole Position for Menu for Hope 5: 16 Creative Sweets, My 1st

Monday, December 15, 2008 marks the Kick Off for Menu for Hope 5. What is Menu for Hope?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. Who does it benefit?As Pim of Chez Pim who started it all notes: "This year's...

Lesotho Aids diary: Nurse

" I work for St Rodrigue's primary healthcare clinic as a nurse, but I am supported by the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) doctors and nurses. My mother died in May 2007 from an Aids-related illness. Even though she was very sick, she did not get tested until the end of...

Social factors key to health, WHO says

The World Health Organization has just finished an extensive three-year study looking at the relationship between social conditions and health, concluding that "social injustice is killing people on a grand scale."Working conditions, education, housing, food, social security,...