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The Boat Schools, Bangladesh | To overcome the challenges caused by the annual floods, a nonprofit organization called Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha builds houses, health care centers, and schools that float. They operate 100 boat schools, benefitting around 7,000 children. The boats pick up the children and drop them off after their lessons.
Religious Sisters Dress Up As Prostitutes To Rescue Trafficking Victims From Brothels
Talitha Kum – A network of 1,100 religious sisters that rescue victims of human trafficking by posing as prostitutes to infiltrate brothels and buying children being sold into slavery, is currently operating in 80 countries & has plans to expand to 140.
"2 Broke Girls" has been cancelled, and say it ain't so!
Flo: A menstrual kit for women in low-income countries | The kit consists of reusable pads; a pouch to store them in that girls can pin to the inside of their skirts; a washing contraption; & a small private drying rack with a burlap cloth to cover the pads for privacy while it’s outside. Sun-drying is important to kill bacteria, but girls often dry their pads under their beds, where bacteria can grow. The entire kit will cost only $3. http://marikoproduct.com/Flo
"2 Broke Girls" has been cancelled, and say it ain't so!
Flo: A menstrual kit for women in low-income countries | The kit consists of reusable pads; a pouch to store them in that girls can pin to the inside of their skirts; a washing contraption; & a small private drying rack with a burlap cloth to cover the pads for privacy while it’s outside. Sun-drying is important to kill bacteria, but girls often dry their pads under their beds, where bacteria can grow. The entire kit will cost only $3. http://marikoproduct.com/Flo
Canal Solar Power Project, Gujarat, India | Close on the heels of commencing use of wastelands in northern districts and rooftops in towns and cities, Gujarat is set to potentially use the existing 19,000 km-long network of Narmada canals to generate solar power, beginning with a 1 megawatt (mw) pilot project. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/government-and-policy/now-gujarat-to-cover-narmada-canals-with-solar-panels/article3346191.ece
The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary
Arunachalam Muruganantham is a school dropout from a poor family in southern India who revolutionised menstrual health for rural women in developing countries by inventing a simple machine they can use to make cheap sanitary pads. Approximately 70% of all reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrual hygiene, and 23% of girls drop out of school when they start menstruating, so he works with schools so the girls can make their own pads.