JK Rowling condemns ‘voluntourism’ and its abuse of orphanages overseas.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty JK Rowling condemns ‘voluntourism’ and its abuse of orphanages overseas. JK Rowling has condemned the concept of voluntourism and highlighted the myriad problems with working in orphanages abroad. The term voluntourism refers to the growing phenomenon of individuals travelling to developing countries to carry out volunteer work. In recent years, increasing concerns […]

Gates Foundation To Give Birth Control To 120 Million Women Worldwide By 2020.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty Gates Foundation To Give Birth Control To 120 Million Women Worldwide By 2020. In 2012 she co-chaired a global summit, Family Planning 2020, that pledged to provide access to contraceptives to 120 million more women around the world by 2020. The effort is falling behind, and it is tougher than expected, she […]

U.S ends funding for United Nations Birth Control Program.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty U.S ends funding for United Nations Birth Control Program. The state department has announced it is ending US funding for the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), the international body’s agency focused on family planning as well as maternal and child health in more than 150 countries. The state department said it was […]

World’s eight richest men are worth the same as HALF of the rest of the planet.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty World’s eight richest men are worth the same as HALF of the rest of the planet. The eight richest billionaires have as much wealth as half the world’s population. Analysis by Oxfam shows the tycoons have together amassed fortunes totalling £349.8billion ($421.75bn). The planet’s poorest 3.6billion have the same sum between them. ‘This […]

Africa is expanding its solar energy use.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty Africa is expanding its solar energy use. Until almost two years ago, James Mbugua, a farmer living in Karai, a village on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, relied on kerosene to light his house, and a car battery to power his television so he wouldn’t miss the news. Part of the reason […]

The Troubling Trendiness Of Poverty Appropriation.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty The Troubling Trendiness Of Poverty Appropriation. I grew up in the far-flung wiles of Blythe, California. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. Blythe has a population of just over 19,000, and at the time I lived there in the late ‘80s and ‘90s, it was one of Riverside County’s poorest towns. The […]

Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad Decisions

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad Decisions. In August, Science published a landmark study concluding that poverty, itself, hurts our ability to make decisions about school, finances, and life, imposing a mental burden similar to losing 13 IQ points. It was widely seen as a counter-argument to […]