Full Coverage: Poverty

31.07.2006 AMARC Asia-Pacific – http://asiapacific.amarc.org/ – is part of an international non-governmental organisation serving the community radio movement, with almost 3,000 members and associates in 110 countries.

31.07.2006 Greenpeace, a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of the environment, on Tuesday alleged that the information technology (IT) company, Wipro, had failed to keep its promise to develop a policy to phase out toxins from its products.

31.07.2006 Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the project’s implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.

25.07.2006 Nevladine humanitarne organizacije Merhamet, Dobrotvor, La Benovalencija i Caritas smatraju da je Bosna i Hercegovina, što se tiče poreza na dodatnu vrijednost (PDV), došla u situaciju na koju su te humanitarne organizacije u više navrate upozoravale. "Na računu Uprave za indirekto oporezivanje sad se, podaci su od prošlog petka, našlo oko 210 miliona KM. Ta sredstva su dotad bila blokirana.

24.07.2006 Villagers Sanjay Colony (Bhagirath Nagar) - in the Indian capital city of Delhi - condemned the Indian and the Delhi government on Sunday for trying to evict them from their homes. They were testifying before a panel of activists and NGOs on how the government planned to uproot a residential area where the government itself had built schools, hospitals and roads for the people.

24.07.2006 Three citizen organizations in India have joined forces to help slum residents organize themselves to gain the skills they need to be powerful advocates for their own interests. Writer activist Arundhati Ray writes how these organisations, with the cooperation of local government agencies and banks, have taken control of real estate in Indian cities.

24.07.2006 Panchachuli Women Weavers, the largest independent women’s cooperative in the north Indian state of Uttaranchal, has played a key role in changing the socio-economic dynamics of the local community. Women from over 32 villages in the hilly region of Almora are involved in the processing of raw materials and production of woven and knitted products.

20.07.2006 There is a lot of optimism in Nepal that the shaky peace process, born out of a ceasefire some months ago, will lead to improved security in rural areas as well as more public money for development projects that the country sorely needs.

19.07.2006 Hello. I’m sorry I can’t be with you today, but I’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about growth in Africa and the role of Information and Communication Technology.

18.07.2006 Parents cribbing about their kids resorting to junk food is common today. But there are more than 50 million children in the country who fail to secure proper meals every single day, something that India needs to ponder upon very seriously. According to a recent UN report, 10 children die from malnutrition in the developing countries every minute. About three quarters of the undernourished children come from just 10 countries of which 57 million are from India and 8 million each in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

18.07.2006 The widely-read book by US-based health organisation Hesperian Where There Is No Doctor is now online. The Hesperian Foundation's classic manual has helped people take lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities. Simply written and heavily illustrated, the book is available in many languages.

17.07.2006 Radio content must be made more relevant to its audience to preserve the medium’s market share, told a Pacific media executive an international broadcasting conference in Singapore recently.

17.07.2006 The strong trend in the number of new telephone subscribers continued in the month of June with a net addition of about 4.97 million phones - an average daily addition of 1.66 lakh lines.

17.07.2006 ActionAid has issued a press release on the G8 summit in Russia criticising the rich countries’ efforts to force through a deal in the beleaguered World Trade Organization (WTO) as this sidelines the world’s poorest nations.

15.07.2006 Despite unprecedented growth in recent years, the world economy has not only failed to take care of the planet and its health, but also the basic needs of billions of its inhabitants, most of whom are condemned to live in slums with no safe water to drink, according to a new study released by a U.S.-based independent think tank.

14.07.2006 The Soros Fundation, in cooperation with the Albanian Helsinki Committee and the Children’s Human Rights Centre in Albania – CRCA, organized today the seminar “The implementation of the National Strategy for improving of Roma’s conditions in Albania,” at the Tirana International Hotel. The seminar aimed to raise public awareness and to inform the interested parties about the results of ongoing monitoring of the National Strategy for Roma.

13.07.2006

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Public works offering relatively predictable employment opportunities are likely to be particularly effective in slowing down rural-urban migration.

11.07.2006 Mrs. Frederique de Man, the Dutch Ambassador to Macedonia, and Vladimir Milcin, the Executive Director of Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSIM), signed an agreement for cooperation and implementation of “Equal Education Opportunities for Roma Children” project. Mabera Kamberi, Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies and coordinator of Governments Programme under the Roma Inclusion Decade, was also present at the signing ceremony.

11.07.2006 The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) assessed the 2006 Parliamentary Elections as successfully conducted. ECMI’s assessment was based on the reports submitted by the 26 accredited election monitors, who observed both the election campaigns and the ballot day activities.

11.07.2006 Six villagers from Bhatti Mines, a rural dwelling in Indian capital New Delhi have started a hunger strike to protest against the demolition of their residential areas. The villagers have appealed to the Indian government to protect them and allow them to follow their traditional skills of water harvesting and digging wells and ponds.