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World News tagged with poor

Sign Petition: Tell Congress to End Child Hunger
World  (tags: world, global, crisis, poor, children, families, food, security, act, starvation, disease, health, nutrition, illness, humans, death, society, malnutrition, poverty, sadness )

Tom
- 98 days ago - action.savethechildren.org
The global food crisis may be out of the headlines for the moment, but for poor children and families, the emergency remains urgent and real. Please co-sponsor the The Roadmap to End Global Hunger and Promote Food Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2817).
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Sign Petition: Provide Water for the World
World  (tags: world, clean, water, sanitation, poor, health, prevention, protection, risks, safety, illness, health, humans, disease, children, rights, technology, science, government, obama )

Tom
- 167 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, "let clean waters flow." With those words, he brought recognition to the suffering of 884 million people who do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation.
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Take a Stand Against Wrongful Eviction
World  (tags: world, poverty, poor, shelter, homeless, water, sanitation, disease, suffering, health, harassment, corruption, discrimination, women, children, human, rights, safety, prevention, culture, humans, government )

Tom
- 167 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
For the more than 1.6 billion people suffering from some sort of shelter deprivation in the world, that future is bleak. Without access to adequate shelter, clean water or sanitation, upwards of 10 million people die each year from preventable diseases.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress the World's Poorest Need Clean Water
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, human, rights, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 178 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
One in five people worldwide go without access to safe and reliable water sources every day. Double that number go without basic sanitation services, such as latrines or even a place to wash their hands, contaminating water supplies.
26 comments
Sign Petition: Marginalized People in Sri Lanka - Help Protect Their Human Rights
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, aid, human rights, women, children, sri lanka, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 178 days ago - change.org
The people of Sri Lanka have suffered immeasurable, untold violations of their fundamental human rights. The worst of these abuses are horrific acts of torture and the systematic abuse of women and children. Much work needs to done to get justice.
21 comments
At Stake Are More Than Banks
World  (tags: world, Africa, Asia, Latin America, economy, rich, entitlemen, plutocrats, corporations, business, bailouts, poor, greed, poverty, g-20, leaders, famine, floods, starvation, women, children, hunger, mortality, suffering, death )

Tom
- 235 days ago - nytimes.com
The 500 richest people in the world earned more than the 416 million poorest people. The first group bears responsibility for the global economic mess but will be just fine; the latter group has no responsibility and will suffer the worst consequences.
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Priced Out of the Market - Starving for Fuel
World  (tags: biofuels, meat production, starvation, poor, children, food, death, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, ethics, government, politics, Refugees&Relief, diet, disease, nutrition )

Rebecca
- 630 days ago - nytimes.com
The world's food situation is bleak, and shortsighted policies in the United States and other wealthy countries - which are diverting crops to environmentally dubious biofuels - bear much of the blame. Meat production & corn for fuel is killing people.
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The Wrong Side of the Tracks
World  (tags: children, underpriviledged, poor, dangerous )

Indian
- 644 days ago - reuters.com
and you thought you had it bad
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STOP World Hunger SIGN PETITIONS
World  (tags: hunger, poor, children, petition )

Arlette
- 675 days ago - gemeinsamgegenarmut.ch
We respectfully ask our government to help stop the tens of thousands of preventable deaths that occur every day from hunger and poverty-related diseases. Pls sign petitions to governments in USA and Switzerland !!!
10 comments
STOP WORLD HUNGER ! SIGN PETITIONS TO GOV. IN USA AND SWITZERLAND
World  (tags: hunger, children, petitions, poor, rich )

Arlette
- 676 days ago - gemeinsamgegenarmut.ch
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/US-Must-Fulfill-P romise We respectfully ask our government to help stop the tens of thousands of preventable deaths that occur every day from hunger and poverty-related diseases. pls sign petitions
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TAKE ACTION Tell Congress to Support Food Aid That Makes Sense for the World's Poor
World  (tags: sustainability, food, hunger relief, poor, poverty, starvation, malnutrition, usa, world, children, families )

Lauren
- 682 days ago - care.org
Ask your representative to provide more cash directly to food assistance programs and more flexibility by allowing humanitarian organizations to buy food locally or regionally in the 2007 Farm Bill instead of increasing the level of food commodities for m
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Poor in India Hard Hit By Floods
World  (tags: world, poor, indian, india )

Madalena
- 830 days ago - iht.com
Losing everything he owns has become a routine disaster for Shankar, 25, a landless laborer in the northeastern state of Bihar, who this month saw his home and belongings destroyed in some of the worst floods to hit north India in decades.
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