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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.
someone should write a book where the main character slowly falls in love with the reader
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three women dressed in white are standing on the sidewalk and facing away from the camera
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.
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
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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
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
a young boy standing in the middle of a field
National Geographic
A Peruvian boy mourns his sheep, killed by a hit-and-run taxi driver. Contributions fromNational Geographic readers helped replace his flock. | Photograph by William Albert Allard, 1982
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The poor helping the poor | The people of Aceh respond to the arrival of Rohingya refugees, 2015
a man is walking down the street with water bottles in his hand and people standing around him
One of the most beautiful scenes of Ramadan in Palestine is the touching appearance of Palestinian christians distributing water to muslims who can't make it home or will be delayed for Iftar due to Israeli checkpoints. | Existence is Resistance
Finally, A Shoe That Grows With a Kid | Innovation | Smithsonian
Finally, A Shoe That Grows With a Kid
Finally, A Shoe That Grows With a Kid | Innovation | Smithsonian
an article about cats and other animals in black and white
SPCA Cupcake Day | 18 September 2024
Jack the Cat
solar panels are being installed on the side of a building with water flowing from it
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
a man is walking through the woods with an animal in his hand and some plants around him
via Spiritual Ecology
a man standing in front of a machine that is making something out of some kind of paper
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.
two pictures of an old metal tool on the floor and one with a spatula attached to it
An intentional community called "The Simple Way" live in a area in Philadelphia where gang wars happen all the time. They have taken some of the guns made them into shovels and are making community gardens all over the area with them.
an image of the middle east with red squares on it and blue water in the background
How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity?
How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity? | The image has 3 red boxes showing what area would need to be covered for Germany (De), Europe (EU-25), and the entire world.