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# Developing World

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Simply refusing a straw with your cocktail isn't going to do much to reduce the world's plastic consumption
A ban on single-use plastics in Ireland won’t make a dent in ocean plastic pollution, while just five developing nations are the source of most of the pollution, writes Barry Dunning.
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Feb 1st 2019, 7:00 AM
# migrant crisis
This Young Scientist project aims to revolutionise education in refugee camps
It consists of solar panels and a lead acid battery from an alarm or car, with a Raspberry Pi – a tiny and cheap computer – to provide processing power.
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Dec 29th 2018, 6:30 PM
# follow the money
Irish tax deals costing poorer countries 'millions' in tax revenues
ActionAid has called on the Irish government to reconsider treaties that reduce multinationals’ tax obligations in developing countries.
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Apr 18th 2016, 8:56 AM
# Every Little Helps
Trócaire Lenten boxes raise over €6m this year
The Trócaire Lenten campaign is in its 41st year.
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Oct 30th 2014, 3:08 PM
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Column: Women, the elderly, and the disabled are disproportionately hit by natural disasters
Surely powerful natural events like cyclones and tsunamis should be indiscriminate in their destruction? The figures tell a different story.
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Oct 13th 2014, 8:00 AM
# TURF'S UP
How cooking with coal and wood fires is killing millions around the world
…Especially women and children.
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Sep 3rd 2014, 6:45 AM
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Opinion: Humanitarian work is intense and all-consuming, but I believe in what I do
Aid work is very full on – you work, live and socialise with your colleagues. But, cheesy as it sounds, I do really believe in what we’re doing here.
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Aug 19th 2014, 8:00 AM
# free internet
Facebook's latest app is offering developing countries free access to Wikipedia and Google
Mobile users in Zambia will be the first ones to use Internet.org’s new app, which provides them with free basic access to internet services through their phone.
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Jul 31st 2014, 1:13 PM
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Column: A vaccine could soon be here for one of the most devastating diseases on the planet
With malaria causing 627,000 deaths last year, there are high hopes for the first vaccine. But old-fashioned people power can also make a difference.
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Apr 25th 2014, 7:15 AM
# world poverty
"By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world" - Bill Gates
The entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist today released an annual letter, aimed at tackling what he called “the three myths” about poverty.
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Jan 22nd 2014, 5:16 PM
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Column: Our lack of willingness to promote transparency is damaging developing countries
Ireland cannot give with one hand to developing countries while facilitating tax avoidance at the same time, writes Morina O’Neill.
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Dec 18th 2013, 7:00 AM
# India
€3.4m funding from Gorta gives new hope to disabled youth in India
The Irish people have been thanked for their generosity in helping to establish a pioneering care centre for mentally and physically challenged children in rural India.
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Dec 15th 2013, 11:00 AM
# volunteering
Costello launches initiative to encourage retired public servants to volunteer
An online register is being set up to match the skills of volunteers to the needs of the countries and communities.
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Oct 12th 2013, 4:39 PM
# biofuels
We should be using more seaweed to power things, MEPs say
MEPs want a cap placed on the use of less environmentally friendly biofuels, and a switch to fuels derived from seaweed and other sources.
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Sep 13th 2013, 6:15 AM
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Revelry at second anniversary of South Sudan hides severe poverty
Barry Andrews, CEO of GOAL, writes from Juba, South Sudan which is “badly neglected… but a model of modernity in comparison to the rest of South Sudan”.
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Jul 9th 2013, 9:35 PM
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Column: The Ohio kidnap victims are finally free but the nightmare continues for girls across the world
The horrific incarceration suffered by three US women kidnapped and held for ten years is now over, but for one girl every two seconds – torn from her family and forced into marriage – it has just begun, writes Vanina Trojan.
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May 24th 2013, 1:09 PM
# Sweatshops
Fast fashion, fair wage: What Vietnam can teach Bangladesh
Vietnam – working on improving technology, conditions and pay – is proving more attractive to brands who want to protect their consumer reputation.
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May 5th 2013, 9:15 AM
# Fundraising
In pics: 40 years of the Trócaire Lenten box
Do you remember these designs?
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Mar 5th 2013, 7:15 AM
# Bangladesh
Workers protest 'deathtrap' factories
Meanwhile, a second blaze broke out a 12-storey factory building, sparking new wave of panic.
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Nov 26th 2012, 2:00 PM
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Column: How to stop crises becoming disasters
On World Humanitarian Day, Concern Director in Kenya Anne O’Mahony writes from Nairobi on tackling the underlying causes of vulnerability to the worst effects of manmade and natural shocks.
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Aug 19th 2012, 1:00 PM
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Column: Population growth an obstacle to development...
…But let’s not fall back on reprehensible arguments that disease and food crises are “natural” methods of curbing it, writes Concern Worldwide’s Overseas Director.
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Jul 11th 2012, 1:45 PM
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Column: Dragging heels on climate change hurts the poor
The changing patterns of climate and other factors have caused chaos in the developing world, writes Concern’s CEO Tom Arnold. This week’s Earth Summit is a chance to prioritise solutions.
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Jun 18th 2012, 8:30 PM
# Haiti
Haiti two years on: finding jobs is now the priority
Oxfam’s Caroline Gluck reports from the island nation still struggling to recover from the devastating impact of the 2010 earthquake.
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Jan 2nd 2012, 8:00 AM
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Column: The drugs do work - but there are new obstacles in the fight against AIDS
Yes, AIDS-related deaths are decreasing – but there are several huge threats in the fight against HIV and AIDS, writes Breda Gahan on World Aids Day.
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Dec 1st 2011, 7:30 AM
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Column: IMF leader selection is not democratic and, frankly, a sham
Oxfam Ireland’s Chief Executive Jim Clarken argues that the appointment of an IMF head is pre-ordained – and excludes developing countries and rising powers.
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Jun 28th 2011, 7:00 PM
LIVE
Study: Two million babies stillborn every year worldwide
Researchers believe that about half of stillborn babies could be saved if their mothers had better medical care – and also say that rising rates of maternal obesity could be contributing to stillborn rates in the developed world.
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Apr 14th 2011, 12:39 PM