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Microfinance: A Meaningful Lifeline to the Poor?
Economic Topics & Microfinance Jan 25, 2013
Microfinance means much more than simply the lending of money. Originating from a movement that envisioned a world in which low-income households had access to financial services previously only accessible to those with higher incomes, it provides… Read More
The Pros and Cons of Child Sponsorship – An Outsider’s Perspective
Miscellaneous Jan 11, 2013
The issue of child sponsorship has been subject to debate for a number of years. Child sponsorship forms a substantial proportion of the financial income of many NGOs, enabling them to reach those most in need. There exist, however, a number of… Read More
Microfinance And The Development Of The African Entrepreneur
Economic Topics & Microfinance Sep 30, 2012
How important is it to develop the African continent, its nations and its people? What are some of the unknown obstacles in doing so? Do we as people in the developed world feel as if we have a stake and a responsibility in doing so? These are… Read More
Education Resources for Africa: World-Wide School Supply Drive
Technology & Education Aug 30, 2012
Education is the start of an adventurous quest to become a global citizen and to position one to become a productive element in the job market sector. The benefit of having an education goes far beyond what anyone could ever begin to explain in just… Read More
The Water Project: Clean Water Can Change Everything
Miscellaneous Aug 24, 2012
Not everyone can afford the luxury of clean tap water. In fact, there are nearly 1 billion people in the world suffering from diseases caused by drinking contaminated water.   Access to clean water is one of the biggest issues in rural (and… Read More
Educate a Girl, Educate The World
Technology & Education, Children in Africa, Women Empowerment & Gender Equality Aug 17, 2012
At fourteen, Aminata was hungrily looking in at the rice and sauce being served at her school in Freetown, Sierra Leone. By sixteen, she is married and pregnant. “My parents couldn’t afford to give me any money for food, so I dropped out of school… Read More
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela - What People Think - Celebrating His Example
Miscellaneous Jul 17, 2012
Nelson Mandela (often known as Madiba his Xhosa clan name) is a global icon enormously respected and revered the world over. He has been courted by the all the world’s leaders, the rich and famous and anyone of significant importance on the global… Read More
Child Sponsorship: What it Is and How it Works
Miscellaneous Jun 28, 2012
It is easy to see images of impoverished children from across the globe and feel helpless or unaware that there is anything you personally can do to help them. Regions like Sub-Saharan Africa tend to seem out of reach to an ordinary person – perhaps… Read More
The Effect of Drought on Women and Children
Disease & Disaster Jun 03, 2012
Throughout Kenya and other developing countries, there is a clear demand for water as an integral part of daily living. As a natural resource, water is in scarce supply and the ongoing drought in Kenya has greatly harmed already vulnerable… Read More
Microfinance: A Lifeline for the Impoverished
Economic Topics & Microfinance Jun 01, 2012
Microfinance does not have a single definition that can be given, but rather a series of characteristics that we tend to attribute to it. Microfinance generally includes the following: Small loans given to those with low income (sometimes for… Read More

 

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