Category Archives: standards of living

Mothers are doing it for themselves (AfricaFiles / IRIN)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

AfricaFiles Title: Swaziland: Mothers do it themselves Author: IRIN, Mbabane Category: Gender Date: 7/29/2009 Source: IRIN News Source Website: www.irinnews.org/ <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.irinnews.org/> African Charter Article# 17: Every individual shall have the right to education, cultural life, and the promotion and protection … Continue reading →

Posted in gender, rural development, Social dimensions, standards of living

India : Life insurance policy with savings for the poor (SCAD)

Posted on June 1, 2008 by

A message from Dr. Cletus BABU, Chairman of SCAD (Social Change and Development) http://www.scadindia.org/ SCAD promotes “Jeevan Madhur” a life insurance policy with savings for the poor and the underprivileged. The former President of India Dr. A. P.J Abdul Kalam … Continue reading →

Posted in financial aspects, poverty, rural development, Social dimensions, standards of living

The food crunch in India (Garyjones)

Posted on May 14, 2008 by

Read at : Garyjones http://www.garyjones.org/mt/archives/000759.html May 05, 2008 More Precisely The food crunch in India. India “needs another green revolution”, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap) recently urged. “Growth and productivity in agriculture are … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, Social dimensions, standards of living, sustainable development

Yoghurt pots as mini-greenhouses (Willem)

Posted on March 19, 2008 by

Yoghurt pots as mini-greenhouses A major part of my life has been dedicated to the combat of desertification and alleviation of poverty, in particular that of rural people in the drylands. One of my main objectives is to find cost-effective … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, poverty, rural development, Soil, standards of living, Success stories - best practices, sustainable development, Technologies, Water, water management | 3 Comments

Microcredits or microloans of a soil conditioner (Google / Magharebia / Willem)

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – Algeria http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2008/03/17/newsbrief-05 Algeria to increase microcredits for young entrepreneurs Algeria’s Ministry of National Solidarity plans to raise the number of microcredits granted to young Algerian entrepreneurs to more than 100,000 by the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, desert/desert gardening, family gardens, fertilizer - nutrients, financial aspects, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, gender, microfinance - franchising, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty, rural development, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, standards of living, sustainable development, sustainable gardening, vegetables, water management, women/youth and desertification | Leave a comment

In my library : SCAD (Social Change and Development) – Indian NGO

Posted on March 16, 2008 by
Posted in capacity building, education, human life, NGO/CSO - Civil society, Pastoralism / animal husbandry, poverty, public health, rural development, SCAD, Social dimensions, standards of living, sustainable development | Leave a comment

“Hope seeds” and “Seeds for Life” (Willem)

Posted on February 21, 2008 by

Having launched in August 2007 a new initiative in Belgium, called “Seeds for Life” (see <http://www.zadenvoorleven.wordpress.com> with introductory texts in Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Italian and English), I feel very happy about the action “HOPE SEEDS”, described in the former … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, drought, Gardening / Horticulture, poverty, refugees, seeds, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, standards of living, Success stories - best practices, sustainable development, Technologies, UNICEF, water management | 1 Comment

Pakistan : population growth, the environment and the standards of living (B. LEEMAN / Willem)

Posted on February 18, 2008 by

A comment from Melbourne on my former post : Feb 18, 12:15 PM — Pakistan : Ecological concerns (Google / The Post) Ben Leeman |  Thanks Willem for drawing attention to the ecological concerns in Pakistan. You described a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, population, poverty, Social dimensions, standards of living, sustainable development, Water | Leave a comment