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This website provides extensive resources on the topic of a living wage. There is a wealth of information contained on the site, which provides comprehensive coverage of many issues surrounding the idea of a living wage and its impact on workers, communities, and businesses.One particularly interesting article discusses the impact of Walmart, not only on workers, but also on shoppers. I think the information on this site can be used in the discussion of how to balance the issue of how big retailers can contribute to communities by providing jobs and affordable goods while at the same time providing a living wage as opposed to simply low paying jobs that provide little or no benefits.

Jerry, this topic is a HOT one right now with the economy not only producing few jobs, but with people working 40 hours a week and being nowhere near meeting their financial obligations. Nice choice! M.

I've always been a supporter of Walmart - one of the few I think! If it wasn't for Walmart I'm not sure I'd be able to get by. The interesting thing though is that after reading one of the articles at the UC Berkeley labor center website, I realized that Walmart could pay more to its workers if they chose to and the impact on their profits, as well as the price increases passed along to consumers, would be minimal. The article discusses what would happen if Walmart was required to pay its workers $12 an hour and concluded even if Wamart were to pass on the entire wage increase to consumers, the increased price cost to the average shopper would only be about $12.49 a year. If Walmart offered a minimum wage of $12 an hour I can't help but believe there would be less resistance to them opening new stores in hard hit economic communities.

Living wage calculator for the United States.

I am very interested in adopted and foster children. I believe every child has the human right to a safe and healthy home environment. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. This is a great website I found that helps teachers navigate with this sensitive human rights issue. It's a great resource for not only understanding how to approach adopted students, but also how to teach other children about the lives of those whom live with guardians that are not their parents.

The NatGeo website presents many useful activities to make learning live and exciting apart from the great pictures that students love to look at. I am going to encourage my kids to accept one of the challenges for the Geogrphy Awareness. Would you suggest any other?

Oxfam works to empower young people to be active Global Citizens. They promote education that helps young people understand the global issues that affect their lives and take action towards a more just and sustainable world. Their teams in England, Scotland and Wales support teachers through our range of on-line resources, teacher training and professional development, and partnership work with a range of other organizations.

I like to use this site for teaching kids about reading charts and graphs; side benefit is making them more aware of the world they live in.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization dedicated to building houses for the most needed.  It is present in 17 countries in Latin America and the caribbean.  Most of the houses are built by volunteers and families that have been benefited with houses.  This webapage can be used to present the topic of Human rights, solidarity, and how every person has the right to live in their own home.  It can also foster volunteer work in the community by contacting a local office in your country.

UN declares potable water a human right.

The human right to drinking water

Hellow Kizak, That video made me go back to my childhood when I had to pump water from a well for all the needs, even for cooking. We had to go to the river to do our loundry, carrying big loads of dump clothes. The situation the Niger people is living, almost all Latinamerican countries are. So as we could see the world population is growing but the natural resources as water are dicreasing.

An interesting site to give a hand