Canada came up with a great way to help fight world hunger this Halloween. Read the press release published on newswire.ca: From coast to coast, youth will be trick-or-treating for non-perishable foods instead of candy through Free The Children’s Halloween for Hunger campaign. This annual campaign challenges young people to think locally and act globally […]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Hunger & Poverty Forums
The following discussion are currently taking place in The Hunger and Poverty Forums: Who do you want to see run in ’08 and WHY? You earned it. It’s yours. Bush’s impeachable offenses. Feeding the hungry is not the solution. Effects of Forcing Western Thought on Others Cost to End Hunger What I can I do […]
Humanitarianism In A Post 9/11 World
Imagine sitting down to talk with eight mullahs in a village in central Afghanistan, meeting with people in the war-torn Gulu district in Uganda, or attending a town meeting of displaced persons in Colombia. How do people such as these, on the receiving end of international assistance, perceive humanitarian action in their respective countries? Is […]
Radical Change
In a recent article that I wrote I point out the serious and major problems facing our society and that we need radical change, both politically and socially. I then briefly run through the method to make that change. The called the article, Radical Change. Here’s a few relevant excerpts: In the United States alone, […]
DJ Bobo Fights World Hunger
DJ BOBO, the internationally renowned Swiss artist and winner of around ten World Music Awards, today takes up his appointment as National Ambassador Against Hunger for WFP. WFP is currently feeding six million people in Ethiopia, including 670,000 children thanks to its school feeding programmes. Education remains the best way of escaping the vicious circle […]
All I See Is Dead People
Marc Haron juxtaposes war statistics in his new article, All I See Are Dead People. He compares the tragic Iraq war, which, so far, has led to over 30,000 or 650,000 Iraqi deaths, depending on how one counts. In fact, Haron doesn’t mention it, but more Americans have died in the Iraq war than 9/11. […]