Going Green and Bringing Toilets to Those Without

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A recent awareness campaign in Michaiya, Siraha got me thinking about all of the opportunities in this municipality.

Of Empowerment and Other Primers | Veneeta Singha

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As the year draws to a close, the rush of priming, framing, linking, delinking and summarily informing an already-saturated techno-ecology must be placed within the primal boundary of expression and the written word.

Messengers of Humanity | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [Campaign Announcement]

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"Coordination saves lives."

"Messengers of Humanity are people who want to save lives and alleviate human suffering. They understand the power of social media and know awareness is a first step to mobilizing action. Through this program, Messengers of Humanity will share stunning imagery depicting the human face of conflict and natural disaster, unbelievable but true important facts and figures surrounding the humanitarian state of the world, messages of hope and action and extremely important information that when shared, could really help change the world. 

JOBS (2013)

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It only takes one person to start a revolution.

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Chocolate giant: Earth is running out of chocolate

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Efforts are under way to make chocolate cheap and abundant -- in the process inadvertently rendering it as tasteless as today’s store-bought tomatoes, yet another food, along with chicken and strawberries, that went from flavorful to forgettable on the road to plenitude.

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Desserts Are Losing Popularity, New Study Finds

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They add inches to your waistline, make a dent in your wallet, and can even make you depressed—so the news that Americans are buying less cakes, cookies, and pies than ever is more than welcome. Sales of store-bought baked goods like these declined by 24 percent since 2005, according to a report in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Unfortunately, manufacturers aren’t taking the hint: The study also found that newly released baked goods were no healthier than existing products.

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Middleway Films presents 'ANJALI' [Film Recommendation]

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Directed by filmmaker Mohan Rai, the documentary 'ANJALI' premiered in September in Kathmandu. 

http://middlewayfilms.com

Advocacy, the Invisible Hand

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Too much focus has been given on “doing stuff” rather than advocating for systemic change through advocacy. Neglecting such important area is detrimental to the entire goals of development cooperation. How to persuade donors to invest more in the powerful but “hidden” tools of advocacy? Unfortunately the focus is always focused on shortermism rather than long term.

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