Child deaths from preventable causes cut by half since 2000 – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Six million children worldwide died last year from preventable diseases and other complications, which was about half the number of similar deaths in 2000 when nations endorsed goals to end extreme poverty, the United Nations said on Tuesday. World leaders adopted the UN’s Millennium Development Goals in 2000, a year in which […]
Lack of awareness holds back British businesses that do good, conference hears
Thomson Reuters Foundation A lack of public awareness is holding back British businesses that put people before profit, industry leaders said at a conference in Scotland last week, comparing the social enterprise tag with the better known Fairtrade movement. Britain is seen as a global leader in the innovative social enterprise sector, with about 70,000 […]
Russian Orthodox Church splits with Constantinople Patriarch
The Russian Orthodox Church is cutting ties with the Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew I after a dispute over the Patriarch’s plans to recognise a new pro-Western Ukrainian branch of the church. Patriarch Bartholomew, the Archbishop of Constantinople and “first among equals”, de facto head, of the 300 million Christians in the Orthodox church, announced he was […]
ESSAY: NEW RESEARCH SHOWS AUSTRALIAN TEENS HAVE COMPLEX VIEWS ON RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian researchers ANDREW SINGLETON and ANNA HALAHOFF, of Deakin University, GARY BOUMA, of Monash University, and MARY LOU RASMUSSEN, of Australian National University, report on what their research has shown about the “spirituality” of Australian youth…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: FEAR OF EBOLA KEEPS THE FAITHFUL AT HOME
DOREEN AJIAMBO, of Religion News Service, reports on the impacts of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
UK launches first safe house for child slaves amid security fears
Thomson Reuters Foundation A charity announced Britain’s first safe house for trafficked children on Monday, aiming to tackle the high number of victims who go missing while in the care of authorities, who campaigners say lack a clear strategy to tackle the crime. As many as two-thirds of all trafficked children rescued and placed in […]
HAVING A WHINGE
Being a parent and watching my kids, I’m reminded of my own childish behaviour. PICTURE: Andrew Seaman/Unsplash I remember mum asking me to do a simple, two minute chore. “How come I have to do it? I did it last night? It’s my brother’s turn! I always have to do it.” Man, my whinging would last […]
WOW!: UK UNIVERSITY TO ATONE FOR PROFITS GAINED FROM HISTORICAL SLAVERY
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Glasgow University has announced a programme of “reparative justice” with regard to the thousands of donations from benefactors who had profited from slavery…
Death toll rising in eastern US state in wake of Florence; call for prayer
The death toll after Hurricane Florence struck eastern US states late last week has risen to at least 25 as flooding continues amid warnings it will do for some days yet to come. The BBC reports that 19 of the deaths to date have occurred in North Carolina with Governor Roy Cooper saying at a […]