Posts published on: February 2019
1.5 Million Volunteers Break The Guinness World Record By Planting 66 Million Trees
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Posted on February 4, 2019
In an attempt to raise awareness to India's plan 'Make India Green Again', 1.5 million volunteers spent 12 hours along the Narmada river in the Indian state 'Madhya Pradesh' planting trees…
Read More500 Million Indian citizens receive free health care
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Posted on February 6, 2019
The Indian government is launching a new health program called 'Modicare'. Modicare was introduced to fund 100 million families in India, that is around 500 million people, 40% of the Indian population. these families will be insured for health costs up to 500,000 Rupees per family per year. How are these families selected for the Modicare? These families are selected using the Socio-Economic Caste Census…
Read MoreArt Therapy Helps Children With Chronic Illnesses
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Posted on February 7, 2019
It is hard for children who are diagnosed with a chronic illness to lead a normal life. These long-lasting illnesses could negatively impact the children psychically and mentally which leaves them in pain and with a variety of unexpressed emotions. How art therapy helps children to cope with their chronic illnesses Art therapy allows these children to express their emotions effectively and teaches them how to cope with their chronic illness and disabilities…
Read MoreEstonia: the free public transport country
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Posted on February 8, 2019
Tallinn was the first European city to offer free public transport services for all citizens in 2013. More regions in Estonia established the idea over the years. Nearly all regions in Estonia offer free public transport at the moment. This was decided to solve several problems: to stop the big numbers of people moving into the big cities and to reduce pollution. Eleven out of the fifteen Estonian regions became part of the plan…
Read MoreOzone Layer Is Recovering
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Posted on February 11, 2019
A newly published report by the United Nations, the European Union, and NASA predicts the upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere to be fully recovered by 2030 and the hole in the ozone layer above the South Pole to be completely disappeared by the year 2060. Last century, news about a hole in the ozone layer shocked the world in the early 1980s. Following this global environmental problem, the Montreal Protocol was introduced…
Read MoreHundreds of cats were rescued after California’s wildfire
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Posted on February 13, 2019
The Ally Cat Allies Centre and FieldHaven Feline Center have been rescuing cats that have been abandoned by their families after the wildfire disaster in California, USA. What happened to the abandoned cats? Following the wildfire disaster, many families left their homes in California to escape the fire. Unfortunately, many pets were left behind during the evacuation. Both animal shelters decided to rescue the abandoned cats and return them to their families…
Read MorePret A Manger Opens A Hostel For The Homeless
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Posted on February 14, 2019
Pret a Manger is providing homeless people with accommodations and career opportunities. Housing Pret a Manger’s charity opens houses and gives homeless people a new start in cooperation with West London Mission (WLM). West London Mission was established in 1887, WLM’s mission is to minimise poverty and homelessness. Pret a Manger has provided 13 homeless people with shared accommodation in a hostel. The hostel has shared common areas and entertainment…
Read MoreSpain: World Leader In Organ Donation
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Posted on February 15, 2019
Spain has been the world leader when it comes to organ donations for 26 years. The number of Spanish organ donors has risen with at least 30% last year compared to 4 years ago. Spain has a total of 14 transplants per day; that is 5110 per year. A number of 2183 organ donors donated their kidneys, livers, hearts or lungs last year. These numbers show that Spain has the most organ donations in the world…
Read MoreItaly Bans Plastic Cotton Buds
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Posted on February 19, 2019
Italy is the first country in the world to introduce a ban on plastic cotton buds. Italy implemented this policy after the shocking results of a recent study by Environmental Association Legambiente in which was found that more than 9% of the waste on the Italian beaches consists of cotton swabs…
Read MoreA Kindergarten Teacher Cut Her Hair To Support Her Student
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Posted on February 20, 2019
A kindergarten teacher from Texas, Shannon Grimm, cut her hair to support her student. Priscilla Perez, a 5-year old kindergarten student, started getting teased after she cut her hair short. Ms Grimm, Priscilla’s kindergarten teacher, noticed a change in Priscilla’s behaviour; Priscilla, who is usually a happy girl, started acting quieter than usual. Also, she avoided attending school and started wearing a hat to cover her hair…
Read MoreFree Sanitary Products In Scotland
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Posted on February 21, 2019
Scotland became the first country in the world to provide free sanitary products to all students in schools, colleges and universities. Many women and girls struggle to afford sanitary products worldwide. A recent study has shown that many students experience period poverty every month. The Scottish government decided to end the period poverty by supplying around 395,000 students with free sanitary products…
Read MoreChurch Pays Off Debt For 34 Students To Graduate
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Posted on February 22, 2019
Alfred Street Baptist Church donated $ 100,000 to 34 students at Howard University. This amount of money was raised by the church to pay the students’ debts. Many students were in danger of not graduating. Amongst these students is the 25-year-old senior, Mya Thompson. Thompson, a mother of a 6-year-old, has a busy schedule and a stressful routine. Thompson spends 8 hours of her say at the university to follow the seven classes she has enrolled in…
Read MoreA Multinational Company Cleans The Thames River In London
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Posted on February 27, 2019
The world's biggest furniture retail company launches boats to clean the polluted rivers in London. The Swedish furniture retail company's latest innovation is called 'The Good Ship'. These boats clean the polluted waters in the south of London from plastic and other rubbish. The Good Ship’s design and functions were inspired by the SMÅKRYP, a toy boat for bathtubs. The boats are around 30 meters and 70 kilograms each…
Read MoreBritish Environment Secretary Launches New Waste Strategy
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Posted on February 28, 2019
The British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove published the policy paper Resources and waste strategy for England in December last year. Gove’s aim is to completely modify the waste system and reduce plastic packaging. Tax for the use of plastics The manufacturers of plastic packaging are at risk of paying the full costs of the waste of the plastic packaging they produce. Moreover, the government will support households to recycle their waste…
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