Origins: The dirty history of soap
With hand-washing a key component in the fight against coronavirus, JUDITH RIDNER, professor of history at Mississippi State University, writes, in an article first published on The Conversation, about the origins of soap…
With AI learning and recycled soap, social businesses step in as coronavirus spreads
Hong Kong, China/Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Handing out soap to street cleaners in Hong Kong might sound like piecemeal work in the battle against coronavirus. But with schools and offices shut in the Chinese-ruled city and across Asia, social enterprises – businesses that seek to do good while making a profit – are […]
Fighting sex trafficking with soap at the US Super Bowl
Thomson Reuters Foundation Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, tens of thousands of unaccompanied men will arrive in Atlanta to schmooze and be schmoozed, but most of all to party. That brings sex trafficking to the top of the agenda for US authorities such as the Atlanta Police Department and the FBI, and for smaller organisations […]
“Accidental” soap entrepreneurs help lift up parishioners in the Philippines
Ecumenical News International A Filipino couple who are both pastors have become accidental entrepreneurs after their daughter’s search for body care products for her allergy-sensitive skin led to the creation of a home-based industry, which the family sees as its ministry. “With this evolving business, poor parishioners can earn extra income, which can sustain their […]