May 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

'Building Back Better' in Haiti as Aid Runs Dry

Ruth Messinger is part of Change.org's Changemaker network, a network comprised of leading voices for social change. According to the latest UN figures, 1.3 million Haitians have been left homeless by the quake. Some of these Haitians are no longer...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 5:58 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Why We Need to Keep Talking About Development

Today, the United Kingdom goes to the polls in the most closely contested general election in a generation. In the run-up to the election, each of the three main parties' leaders have engaged in a series of debates, including one on international...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 4:51 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Are Haiti’s Transitional Shelters the Right Gift?

It doesn't matter how well-intentioned: if it isn't thought out, a gift of humanitarian aid can be a major inconvenience. The 130,000 transitional shelters waiting to be built in Haiti are one case in point. There's no doubt that transitional...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 12:26 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Praise for North Korea's "Enviable" Health System

Did you ever hear the North Korean joke about the farmer who decides to release a fresh-caught fish back into the river, because he has no cooking oil or pot to cook it in? The fish darts back into the water, joyfully hollering, "Long live General...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 10:00 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

For Female Migrant Workers, Destination Heartache

One look at the mostly female queue at the building where Ethiopia's passports are issued confirms something that I've often heard: the number of women going abroad as domestic workers has increased exponentially. Families everywhere are scraping...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 6:13 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

One Laptop Per Child Reaches Gaza

The BBC reported on Thursday that the UN has begun a massive project to dole out laptops to children in the Gaza Strip, starting with 2,100 computers in the town of Rafah. The laptops came from One Laptop Per Child, an NGO with the mission of bringing...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 1:47 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

On "Hatorade" and T-Shirts for the "People of Africa"

Last week my Google Reader account was bombarded by posts about a guy named Jason , his idea to help the “people of Africa” with donated t-shirts and a steady stream of corresponding outrage from aid professionals and observers. Here is the go-to link...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 11:12 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Time to Fight the AIDS Backlash

Last week, Jina shared the disturbing news that those testing positive for HIV/AIDS across the developing world are being denied treatment. The immediate culprit for this? The Obama administration, which decided in 2009 to essentially flat-line its funding...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 6:28 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Want to Help Congo's Women? Send Cash

It’s now an open secret that the warring militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting using women’s bodies as a battlefield. The United Nations Population Fund counted more than 9,000 rapes in that region last year alone — and those are...

Published Mon, May 03 2010 9:09 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

What Do NASA, Insurance Giants and Kenya Have in Common?

Cows. (No, really.) Kenya’s International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently cracked the code on a formula that could change cattle-herders’ lives — or at least line their pockets. The single biggest risk cattlemen in Kenya’s dry north face...

Published Mon, May 03 2010 6:52 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Sergio Vieira de Mello: A True International Hero

The ultimate humanitarian, model diplomat, star of the UN. Those are just a few of the ways one might describe Sergio Vieira de Mello. A Brazilian diplomat, Vieira de Mello dedicated his life to the United Nations system, accepting field assignments in...

Published Sat, May 01 2010 6:48 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

For Feel-Good, Do-Good Media, Click Here

Dowser.org is only a few weeks old, but the site — a magazine-like blog, or a blogged magazine? Whatever it is, it's very 2.0 — is already home to some fascinating conversation focused on solution-oriented approaches to social issues. It's like...

Published Sat, May 01 2010 6:32 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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