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Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates

Tue, 2020-09-15 06:57 — mike kraft
Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of COVID-19 shows how badly such global development is needed, philanthropist Bill Gates said. Ellen Wulfhorst U.S.
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The Other Way Covid Will Kill: Hunger

Fri, 2020-09-11 06:04 — mike kraft

...As the global economy absorbs the most punishing reversal of fortunes since the Great Depression, hunger is on the rise. Those confronting potentially life-threatening levels of so-called food insecurity in the developing world are expected to nearly double this year to 265 million, according to the United Nations World Food Program.

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Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

Tue, 2020-07-28 06:08 — mike kraft
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) — The lean season is coming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever... AP NEWS
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Remittances: They Crossed Oceans to Lift Their Families Out of Poverty. Now, They Need Help.

Mon, 2020-07-27 10:56 — mike kraft

...Around the globe, the pandemic has jeopardized a vital artery of finance supporting hundreds of millions of families — so-called remittances sent home from wealthy countries by migrant workers. As the coronavirus has sent economies into lockdown, sowing joblessness, people accustomed to taking care of relatives at home have lost their paychecks, forcing some to depend on those who have depended on them.

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Study says poor diets are a national security threat

Sat, 2020-07-25 11:01 — mike kraft
Poor diets in the US are a national security threat Poor nutrition is the leading cause of US illnesses, creating a growing burden on the nation's economy, exacerbating health disparities and impacting national security, according to a white paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Gisela Crespo, CNN CNN
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L.A. to Declare 'State of Emergency' on Homelessness, Commit $100 Million

Tue, 2015-09-22 14:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Annie Moody adjusts belongings next to her tent on Towne Avenue at 6th Street in Los Angeles. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

latimes.com - by Peter Jamison, David Zahniser and Matt Hamilton - September 22, 2015

Los Angeles elected leaders announced Tuesday that they will declare a “state of emergency” on the growing homelessness problem in the city and commit $100 million toward housing and other services for homeless people.

The proposal, which was presented at a City Hall press conference attended by City Council members and Mayor Eric Garcetti, coincides with a Garcetti administration proposal, issued late Monday, that aims to free up nearly $13 million in newly anticipated excess tax revenue for short-term housing initiatives.

If approved, the pair of initiatives could significantly increase the resources dedicated to tackling homelessness in a city where the majority of the 26,000 homeless people live on the streets.

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