Posted By:  CSRwire Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008	Applied Disenfranchisement
Something occurred to me this morning, while driving quietly along the stretch of highway that is the MASSPIKE without a peripheral care to the swooshing world around me. Why is it that while many Central and Latin American countries reap in poverty like that of a honey bee in honey, the mainstay...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 27, 2008	The two Koreas - Part II
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: ON October 19, 1950, more than 400,000 voluntary Chinese combatants, on orders from Mao Zedong, crossed the Yalu and waylaid the US troops that were advancing towards the Chinese border. The US units, surprised by the vigorous response of the country that they had...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	THE POWERLESS POWERS
Reflections of Fidel: THIS is a serious subject. The summit meeting of leaders of the eight most highly industrialized powers on the planet took place July 7-9 at a mountain retreat on the banks of the Toyako, a lake formed inside a volcanic crater located in the north of the island of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 8, 2008	AES Corporation Pushes For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification Plant At Ocean Cay In The Bahamas
AES Pushing For Deal: By QUINCY PARKER - Nassau, Bahamas: AES Corporation remains committed to pursuit of its proposal to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plant at Ocean Cay in The Bahamas, and has pledged to pay $1 million on the day the agreement is signed with...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	The Plague Of Prostitution In The Bahamas And Caribbean
Prostitution rings a growing problem: By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: More than two dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested and deported in the past six months for suspicion of prostitution, but officials admitted yesterday that it is just a glimpse...... [view]

Posted By:  TAN Posted On:  Jun 17, 2008	OPEN THE DOORS
Open the doors for people living in poverty, Open the doors if you care about humanity, Open the doors for the poor in society out there............... Richie spice. There is a certain pull in the words in this song. The call to humanity to open up the doors for the poor has for long...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 11, 2008	Bahamas Seek Alternatives For Imported Food Staples
Alternatives Sought For Imported Food Staples: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: As the price of staples like wheat, corn and rice balloon in some cases out of the reach of the world’s poor, agriculture and fisheries officials have been huddled in talks about how to use another starch...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 9, 2008	Bahamas: Minister Rejects National Lottery Suggestion To Fund Education In The Islands
Education Minister Rejects Nat’l Lottery Suggestion: By Viraj Perpall - Nassau, Bahamas: Minister of Education Carl Bethel has denied that the government plans to establish a national lottery over the next 10 years to fund education in The Bahamas. The statement that the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 4, 2008	Bahamian Pastors: Legalizing gambling in The Bahamas would only cause more impoverishment and would add to the nation’s social ills
Pastors Scoff At Plan For Nat’l Lottery: By Viraj Perpall - Nassau, Bahamas: A group of pastors on Tuesday scoffed at a bid by education officials to fund education’s future needs through a national lottery. The most recent draft of a new plan for education – which was obtained...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 21, 2008	Two hungry wolves and a Little Red Riding Hood
Reflections of Fidel: ONE basic idea has been occupying my mind since my old days as a utopian socialist. It came from nowhere, with the simple notions of good and evil inculcated in everybody by the society in which they are born, full of instincts and lacking in values that parents,...... [view]

Posted By:  PeacePortal Posted On:  May 2, 2008	Why Poverty Exists
Poverty is a seemingly complex issue; there are many various causes that create conditions of poverty such as lack of education, natural conditions of drought or flooding, and corruption. However complex, there is a single issue that more than any other condition that perpetuates a spiral of ever...... [view]

Fresh Nepal
Submitted By:   freshnepal Website:  http://www.freshnepal.org Phone:  00977-1-5201380 E-mail:  info@freshnepal.org	Vision:   As Our Mission we work in support of children in need, orphans, the destitute and abandoned, women who are victims of conflict and/or natural disasters such as fire or floods. Most children and women have lost their......   [view]

Save A Family Plan
Submitted By:   AmySAFP Website:  http://www.safp.org/ Phone:  519-672-1115 E-mail:  safpinfo@safp.org	Vision:   SAFP, in partnership with the poor, fosters conditions that promote healthy families and communities so that they can contribute to sustainable development. • Lack of participatory decision-making and necessary action......   [view]

Education for poor Children
Starter:   tonychukka Date Created:  Nov 30, -1 Country:  India [view]	Description:   To facilitate formal education along with job oriented vocational courses to the rural poor disadvantaged children. Goals:   To educate the rural poor by acheiving emplyment opportunities