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 12 Oct 2011 @ 22:49
Kathmandu’s water system is undergoing upgrading, a project that will require hundreds of millions of dollars. This news alone is cause for elation, it being a sign of how sincere and focused is the democratic state in developing and modernizing Nepal. More >
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12 Oct 2011 @ 22:48
274,000 families were so badly affected by the latest floods that hit Pakistan. They are so vulnerable to the ecological risks that now confront them in the Sindh province.
So far, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its aid partners estimate that the most urgent task requires a funding of US $67 Million. A huge number of almost half a million affected ones are now living in makeshift shelters. More >
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12 Oct 2011 @ 06:54
Let’s continue with our own monitoring of the drought-famine-hunger triad of calamity that is now raging across the Horn of Africa, with the hope that the intervention measures are somehow working positively this early to ensure a low level of deaths due to starvation in the coming months. More >
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10 Oct 2011 @ 22:33
Governance reforms in the Dominican Republic have included strengthening institutional capacity to deal with problems of children and adolescents. The country’s National Council for Children and Adolescents (CONANI) is the lead agency created for the task. More >
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9 Oct 2011 @ 22:20
Tragic news comes from Somalia, as the folks affected by the drought & famine now number around 2.4 to 4 million people. This is just one side of the larger problem today in the entire Horn of Africa, where 11,000,000 people were severely affected by famine that resulted to dislocations, migrations, and hunger. More >
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9 Oct 2011 @ 22:19
The new nation of South Sudan is badly experiencing the birth pangs of a new nation. The majority of voters there ratified the separation from mainstream Sudan, and so they have to pay the social costs of largely unresolved conflicts and relative unpreparedness for statehood. More >
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8 Oct 2011 @ 22:27
Congo went through couples of civil and political tumult, with so many deaths and refugees spilling off their neighbors. The world isn’t lacking in aid for the affected victims of the conflicts, and that is good news for the country. More >
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8 Oct 2011 @ 08:29
Energy revolution refers to the grand goal of providing energy for all. Among the latest core programs of the United Nations, the Energy for All buzzwords are now making ripples across borders. Hopefully, it will find sufficient support from country stakeholders beyond the glamorous “take off your lights for 1 hour” hype using showbiz celebrities. More >
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7 Oct 2011 @ 22:30
A gladdening news about an annual event called Shelter Academy had the latest update about the gathering of senior local government officials from the South. The event, the first of its kind, was kicked off in Rotterdam, held on 13-15 of September 2011. More >
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7 Oct 2011 @ 22:29
Cities can be made safer as shown by big cities such as New York and Manila where crime rates have significantly dropped in recent years. Such local peace & order initiatives just recently received a greater boost as United Nations agencies launched a Safer Cities Program. More >
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