Social/Enivronmental Entrepreneurship
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There’s no doubt that food is high on everyone’s agenda but how often do you think about where your vegetables and fruits actually come from? Farming nowadays is all about commercial gains and getting the healthiest looking fruits to hit the markets when in reality they’re full of chemicals, preservatives, and hormones. Curious about what goes on behind the scenes in the farming industry, the Khaleejesque team got the chance to visit Yasmin Farms in Kuwait with their business development manager, Bader Al-Ayoubi, and got a briefing about the farm’s clean modern approach to farming. Established in 2005, it is one of the forerunners of ethical farming in Kuwait.
Yasmin Farms: Modern Ethical Farming | Khaleejesque
Muslim Community – Muslim Domestic Violence – Muslim Domestic Abuse
Family violence is a global issue that affects everyone.
Peaceful Families Project: Advocating Against Domestic Violence Among Muslims
PFP is a national organization devoted to ending domestic violence in Muslim families by facilitating awareness workshops for Muslim leaders and communities, providing cultural sensitivity trainings for professionals, conducting research, and developing resources . More about our programming .
Can hot air be the free fuel of the future? - CNN.com
(CNN) -- You don't have to be a science major to know that heat rises: Just step into an attic on a hot summer day.ecosearch.co is a Google-based search engine that enables anyone to help plant trees and support environmental projects around the world through their everyday searches. ecosearch.co plants trees to restore important habitats, protect species, clean our air and water, support local jobs and reduce pollution. Just use ecosearch.co as you use any search engine.
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Beyond Kony — Making Central Africa's Children Safe If Joseph Kony, LRA leader, and all the brutal warlords who operate across central Africa disappeared tomorrow, the children and families of Central Africa still face limited access to education, health care, and justice, as well as discrimination and violence, displacement, and widespread poverty. But you can make a difference here! Programs like the one below specifically benefit central Africa with a gift of education, clean water, nutritious and sustainable food, health care, and opportunity. Thank you for all you do! You could literally save a life by providing nutrition powerful enough to bring a child back from the brink of death.
Fair Trade - Gifts - Super Nutrition for Malnourished Children
According to a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, more than three in four Americans think it likely that Muslims, Arab Americans, and immigrants from the Middle East are unfairly targeted in the United States. - CBS News While majorities in Germany, Spain and Britain would support a measure similar to France’s ban of the face veil in public places, the vast majority of Americans say they would disapprove of such a measure.
WISE Muslim Women
Architect Marks Barfield is to design a £13 million “eco” mosque on a 0.4 hectare brownfield site in Cambridge. England’s historic city of Cambridge, with its world-famous university and idyllic countryside, will soon count a mosque amidst its stunning skyline of spires.
Cambridge to Build Europe’s First Eco-Mosque « Green Prophet - a sustainable voice for the Middle East
Dr. Hawa Abdi & Her Daughters: The Saints of Somalia: Women of the Year: glamour.com
On a still, hot morning last May, hundreds of Islamist militants invaded the massive displaced-persons camp that Dr. Hawa Abdi runs near Mogadishu, Somalia. They surrounded the 63-year-old ob-gyn’s office, holding her hostage and taking control of the camp. “Women can’t do things like this,” they threatened. Dr.
Afghans For Peace - Representing Afghan Voices for Peace
Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan After decades of military devastation, Afghans are traumatized.
Chickpea replaces peanut in new therapeutic food recipe | ReliefWeb
QUETTA, 2 June 2011 (IRIN) - Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) have become an important weapon in fighting child malnutrition, since their early development in Malawi [ http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?We currently offer eating disorder treatment at the following facilities:
Eating Disorders | Anorexia | Bulimia | Compulsive Overeating | Eating Disorder Treatment | Addiction
Worldchanging: Bright Green
It's been seven years in the making, but the new Worldchanging book is finally here. Now we need your help this week getting this young book on its feet.The Mother Bear Project is dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of a hand-knit or crocheted bear. The simple gift of a hand-knit bear with a tag signed by the knitter has touched children with the message that they are unconditionally loved.