“Nearly 10 million children under the age of five die every year of largely preventable diseases. Malaria – which currently claims the lives of around 800,000 children every year – is sensitive to changes in tempereatures and rainfall and could become more common if weather patterns change.”
UNICEF UK Climate Change Report 2008
Posts Tagged ‘humanity’
Children and Climate Change
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, citizenship, climate change, humanity, malaria on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, Haitians are your brothers and sisters
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged disaster, earthquake, Hiati, humanitarian aid, humanity, poverty on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
” I have no brothers or sisters in Haiti.” That was a remarks from one young English man when I said that we should be happy to help the people in Haiti because they are our brothers and sisters. It all began with this post” SHAME ON YOU ENGLAND!the only country (that has) …homeless without shelter, children going to bed without eating, elderly going without needed meds (sic), mentally ill without treatment and British servicemen and women fighting without the best kit – Yet we donate £50 million to the people of Haiti…”
It is true that every country has its own problems. (more…)
