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Inter-community football tournament in Juba kicks off with call for peace, unity in diversity

The much-awaited ‘Sport for Peace’ football tournament has finally started at the Yei Checkpoint playground in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. Sponsored by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with support from the South...

Keen shutterbugs invited to enter World Animal Day’s SECOND ‘Animal Photos of the Year’ challenge!

Following the success of last year’s competition, World Animal Day HQ has launched its second international ‘Animal Photos of the Year’ challenge. The contest is aimed at both amateur and professional photographers and invites...

“Victims´ Voices Lead the Way”: Senga Jeanbaptiste

When Senga was five years old, he and his parents fled genocide and were living on the streets. “We were alive,” Senga says, “but we often went to sleep without having had anything to...

Washington D.C. Nonprofit Helps Children Around the World Get a Chance to Study

200 Pakistani kids received the EDU-BOX as part of the Chance to Study Program Muhammad Asad, USIDHR Regional Director for Pakistan with Cristina Brugiolo, Chief of Sindh Office - UNICEF Pakistani girl recipient of the Chance...

Barnes care home combats loneliness for International Day of Friendship

The staff and residents at Viera Gray House in Barnes are demonstrating the ways in which they prevent loneliness within the home, in time for International Day of Friendship on Friday 30th July. ‘Chronic loneliness’...

Bora Finance will Bring Decentralized, Blockchain-based Financial Services to 2+ Billion Underbanked Adults Worldwide

KAMPALA, UGANDA, July 27, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new African start-up will deliver blockchain banking to the 2.3 billion underbanked adults in the world. Bora Finance is developing an online banking environment that will...

Summer School focuses on protection of worship places and religious communities

Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right. It encompasses the right to publically exercise one’s religion, including the possibility to dedicate special places – churches, synagogues, mosques, cemeteries and other holy sites – to religious and cultic purposes.

“Horrific” Baker Act Abuses Fought by Florida Attorney

The Florida "Baker Act" has previously caused long lasting trauma to children who were removed from school for an involuntary mental health examination without their guardian's knowledge. Recent amendments to the Florida "Baker Act" law...

Who Is Val-Zod? 7 Superman Comics Books That You Should Read

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Child malnutrition expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar  

At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday. 

Florida pastor appears in court linked to Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

A 72-year-old Florida pastor facing federal criminal charges arising from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump has appeared in a preliminary hearing before a judge.

New children’s book ‘Elephants Are Not Birds’ is ‘unapologetic rebuke’ of transgender agenda

Woke children's books such as pro-transgender "I Am Jazz," race-baiting "Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness," and "The GayBCs" have been all the rage among leftist teachers, parents, and schools. But there's a new...

Outdoors Fun for Everyone at Conservation World at the 2021 Illinois State Fair

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – From big fish to free lumberjack shows, families are invited to sample the fun and excitement of the outdoors at Conservation World at the 2021 Illinois State Fair in Springfield, open...

UN climate science talks open amid heatwaves, floods and drought

Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide.

US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights Opens New Office Minutes from the White House

Founder of USIDHR holding a letter from the Mayor of DC USIDHR new office building Photo ©2021 Brookfield Properties Human Rights Training certificate by USIDHR Think tank led by acclaimed human rights specialist, Isabelle Vladoiu opens doors...

Team Europe pledges support for eradicateMalaria, an initiative aiming to facilitate the development and production of a highly efficacious malaria vaccine

Download logo Backed by the eradicateMalaria initiative, German company BioNTech announces a malaria project consisting of the development of an mRNA-based vaccine against the disease and the evaluation of mRNA vaccine production in Africa; The...

One week left to apply for the Rugby Africa Media & Photography Awards!

As part of Rugby Africa’s (www.RugbyAfrique.com) work in growing the culture of sport across the African continent, 2 exceptional creatives will be recognised for their contributions in the promotion and progression of the game...

“Victims´ Voices Lead the Way”: Marcela Loaiza

When Marcela was just 21, she was tricked by human traffickers and sexually exploited for 18 months. “I was offered a job outside of the country. I was promised I would be famous and...

Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres  

growing hunger: Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions and 80 per cent of biodiversity loss, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned,...

Care home combats loneliness for International Day of Friendship

The staff and residents at Harleston House, a Greensleeves Care home in Lowestoft, are demonstrating the ways in which they prevent loneliness within the home, in time for International Day of Friendship on Friday...

WHO/Europe releases report on mechanisms for improving transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and health products

Two years after World Health Assembly Resolution 72.8 was agreed on improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health products, WHO/Europe has released a report identifying and summarizing the current evidence...

Sierra Leone: Abolition of Death Penalty a Major Victory

Download logo Reacting to the news that Parliament voted on 23 July to abolish the death penalty in Sierra Leone, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said: “Parliament’s vote in favour of abolishing...

Tajikistan completes second round of immunization campaign against circulating poliovirus

Over 1.2 million children in Tajikistan received oral polio vaccine in the second round of the supplemental immunization campaign completed on 5 July 2021. The immunization campaign was conducted in response to the identification...

St. Charles library again accepting book donations

The St. Charles Public Library is again accepting donations of books and other items at its new facility. With the library back at its original location at 1 S. Sixth Ave., small quantities of items in good condition can be dropped off in the main lobby …

A light book about serious things

Book Review By Derryll White Scrimger, Richard (2016).  Lucky Jonah. This is a Canadian novel with the main character, Jonah, 13 in Grade 8 in a small Ontario town.  Jonah is given a disposable camera with 12...
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