TIPS

South Africa, December 2014  - Civic and business leaders along with civil society groups have joined efforts in starting a child feeding program to reach out to orphaned children in South Africa.  The program, which is an offshoot of another project, is gaining momentum and more support from various sectors.

Peru, April 2012 - A number of Peruvian companies recently joined a comprehensive and intensive seminar-workshop on doing business with China, with the view to further improving the existing economic and commercial relations between the two countries.

South Africa, May 2012 - Wetland ecosystems play a vital role in sustaining healthy lives. They purify water and regulate water flow, acting as sponges that store water and release it slowly, filtering pollutants and easing the impact of droughts and floods in the process. Peat-lands, for instance, store about 10% of all the world’s freshwater resources.

May 2012 - In South Africa, millions of people live in utmost poverty in informal settlements. Living conditions are adverse and people live mostly in tiny, single room, so-called shanti’s or shacks make of corrugated iron. Many of these people do not have work, resulting in them not being able to eat more than one meager meal a day. Many children rely on their school for their only daily meal.