poverty

Gifts For Life

New Zealanders are making a difference around the world by choosing gifts that help those in need.

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

The 2017 theme is “a path toward peaceful and inclusive societies.”

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Kate Hudson visits Cambodian schools to help fight world hunger

Hudson and fashion designer Michael Kors have joined together to raise money for The World Food Program.

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The hidden faces of homelessness

World Homeless Day, in October, is a time to reflect on who the homeless are in our community and the ways we can help reach out to them.

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Power to Transform: Love Mercy

Watch the inspiring stories of women in Northern Uganda who have gained a new life from Australian Olympian Eloise Wellings’ Love Mercy charity and its Cents for Seeds program.

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Mrs Claus comes out of hiding to help women in poverty

Emma Thompson leads blogging campaign to support and empower women living in poverty

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Italy serves up fresh laws to cut food waste

Campaign to cut food waste, feed the poor gains momentum across Europe

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Leading Change

Helping others overcome poverty and hunger is just one part of the role Cathy Burke plays as she aims to change how we look at wealth and leadership today.

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Food or Electricity?

This 20-year-old’s bright idea allows 5,300 poor Indian families to have both.

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Cataracts could be treated with eye-drops according to new study

Cataracts are one of the most common eye conditions affecting people’s sight, in fact they account for half of the world’s cases of blindness.

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The Child Crusader

How one girl has turned her life around from victim of child trafficking to global hero

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Roger Federer’s ambitious goal to help 1million children in Africa

Athlete celebrates 10th Anniversary of Roger Federer Foundation opening hundreds of preschools across Africa

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Lorde gives back to New Zealand schools through ‘Give Two’

New Zealand native Lorde teams up with a national food initiative, EAT MY LUNCH, to stop school kids going without.

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It might soon be against the law to waste food in France

Will wasting food soon become illegal? One Frenchman hopes so

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The Lost Girls

Trapped in a cycle of prostitution and poverty, the women and children living in one of Asia’s largest brothels face unthinkable hardship. MiNDFOOD travels to Bangladesh to discover why they are now daring to hope for a brighter future.

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Indonesia villagers cook with gas made from garbage

A community in East Java, Indonesia, is turning methane from the local garbage dump into gas for more than 400 homes. Local authorities have set up a system where methane produced by rotting waste is extracted and pumped to villages nearby, turning greenhouse gas emissions into useful energy.

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A whole new ball game

A game changer for women in Northern Uganda, a new initiative is uniting female communities through the game of football.

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Empowering women

Despite making up half of the world’s population, women represent 70 per cent of the global poor. We take a look at one initiative lifting women out of poverty.

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It’s a rich man’s world, Oxfam report shows

The world’s 85 richest people own as much as the poorest half of the world, according to Oxfam’s latest report.

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Detroit Files For Bankruptcy

We take a look in pictures at the city of Detroit, which filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history last week.

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Pope Francis urges priests to drive ‘humble’ cars

Priests should buy humble cars and not be afraid to renew the old, Pope Francis has argued.

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The gift of water

Without water life would cease to exist, yet around one in nine people worldwide lack access to clean water.

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KidsCan: helping New Zealand kids

Not every child starts on an equal footing. KidsCan is helping to support the one in four New Zealand children living in poverty.

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Technologists see apps as the answer to third world problems

App developers there believe they have the answer to poverty-related problems. Smartphone technology, they say, can improve quality of life for the millions affected.

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