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Society & Culture News tagged with poverty

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Money Is The Route Of All Evil: Piety and Profit: Accounting for Money in West African Pentecostalism (Part 2)
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, wealth, corruption, crime, poverty )

Kelli
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 54 days ago - moneyistherouteofallevil.blogspot.com
The study of mobilization and organization of money in churches is not new: it is actually a staple of Western Christianity where documentation is a routine practice and openness is accepted as a norm of existence for most religious bodies.
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Make Poverty History! Take Action!!
Society & Culture  (tags: children, world, hunger, poverty, Canada, health, sadness )

Cher
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 91 days ago - makepovertyhistory.ca
Take action now to make poverty history. By joining the Make Poverty History campaign you are connecting with millions worldwide who are making a difference.
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$165 Million Housing Program Still Sits Untouched 2 Years Later
Society & Culture  (tags: news, society, humans, culture, ethics, government, rights, First Nations, Aboriginal, Native Rights, poverty, housing )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 94 days ago - thestar.com
Due to restrictions on who qualifies, First Nations struggle with a gov't housing program that ignores the needs of seniors, singles, families without children and those on social assistance. Instead of changing the criteria gov't extends deadline June 30
85
Canada Knows Best, Eh? Its First Nation People Feel It Daily.
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, society, news, children, poverty, government, Canada, First Nation, Aboriginal, education, health, rights )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 101 days ago - nationalpost.com
"Canada is posting multi-billion dollar surpluses while our children get sick from mould in their homes, live in over-crowded houses, receive sub-standard education, drink unsafe water and are denied access to quality health care." AFN National Chief
126
A Success Story, First Nation Community Shows the Way From Poverty to Riches
Society & Culture  (tags: First Nation, Aboriginal, society, interesting, government, business, Native, education, poverty, good news )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 103 days ago - nationalpost.com
"The most common reaction we get if someone steps into the convention centre is 'Wow, I can't believe I'm on an Indian reserve' " The community employs 700 in peak season, close to half of them non-aboriginals, and grossing annual revenues of $75-million.
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Canadian Aboriginal Reserves Rank 63rd Under the United Nations Human Development Index, on Par With Parts of Africa
Society & Culture  (tags: news, culture, society, humans, poverty, education, crime, rights, ethics, government, interesting, freedoms, First Nation, Aboriginal, Native rights, politics )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 105 days ago - media.knet.ca
"Despite the fact we are in 2008 despite the fact that we are going around the world preaching to everybody about how bad they are, ...here in Canada, we have a situation which is utterly disgraceful.", Ontario's former lieutenant-governor James Bartleman
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Taking Care of Business, The "Indian" Way
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, culture, ethics, news, society, rights, interesting, government, freedoms, philanthropy, Native American, First Nation, Aboriginal, Social Justice, Social Entrepreneur, poverty, children, suicide, crime, Canada, business, funding, foundation )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 111 days ago - rezidentjunction.com
For too long has First Nation people endured its serious social issues while looking at the government in disbelief. A First Nation entrepreneur decided to take action and is trying to empower other First Nation entrepreneurs with funding for themselves.
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Even When You Can't See Them, the Homeless Are There
Society & Culture  (tags: society, poverty )

Isabel
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 157 days ago - examiner.com
Two years ago, when the state issued its Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, it listed 769 people living in Harford County shelters -- 250 of them children -- and noted that the numbers were growing.
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Poverty: America's Hidden Shame
Society & Culture  (tags: society, homeless, America, poor, poverty, children, child, family, ethics )


- 170 days ago - opednews.com
The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. That phrase has been said so many times it has become a worn-out cliche. Practically no one talks about it any more, and most people just think nothing can be done about it. So it has just gotten worse and
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Girl Who Killed Self Lamented Family's Poverty in Diary
Society & Culture  (tags: children, poverty, family )

Fritzie
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 239 days ago - newsinfo.inquirer.net
A 12-year old Filipino girl hanged herself after her father told her he couldn't give her 100 pesos ($2.31) for a school project.
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Australian Poor Going Without Food, Medicine: Report
Society & Culture  (tags: poverty, safety net, australia )

Mark
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 262 days ago - abc.net.au
The report reveals that one in seven people who turn to welfare organisations are not even able to feed themselves and their families one decent meal a day. (But there's always enough money for war.)
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The Poor Will Always Be With Us--Just Not on the TV News
Society & Culture  (tags: poverty, media, children, culture, ethics, tv )

Chakwaina
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 292 days ago - fair.org
Yet despite being an issue that directly or indirectly affects a huge chunk of the U.S. population, poverty and inequality receive astonishingly little coverage on nightly network newscasts.
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Two Million Australians Below Poverty Line - Australia
Society & Culture  (tags: australia, poverty, families, social services, family, humans )

Chrissy
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 308 days ago - theage.com.au
ONE in 10 Australians is living in poverty and faring worse on key health indicators than people in other rich nations, a report shows. An Australian Council of Social Services report found that 9.9 per cent of Australians, or nearly 2 million people
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Why Do We Have Poverty in the US?
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, freedoms, ethics, government, politics, usa, rights, poverty )

Beverly
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 309 days ago - smirkingchimp.com
Why do we have any poverty at all in the richest, fattest country in the world? How can we have children who go to sleep hungry, and children who can't afford health care?
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Newborns in Need:Serving Needs of Premature and Newborn Babies
Society & Culture  (tags: children, child, premature babies, poverty, charity )

Sandra
ButterfliesGold Notes
- 322 days ago - anti-poverty-activism.suite101.com
Newborns in Need help babies get the essential clothing and bedding they need. Carol Green created this charity after seeing the plight of babies going without.
 

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