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Society Kenya

20. November 2024

No Child Left Hungry: School Initiative Expected to Cover the Whole Nation

Kenya has launched a program that is expected to ensure every school-going child has a meal by 2030.

UNHCR caseworkers are helping stateless residents in the Chiang Mai region of Thailand with their citizenship applications.

Society Thailand

18. November 2024

Fixing Statelessness forHalf a Million People!

Thailand adopted a measure aimed at dramatically reducing statelessness, addressing the situation for nearly 500,000 people who are currently registered as stateless in the Southeast Asian country.

Tonga, Niuatoputapu Island, Portrait Of Girls

Society Tonga

17. November 2024

A Promising Future: Less Poverty, More Equality Here

According to a newly released report, the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga has reduced its poverty rate and improved its inequality, and the recommendations contained therein suggest a brighter future for the Oceanian island country.

Society Norway

16. November 2024

A Safer Future: “Doomsday” Food Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds

30,000 additional seed samples were just added to the world's most extensive collection of agricultural biodiversity located in the Global Seed Vault in Norway, further boosting the safety box's collection.

A view of Mechuka town with paths leading to it and mountains in background, Mechuka, West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Society India

15. November 2024

A New Era of Peace: Border Dispute Resolved in Historic Deal

China and India struck a deal to resolve a border dispute in the western Himalayas’ Ladakh region, ending a four-year military standoff and thus creating a basis for peace and tranquility along the border.

Society Thailand

14. November 2024

Numbers Don’t Lie: Campaigns Lead to Less Teen Pregnancies

Thailand has successfully brought down the number of teenage mothers aged 15-19 by half over the past decade.

A young girl's eyes are checked for trachoma during a survey in Vietnam

Health Vietnam

12. November 2024

Waving Goodbye to This Eye Disease!

Following decades of concerted efforts, Vietnam managed to successfully eradicate trachoma as a public health problem, preventing millions of citizens from falling prey to the world’s leading cause of blindness.

Health The World

10. November 2024

Numbers Don’t Lie: Medical Investments Save Many, Many Lives

According to a newly released report, as of the end of 2023, massive investments led to saving 65 million lives and cutting the combined death rate from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by 61% since 2002.

Society Iceland

4. November 2024

Shorter Work Week: Good for Employers and Employees!

Since Icelandic employees have adopted shorter workable hours, including a four-day week, with no loss in pay, the Nordic Island nation has observed faster economic growth than most of its European counterparts.

Vaccinations Against HPV For Indonesian Students

Society USA

2. November 2024

Countries Join Forces to Eliminate Cancer

The United States, along with Australia, India, and Japan, is deploying groundbreaking efforts to end cancer in the Indo-Pacific region, starting with the largely preventable cervical cancer, laying the groundwork for addressing other forms of cancer in the future.