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How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

food aid played a big role in the destruction of Somalia couple of decades ago (helping lead to the continuing problems of today). My example of this is the abusive use of foreign aid in ways that support the giver and damage the recipient.

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Women, Girls, Education and Global Health: Interview with Carinne Brody

Have Fun - Do Good

Before and during her studies, she conducted field research for governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as foundations, on maternal and child health in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Haiti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and India. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above.

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Notion was having technical issues, so I have no idea what my schedule is today

The Verge

The “so” suffix is the domain for the country of Somalia, and a deleted tweet from Notion asked if anyone knew people in Somalia. The company didn’t provide much additional detail, but some speculated that it may have to do with Notion’s web address: notion.so. We are actively looking into this issue.

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Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

TechCrunch

All the aforementioned startups are founded in Kenya, but others from Ethiopia and Somalia will be supported during the pilot phase, with plans to scale to five more countries including Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe over the next one year. Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained.

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Greywing launches Crew Change to help shipping companies navigate COVID-19 regulations

TechCrunch

Clarke told TechCrunch in an email that the company was originally created to help the maritime industry to mitigate risks in the Gulf of Guinea and offshore Somalia, which have high rates of piracy , by delivering rapid intelligence about those shipping lanes. “We

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I recently read an excellent book called "The Road to Hell" on the impact of aid, mainly food aid, on destabilizing Somalia. Other commentators have talked about the distortions of foreign aid on countries. My impression is that foreign aid's overall impact on demining is positive, but it is a force to be reckoned with.

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Strengthening Europe's Role in Advancing Children's Rights

Tech Soup

As of November 2009, 194 countries have ratified it including all the members of the UN except Somalia and the United States. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of children.