“Market solutions to poverty are very much in vogue. These solutions, which include services and products targeting consumers at the “bottom of the pyramid,” portray poor people as creative entrepreneurs and discerning consumers. Yet this rosy view of poverty-stricken people is not only wrong, but also harmful. It allows corporations, governments, and nonprofits to deny [...]
In a Hunger & Homelessness Awareness my club organized at my university a couple months ago, we invited someone from a non-profit organization that fights homelessness to speak at a seminar. Here is a recap of what she said. I haven’t posted on this in a while, and I really should. So here is something [...]
Here’s a really interesting article that’s in the San Francisco Bay Guardian article. If you have a spare moment, go and read it!
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Here are some excerpts I thought were worth mentioning from the article..if you don’t have time to read the article (it is quite long), skim this…
Here’s what I learned: San Francisco has a [...]
H&M has partnered with Designers Against AIDS to launch a collection of clothes and accessories designed by celebs like Timbaland and Rihanna.
The “Fashion Against AIDS” collection is designed to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS and will be available at H&M in early February.
“Supporting YouthAIDS through the Fashion Against AIDS campaign was a great way [...]
On December 31, a hybrid United Nations-African Union command officially took control of the peacekeeping mission for Darfur.But the mission is already in danger of failing. Few new peacekeepers have actually been deployed because of obstructions by the Sudanese regime, and world leaders aren’t providing critical equipment essential to the peacekeepers’ success.Right now, this peacekeeping [...]
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