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Typhoon Ondoy Have left Severe Damage on the Lives of Filipinos
Close to 300 people have died, while more than three million others have been affected after tropical storm "Ondoy" (Ketsana) wrought havoc in metropolitan Manila and some provinces in Calabarzon and Central Luzon regions.Forty-two people were reported missing, while the... Water.org Working Toward Global Access to Safe Water
H20 Africa and WaterPartners Agree to Merge. The merged entity, Water.org, co-founded by actor Matt Damon and Gary White, will leverage nearly twenty years of innovation in the grassroots approach of both...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 16 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago
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178 views | 22 recommendations | 5 comments
Al Jazeera investigates Sri Lanka's open air prison
Al Jazeera conducted its investigation on the conflict in Sri Lanka and spoke to the Tamils who are still suffering in detention camps. "
The... INDIA - women's toilet power in Maharashtra
There was a time when the young women in the village of Asgaon would judge a man by how much land he had, or whether he possessed a buffalo. Not any longer. Now they want something more... 957 views | 62 recommendations | 9 comments
Australia Pledges $10 Million in Aid to Zimbabwe
Every now and then I'll hear something in the news that makes me proud that I am from Australia. Today Australia is pledging aid and money to those less fortunate in Zimbabwe. Australia has an embassy in... November 19 is World Toilet Day: Bottoms Up!
November 19 is World Toilet Day! Founded by the World Toilet Organization, World Toilet Day aims to educate the Western world on the lack of basic sanitation for more than 2.5 billion people worldwide and...
created by Terri Potratz | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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541 views | 31 recommendations | 6 comments
Some 110,000 kids die of water borne diseases annually in Bangladesh
It is a huge number of untimely death, and the reason is investment of 4-5 dollar to buy water filters.This world is very very strange, the divide is growing day by day in every pssible form, and the... Canada: Deadly bacteria linked to some Maple Leaf meats
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Now that BBQ season winds down, kids are home from summer camp, sandwiches the mainstay for any child as busy parents scramble to work, may have ill effects for kids,... 3042 views | 34 recommendations | 14 comments
World Water Week Begins in Stockholm Sweden
According to the UN 30% of people in the world face water shortages by the year 2025, the UN has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation." STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A week-long conference on the impact of... Plan to send Mideast refugees to Sudan draws protest
Is Sudan the only place to save those refugee?! Is that the right choice?! Do UNCHR fully aware about the safety for those refugee?!"Palestinian refugees along the Iraq-Syria border are so desperate, they may... WHO report: Polluted water kills 4,000 people daily
"Singapore (ANTARA News/DPA) - Polluted drinking water will kill around 1.6 million people this year unless governments make a concerted effort to clean up their supplies, a World Health Organization (WHO) official warned in a report published Monday.More than 4,000 people...WHO Fears Disease Outbreaks in Myanmar
The devastating effects of Cyclone Nargis could have a long-term impact on public health in the region and the WHO is concerned that poor sanitation and the lack of clean water could lead to outbreaks of disease....
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1 billion people worldwide lack safe drinking water: World Water Day 2008
Launched in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly, the 16th edition of World Water Day takes place on March 22 (Saturday).
The focus this year is on clean water supplies and sanitation. Multiple 9/11s every day of the year
"Multiple 9/11s every day of the year Almost 10 million children die needlessly every year.Why is there no war on this terror?by Shreeram Krishnaswami" "Another child will die in the time it takes to read this sentence. And the death of that child, a child who had a...$5000 Reward: Dallas Tiger Killer
"On Christmas Day, the same day the tragic tiger event happened at the San Francisco Zoo, a horrific story seemed to fall through the cracks. Tiger Found Shot To Death in Dallas, TX, the same day an escaped tiger...
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