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shared by izz aty on 31 May 11 - No Cached

The tragic events in Japan have offered many teachable moments. From understanding nuclear reactors to earthquakes to tsunamis, there are countless lessons you can use in the classroom. Here are just a few.
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shared by izz aty on 11 Oct 14 - No Cached

70% of the population in Third World countries do not have access to any organised health care.
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four adults in ten who can read and write and less than one in four children go to secondary school
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Work can give us identity, security and the means to meet many of our other basic needs
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world unemployment stands at around 500 millions, 300 millions of there are in the less-developed countries.
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many LDCs suffer from wars
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also force many people to leave their homes and become refugees in other safer countries
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Wars destroy crops, homes, schools and Hospitals etc. causing even more poverty.
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neighbouring countries may have been developing, but a sudden influx of refugees with no money or food can make that country poor again.
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Natural disasters
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a lot of natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, and droughts. Disasters like there destroy homes and crops, causing people to become poor again
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All LDCs have had to borrow money from the banks of rich countries. They have to pay interest on these loans and this money could have been spent on development
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because the interest is so high, in that case the LDCs will get poorer and MDCs will get richer
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