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Posted on April 21, 2017
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a Poor Man’s Disease? There are 7.5 billion people living in our world today, with nearly half of them at risk of malaria. Malaria, currently endemic in 91 countries and territories, is caused by parasites that are transmitted through the bites of female mosquitos. It is one of the most dangerous and life-threatening diseases, infecting…
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Posted on April 14, 2017
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The 6th International Day for Street Children took place last Wednesday, 12th April 2016, and served to provide a platform for the millions of street children around the world whose rights are routinely ignored. The International Labour Organization and UNICEF estimate that there are 30 million street children in Africa. Poverty is listed as the…
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Posted on April 7, 2017
Africa, Charity, Child, Children, Community, education, Empowerment, Farming, Sponsorship, Tanzania
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Fifteen-year-old Gerald hails from Rukora, a rural village in Kagera region, in the north west of Tanzania, bordering with Rwanda and Burundi. The Kagera region is picturesque, surrounded by mountains and Lake Victoria on its eastern shores. Mostly rural, with few job opportunities, the majority of its people live on off land. It is one…
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Posted on March 31, 2017
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Corporate Messengers Worldwide is a UK based logistics company with head office in London. They handle shipments from any point in the world to Nigeria. ACT had the pleasure of meeting with the CEO of the company, Tony Osibodu, in Lagos, Nigeria at the beginning of the month. Corporate Messengers’ CEO joined us at our…
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Posted on March 24, 2017
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… “ACT held out its hand and put a smile on my face” Burkina Faso is a land locked country situated in West Africa. It is surrounded by Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo and Ghana. The economy is based on agriculture and about 90 percent of the working population are involved in farming. The…
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Posted on March 17, 2017
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Combatting the drought in southern Africa Southern Africa is still recovering from the devastating effects brought on by the global environmental anomaly, El Nino, which lasted two years and ended in early 2016. El Nino had an infamous widespread global impact resulting in drought, flooding and other natural disasters. This weather phenomenon was considered to…