By David on Jun 23, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
Which countries have the worst press freedoms? An annual study by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders has measured the level of press freedom in 169 countries.
The 20 countries with the lowest press freedom rankings for 2007 are listed below:
By David on Jun 22, 2008 in World | 0 Comments
Sharing Resources Worldwide (SRM), based in Madison, Wisconsin, is a nonprofit organization, founded in 2002 by two registered nurses, Lisa Fernandez and Mary Dowling, to make surplus and recycled medical supplies, equipment and related medical services available to needy populations around the world.
Since 2002, SRM has provided over $11,200,000 in total value to their missions and [...]
By David on Jun 21, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
Give2Asia (San Francisco) has a presence in 21 countries in Asia and offers many services to help donors customize their giving. Special projects now support China’s earthquake relief efforts and aid to Burma (Myanmar) cyclone victims.
Donors can choose to give to:
Hosted Funds - select from a variety of hosted funds.
By David on Jun 20, 2008 in World | 1 Comment
Project Concern International (PCI), based in San Diego, CA, works in Asia, the Americas and Africa to bring better health and hope to children living in poverty. In 1961, a young doctor from San Diego, Dr. Jim Turpin, volunteered at a Tijuana, Mexico clinic, and saved two children who were dying of pneumonia.
Dr. Turpin later [...]
By David on Jun 19, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released its 2007-2008 Human Development Index Ratings for 177 countries.
Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland have the 5 highest ratings.
Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Niger and Mali have the 5 worst ratings.
How does the USA rank? What is the Human Development Index?
By David on Jun 18, 2008 in World | 0 Comments
Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Program has a mission to enable sustained social and economic opportunity for the more than 5 billion people at the middle and bottom of the world’s economic pyramid … those that do not have the opportunity to utilize computers and modern technologies to learn, connect, create and succeed.
By 2015, the short term [...]
By David on Jun 17, 2008 in World | 0 Comments
H-Kayne, MC Bigg, DJ Key, Mot de Passe, Brownfingaz, Fnaire … Moroccan hip hop artists … are bridging the gap between Western and Arab-Muslim cultures. The I Love Hip Hop in Morocco festival, the 2005 pilot program of The Hip Hop Diplomacy Project, is the first in a series of concerts that seek to harness [...]
By David on Jun 16, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
The creators of Sesame Street and the Merrill Lynch Foundation have created an interactive website … Panwapa… to help young children become responsible global citizens and develop new skills and perspectives in an increasingly interconnected world.
Panwapa (meaning ‘here on this earth’ in the Tshiluba language) aims to foster global citizenship and community activism in children ages 4 [...]