Because of poverty, only 48% of children in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso go to school, and the situation is even worse for girls.
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Enough!
Enough of the politics of the playground!
Read More »Interview with Carla Honwana of the World Food Programme in Mozambique
Rising food prices are projected to have a negative impact on school attendance rates and quality of education in Mozambique.
Read More »DVD Review: Workingman’s Death
What kind of world would demand this sort of payment from people in return for giving them the barest essentials required for survival?
Read More »Interview: Nicolas Babu, School Feeding Program Officer for WFP Madagascar
School feeding acts as an incentive to persuade parents to enroll and keep their children in school.
Read More »Interview with GianCarlo Cirri, World Food Programme Country Director for Mauritania
Approximately 40,000 children were affected by the closure of school canteens in 242 schools in 2007/2008.
Read More »House, MD’s House and Wilson: A Fine Bromance
Two peas in a pod? Hardly. But their relationship goes much deeper than "just friends." They're in a "bromance."
Read More »The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Seeks to End Bullfighting
Bullfighting: culture or cruelty?
Read More »Interview: GianPietro Bordignon, Country Director for the World Food Programme in Egypt
Hunger and poverty have severe implications for poor families and how they choose to use their available resources.
Read More »Book Review: Letter To A Hostage by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Details the essential invisible things that make life so special.
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