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Poverty related illnesses

"Over 11 million children will die from poverty related illnesses this year alone."

School facilities

"Most of South Africa's 32,000 schools have no libraries or laboratories. Most pupils have to study with too few desks and chairs, and without enough textbooks. School buildings are often ramshackle buildings that are unsafe for educational purposes."

Hunger

"About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes."

Child poverty

"Around 121 million children, the majority of them girls, do not attend school and are denied their right to an education."

Educational need

"[In Africa] 15,000 schools do not yet have electricity supplied. [This means] no photocopiers, or other equipment, so essential in modern education, can be used. 17,000 schools do not have telephones. 10,000 schools have no running water."

Food excess and need

"Up to one-fifth of America's food goes to waste each year, with an estimated 130 pounds of food per person ending up in landfills. The annual value of this lost food is estimated at around $31billion. But the real story is that roughly 49 million people could have been fed by those lost resources."

Underweight children

"In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of underweight children increased from 29 billion to 37 million between 1990 and 2003."

Customs Department - Romania

The state customs administration of Romania.

United Kingdom Humanitarian Customs Regulations

This informations was submitted in response to a questionnaire distributed by Global Hand regarding humanitarian customs information for importing humanitarian aid into the United Kingdom.

World Conference on Disaster Management, June 19 - 22, 2011.

The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP) is presenting the 18th World Conference on Disaster Management. The annual conference gathers experts from across the globe in order to address challenges from all disciplines of disaster and emergency management. Over 1,800 Disaster Management...

International Initiatives To Promote Responsible Business: A Navigation Guide for Business

International Initiatives To Promote Responsible Business: A Navigation Guide for Business provides a user-friendly and impartial guide to help businesses to navigate their way through this maze. It seeks to articulate the key aspects of three cross-industry initiatives: The OECD Guidelines for...

Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organisations,

Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organisations is a website that serves as a portal to websites of the United Nations and its funds, programmes, and specialised agencies. The site also includes the latest news from the UN News Service, links to the UN Information Centres...

Information on European Union (EU) Funding

This resource on the EU website provides information on what funding is available from the EU.

Conference on global poverty: business solutions and approaches

Business Solutions and Approaches, a Harvard Business School conference on global poverty, explored ways in which serving the poor can be both a profitable business proposition and help improve the lives of the world's impoverished men and women. The conference focused on successful business...

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Morocco page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Lao PDR page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.

Towards Global Partnerships

Towards Global Partnerships, a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly, encourages partnerships between the UN and the private sector, outlines the principles that should govern such partnerships, and stresses the important role that the private sector can play in encouraging development and...

Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement

Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement is a road map for voluntary organisations of any size, that proposes strategies to effectively involve volunteers. In many organisations, support of volunteers through volunteer programs exists only at the periphery of the organisation. The Code proposes ways...

World Fact Book

World Fact Book, published online annually by the US government, provides a wide range geographic information including full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Country profiles track such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political,...

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Indonesia page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.