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Why There is Malnutrition in Guatemala

ENH — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:08:10 +0000

Source: Unicef Guatemala

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported 11,083 cases of acute malnutrition in the national health system and of those cases reported 56 children have died from poor nutrition.

Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves?

ENH — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:32:33 +0000

Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other, if they’re motivated by curiosity and peer interest.

The Worlds’ Best Countries – Guatemala!

ENH — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:48:51 +0000

The Worlds’ Best Countries – Guatemala!

“A Newsweek study of health, education, economy, and political rank the globes true national champions”

Guatemala ranks as No. 84 out of 100 countries…as a citizen of Guatemala I am really concern for the future of my country.

Country Details:

Education

Literacy Rate: 69.4%
Average years of schooling: 10.6

Health

Healthy life expectancy: 60 yrs

Quality of Life

Income inequality (GINI): 53.7%
Gender gap: 0.621
Percent living on less than US$ per day: 24.27%
Consumption per capita: US$ 2,431
Homicides per 100,000: 41.1
Environmental health: 56.4
Unemployment rate: 3.2%

Economic Dynamism

Productive growth: US$ 5,200
Services % of GDP: 58.34%
Manufacturing % of GDP: 14.78%
Innovation index: 2.99
Ease of doing business: 110
Time to resolve insolvency: 3.0 yrs
New business start time: 29 days

Political Environment

Freedom house rating: 3.0
Political participation 2.78
Political stability: 60.5

Source: Newsweek

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Library

ENH — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:30:45 +0000

A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organizations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents…

Why Water

ENH — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:59:43 +0000

Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight of us.
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We use 100% of public donations to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person clean water for 20 years.

Source: charity: water.org

Jamie Oliver’s Wish

ENH — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:07:13 +0000

“I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”

UK Government Website for Sustainable Development

ENH — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:43:11 +0000

The UK Government website for sustainable development has lots of useful information, check it out:

Imagine Leadership

ENH — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:23:21 +0000

Nitin Nohria and Amanda Pepper of Harvard Business School’s Leadership Initiative collaborated with XPLANE to create this video in order to generate a discussion of the value and importance of leadership

World Food Programme

ENH — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0000

How we can make a difference…

Click here to donate!

Playing for Change

ENH — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:45:20 +0000

Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world.