Category Archive: 2.2 Being empathetic

All the NGO’s – International Activity Report 2012 MSF

All the NGO’s – International Activity Report 2012 MSF

Source:  www.msf.org/international-activity-report-2012-year-review International Activity Report 2012 – The year in review   31 December 2012 Dr Unni Karunakara, International President Jérôme Oberreit, Secretary General   At the end of 2012 our colleagues …

 

Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?

Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22935692 Every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger, says a campaign by charities urging G8 leaders to pledge more aid for the world’s poorest families …

 

Children can’t think if they don’t learn facts

Children can’t think if they don’t learn facts

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9943333/Children-cant-think-if-they-dont-learn-facts.html BUT ALSO READ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9390294/Schools-Minister-rote-learning-vital-to-boost-maths-skills.html AND IN OPPOSITION http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/primaryeducation/3540852/Learning-by-heart-is-pointless-for-Google-generation.html Author: Harry Mount The academics who criticised rote learning are wrong – it is at the heart of all knowledge   When future generations come …

 

Teams build robots that walk like humans

Teams build robots that walk like humans

Author: Elizabeth A. Thomson, News Office http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/robotoddler.html   Three independent research teams, including one from MIT, have built walking robots that mimic humans in terms of their gait, energy-efficiency …

 

Powering up Smallholder Farmers to Make Food Fair

Powering up Smallholder Farmers to Make Food Fair

From “A Fairtrade International Report – May 2013” http://www.fairtrade.net/fileadmin/user_upload/content/2009/news/2013-05-Fairtrade_Smallholder_Report_FairtradeInternational.pdf By Harriet Lamb, CEO, Fairtrade International   Imagine a world without many of the foods we increasingly take for granted every day …