One of the answers in Nepal's poverty-

Cooperatives
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72319

“We decided to take matters into our own hands and not wait for the government’s help,” squatter Mankumari Ale told IRIN. She and her neighbours in Mandikatar decided to form a committee and collect money each month from whatever savings they had.

They were able to establish a cooperative and, with the support of Lumanti NGO, managed to collect enough funds to begin income generation activities, and members also started to clean their area, build toilets and install a drinking water tank.

“Over the last five years we have managed to save many lives, and now not many get sick,” said Ale, adding that other squatter settlements should try to form their own cooperatives and work together.


there are always good people everywhere..

“We decided to take matters into our own hands and not wait for the government’s help,” squatter Mankumari Ale told IRIN. She and her neighbours in Mandikatar decided to form a committee and collect money each month from whatever savings they had.




heroes and heroines in our daily lives and struggles do exist.

How we can change the world.

Linsi shared an article (I was unable to join it to this forum) about production of opium in Afghanistan.

It is very diffucult to fight it. We gave a lot of money to peasants for giving up and cultivate others crops. The problem is that no other culture provide them so enough money. So they continue.

Jacques wrote:

QUOTE:
How we can change the world.

Linsi shared an article (I was unable to join it to this forum) about production of opium in Afghanistan.

It is very diffucult to fight it. We gave a lot of money to peasants for giving up and cultivate others crops. The problem is that no other culture provide them so enough money. So they continue.

hi jacques

I understand and i know what you mean there could never be UTOPIA but in our own little way we can ease the burdens of our fellowmen by helping in what we can, that is what i mean. We can only try and do as much.

that is also the reason i post articles about humanitarian help, to encourage those who are really down and suffering emotionally and physically, so that they may know that there is still "goodness" in others.Hope others could inform us about unsung heroes and heroines living in the face of this world.



The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing...
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)




.<br><br>Post edited by: linsi, at: 2007/06/03 05:03

Ordinary Afghans struggle to survive

Budding businesswoman

Saeema's husband was shot dead in a local dispute five years ago.
&quot;It was terrible,&quot; she says. &quot;My children lost their father
and I couldn't support them. I was forced to beg in my village.&quot;


An aid project has since provided Saeema, 32,
with a cow that enables her to sell dairy products in the market.
Today she gets nine litres of milk per day from her cow,
earning her up to 6,000 Afghanis ($100) per month.
She can also provide her children
with fresh milk and cheese.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/ south_asia_ordinary_afghans_struggle_to_survive/html/9.stm




The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing...
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

.<br><br>Post edited by: linsi, at: 2007/06/03 05:15

http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/browse_category.asp? category_id=3



Seeds for Afghanistan

Lives transformed

Fabric and carpet weaving are skills that have all but disappeared during Afghanistan's many years of war. In Zinda Jan district of western Herat Province, aid groups have helped 1,000 impoverished women revive the traditional skill of silk production.
The women received Chinese silk worm eggs, equipment and money to buy mulberry leaves to feed the larvae that produce the silk. Twos (centre), 55, lost her husband and son to the war, but now makes $30 per month.

'More books'

Since the Soviet invasion in 1979 a steady decline has all but demolished Afghanistan's educational infrastructure. An estimated 80% of school buildings were damaged or destroyed in the war and Afghanistan has the lowest overall literacy rate in Asia.
Since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, a number of home-based schools have started up, like this one in a village near Jalalabad. &quot;We still lack everything,&quot; said one village teacher. &quot;We need more school buildings, books and pens



Making a difference

Students with handicaps face huge difficulties in Afghanistan. &quot;They are normally shunned by society here and are rarely given the opportunity of an education,&quot; explains Karima Sorkhabi, from the International Rescue Committee which manages a programme to integrate blind and deaf children into ordinary schools. Seven-year-old Akhbar Hussein Anwar (left) is one of those to have benefited.
Pictures and script by Peter Biro, from the International Rescue Committee
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/ south_asia_ordinary_afghans_struggle_to_survive/html/10.stm

Teenage 'saviour' of Dhaka's slums




Eighteen-year-old Doly Akter's work in the slum to help improve health and education has been widely praised, even earning her the chance to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

With the help of some friends, she set up a project to change the lives of local women that became massively successful

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6222974.stm

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing...
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)


can i make this as a logo?