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Posted By: Pontbriand
Posted On: May 3, 2011
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Ten children die every minute as a result of malnutrition, more than a quarter of children in developing countries are underweight and suffer disease because of their poor diet, and in some areas almost half of all under-fives are malnourished.
The target set at the 1996 World Food...... [view]
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Posted By: Norma63
Posted On: Dec 12, 2010
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Several people have written to me complaining that it is not only Africans who are malnourished. This is quite correct: malnutrition is a universal problem. But specific types of malnutrition tend to manifest in different communities depending on dietary habits.I happen to focus more on the...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 25, 2010
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By Jean H Charles:
I have been discussing with my sister Maggie that President Barack Obama needs a black male friend to debate internally important national and international issues without the glare and the intricacies of politics and of protocol. I read recently an essay by Maureen Dowd,...... [view]
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Posted By: Norma63
Posted On: Sep 23, 2010
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Dear sisters, I'm writing this letter because I have lost several nieces of mine in child birth in the recent past. This problem has been increasing during an era when it should be decreasing.The same is true for child malnutrition. I was delighted to see the wife of Kenya's Prime...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 23, 2010
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The “poverty summit” that concluded at the United Nations Wednesday served to expose capitalism’s responsibility for the poverty and hunger confronting billions of people across the planet. Despite vows by the UN and the major powers over the past decade to ameliorate these conditions, the...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 6, 2010
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Africans need both foreign aid and fairer trading terms with other regions to achieve the poverty reduction and social development targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their 2015 deadline, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today.
“Far more than that, they need the...... [view]
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Posted By: Norma63
Posted On: Apr 6, 2010
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http://www.nutritionafrica.com/
This past week I was occupied with preparations for the presentation and reading of my book, 'A HEALTHY YOU: Tame Africa's child malnutrition.'During the discussions, one participant asked a rather embarrassing question: Why do Africans still eat white hybrid...... [view]
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Posted By: Norma63
Posted On: Mar 24, 2010
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http://www.nutritionafrica.com/
Have you ever wondered why Africans like their alcohol and other intoxicants (e.g hard drugs?). How you ever wondered why Africans are so religious and spiritual (although they don't really live their religious dictates?), or why cults are increasing becoming a...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Nov 1, 2009
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Only Brazil, Chile and Cuba have advanced in the fight against hunger.
The population suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is on the rise again, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Oct. 16, World Food Day.
Jacques Diouf, the body´s...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: May 26, 2009
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Reflections of Fidel
(Taken from CubaDebate)
FIVE days ago I read a press report stating that Ban Ki-moon is to appoint Bill Clinton as his special envoy for Haiti.
According to the report, Clinton accompanied the secretary general on a two-day official visit to Haiti...... [view]
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Submitted By: eastoltz
Website: http://www.dosomething.org/project/walk-plumpynut-0
E-mail: food_for_thought@ymail.com |
Vision: Food for Thought is a student founded non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world through the reduction of childhood malnutrition. Through the many events and campaigns organized......
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Submitted By: sirtkay
Committers: 23
Date Created: 2008-04-22 |
Description: It is very obvious Africa as a continent faces all the odds we can think about in our contemporary world. Despite Africa being the backbone of success everywhere in the world, the state of affairs in Africa does not depict its contribution to the success off shores. I believe Africa can cause a revolution in all the negative aspects of the world and the continent can change and be a living testimony to the assertion "from grass to grace". I have decided to dedicate my life in which ever way i can effect change and i know there are people out there who are willing to do same to enable us achieve change in Africa. The future of Africa lies in the hands of Africans and its about time to stand up and realize your potential of making this change a reality. No matter how difficult it might be it is worthy of trying. Mother Africa is calling please pick up the phone... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25392232624&ref=share
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