Where we can found the highest rural poverty rate in the world? The answer is in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A recent publication of IFAD reveals the world rural poverty figures.  The Rural Poverty Report 2011 discloses that Sub-Sahara Africa is the only region in the world where the numbers of rural people living in extreme poverty is still on the rise. About 60% of 300 million rural people on the continent live in exterme poverty.

The Rural Poverty Report employs some term related to poverty. Do you familiar with that? Brief terms explained below: (more…)

A recent publication of national newspaper Kompas shows a finding of energy efficient cooking stove. The stove has ability to burn a kilo of fuel wood remaining only a small of ashes. Supriyanto, the creator, called the stove as Kompor Jimat or energy saving stove.

The founder made the stove from used materials enabling rural people get it easier. He designs the stove so it works efficient while burning the fuel wood. Mass usage of the stove will decrease fuel wood consumption; therefore sustaining forest resources.

Why we should care on the development of energy efficient stove on the rural area?

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FreeRice : Game fights hunger

February 26th, 2009 | Posted by iip in Games - (0 Comments)

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This is a game for people that care about hunger and poverty. FreeRice was designed to educate every one for free and assist end world hunger by providing rice for hunger people for free.  I think this is a smart ways to fight world hunger.

Actually, how many people are experiencing hunger right now? I don’t have excact number , but according to United Nations, there are about 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes. One person of each every three of them is child.

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