Archive for ‘poverty’
Gore, Bono Talk Poverty, Warming at Davos
January 24th, 2008
Former Vice-President Al Gore and Irish rock singer Bono addressed the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland on tackling climate change and global poverty.
Ugandan Lake Eating Workers Alive
October 28th, 2007
Uganda’s poor are braving salty, flesh-scarring water to make a meager living mining salt at Lake Katwe. Experts say chemicals in the lake are clearly unhealthy but the Ugandan government is not studying the risks.
