(64) 50-foot ‘Coffin Homes’ Highlight The Scale of Inequality In Hong Kong
House prices in Hong Kong are among the highest in the world, but it’s also one of the world’s most unequal cities. Its poorest residents have been priced out of the property market: Hong Kong’s poor residents have just 50 square feet of living space per person, according to a new study. That is the […]
(63) Congo Nun Overcomes Blackouts With Homemade Hydroelectric Plant
Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gumboots, her white veil tucked under a builder’s hat, manning the micro-hydroelectric plant she built to overcome daily electricity cuts in her town of Miti in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.She works around the clock with a team of nuns and engineers, greasing machinery and checking […]
(62) Sri Lanka Crisis: 13-Hour Daily Power Cuts, Severe Food And Medicines Shortages, As Country Faces Worst Economic Collapse Since 1948
The Indian Ocean nation has been battling a severe foreign exchange crunch, the worst since its independence in 1948, leading to an acute shortage of foreign currency to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel. The cash-strapped South Asian nation with a population of 22 million has been forced to ration electricity for its […]
(61) Lava Mae Provides Mobile Showers For Homeless People
Lava Mae was founded on the belief that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. For unhoused individuals, having access to a hot shower is the first step in reigniting a feeling of dignity and fighting the vicious cycle of homelessness. In 2013, there were only 7 public shower facilities for the 3,500 people […]
(60) Entrepreneur Brings Clean, Affordable Energy for Sierra Leone’s Rural Areas
, Jeremiah Thoronka and Optim Energy, the 21-year old Sierra Leonean has harnessed piezoelectricity to create a sustainable source of electricity for rural communities. Simply put, this form of electricity makes use of kinetic or movement energy when pressure is applied to certain materials. Thoronka’s design uses heat, movement and pressure. It absorbs the vibrations […]
(59) Turning Human Waste Into Organic Fertilizers
Imagine living right next to the world’s second biggest lake and still not have access to clean drinking water or decent sanitation. The central African country Uganda lies on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa’s biggest lake. It does bring prosperity through fishing and water transport, but 24 million people lack drinking water and 29 […]
(58) 2.4 Million Orphans In Uganda Due To The Extreme Poverty and Civil Conflict
There are more orphans in Uganda than anywhere else in the world — over 2.4 million children — due to the AIDS epidemic, extreme poverty, and decades of civil conflict. Masaka Kids Africana sponsored children have gone through some of the worst experiences a child could face — but through dance and song and sharing […]
(57) 300 Million Children Around The World Don’t have Shoes: Kenton Lee Fights Soil-Transmitted Diseases With “Shoe That Grows”
Children outgrow their shoes quickly. That often leaves kids who live in abject poverty no option but to walk around barefoot. An estimated 300 million children around the world don’t have shoes and are prone to suffer from soil-transmitted diseases and parasites. Kenton Lee has a practical solution — a shoe that grows as the […]
(56) Plastic Surgeon Has Performed Over 37,000 Free Cleft Palate Surgeries
Plastic Surgeon Dr.Subodh Kumar Singh had conducted free cleft-palate surgeries of more than 37,000 children and adults as a part of his “Smile Train Project” , a global initiative focused on cleft surgery to perform free surgeries. His work served an enormous number of patients from all parts of India and especially eastern states. Cleft […]
(55) 70% Of The World’s Population Do Not Have Access To Electric Washing Machines
Handwashing clothes sounds like a simple task but for many women around the world, it poses a significant obstacle to their wellbeing and livelihood. 70% of the world’s population do not have access to an electric washing machine and resort to handwashing clothes. If there is access, infrequent electricity and water supplies ensure washing machines […]