15 million of the world’s babies are born prematurely – that’s more than 1 in 10. Without specialized care for premature newborns, the likelihood of survival is slim. At health...
The Cause:
Health and girls' rights
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In Ethiopia, 67 out of every 1,000 babies under one year old die. This is what's known as the infant mortality rate. (In Canada...
The Cause:
Health and girls' rights
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In Tanzania, giving birth to a child is a risky adventure. 454 mothers die during childbirth for every 100,000 live babies that...
The Cause:
Health and girls' rights
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More than half of Ghana's population lives in rural areas.
451 mothers die in childbirth for every 100,000 babies who are born...
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Health
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Child deaths are the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa: one in eight children living in this region dies before the age of five.
Child deaths are also...
The Cause:
Health and girls' rights
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64% of all people living in Mali live in poverty. The country ranks 175th on the Human Development Index (out of 179).(Source:...
As a Youth living in Canada I've been honored and blessed with an education and a universal health care system. I took these privileges into account and took advantage of them by...
I went to North Toronto CI today to help kick off their Charity Week. They are aiming to raise $35,000 or more to donate to the bed nets projects that Plan and Spread the Net have...
Undeveloped countries face many issues regarding basic needs for their population. Without a doubt, the ones I consider the most important and at the same time the ones that have...
It's pretty nice in Canada. You have a nice house with nice parents and nice things. Pretty nice, right? But you don't realize those things. In fact most of the time you only see...
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