Articles - Latest News en-us http://www.pix-aid.org N/A http://www.pix-aid.org 5flagsweb@gmail.com 20 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/38/1/Food-wasted-is-water-lost/Page1.html JOHANNESBURG, 29 August 2008 (IRIN) - To meet growing food demand, in another 40 years the world would need enough water to fill at least three lakes the size of Victoria, Africa's largest body of water, according to a projection in a new policy brief. Lake Victoria's estimated volume is 2,750 km3. span.jajahWrapper { font-size:1em; color:#B11196; text-decoration:underline; } a.jajahLink { color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } span.jajahInLink:hover { background-color:#B11196; } info@irinnews.org (IRIN News) Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/32/1/Humanitarian-futures---quotthe-crisis-of-humanitarianismquot/Page1.html NEW YORK, 25 July 2008 (IRIN) - The global humanitarian enterprise could lose touch with the needs of its beneficiaries because of political and security priorities, especially the “war on terror”, according to a new report. span.jajahWrapper { font-size:1em; color:#B11196; text-decoration:underline; } a.jajahLink { color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } span.jajahInLink:hover { background-color:#B11196; } info@irinnews.org (IRIN News) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/28/1/KENYA-Innovate-to-reduce-poverty---UN/Page1.html NAIROBI, 19 July 2007 (IRIN) - To escape the poverty trap, the world's 50 least developed countries (LDCs) must narrow the technology gap between them and the rest of the world, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says in its 2007 report. The director of UN-HABITAT's Monitoring and Research Division, Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, said at the launch of the report in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, said LDCs, most of which are in Africa and Asia, must increase the knowledge intensity of their economies. span.jajahWrapper { font-size:1em; color:#B11196; text-decoration:underline; } a.jajahLink { color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } span.jajahInLink:hover { background-color:#B11196; } info@irinnews.org (IRIN News) Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/27/1/SAHEL-Aid-organisations-part-of-the-problem-NGO-report-says/Page1.html DAKAR, 10 July 2007 (IRIN) - Inappropriate aid policies are partly responsible for the Sahel region’s poverty according to a strongly-worded report issued jointly by 10 international NGOs to be released on Wednesday in London. span.jajahWrapper { font-size:1em; color:#B11196; text-decoration:underline; } a.jajahLink { color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } span.jajahInLink:hover { background-color:#B11196; } info@irinnews.org (IRIN News) Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/26/1/Nutrition-Revolution-a-blender-in-Malawi/Page1.html GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG, 22 June 2007 (IRIN) - A blender in Malawi and a jar of Nutella started a revolution in saving the lives of starving children. Frustrated by years of developing recipes that did not work, including fortified doughnuts and pancakes, paediatric nutritionist André Briend was inspired by a jar of the chocolate spread, Nutella. Borrowing a mixer from a local restaurant, he made his first cocktail of milk powder, sugar, peanut paste, oil and a dash of vitamins and minerals ten years ago in Malawi. span.jajahWrapper { font-size:1em; color:#B11196; text-decoration:underline; } a.jajahLink { color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } span.jajahInLink:hover { background-color:#B11196; } info@irinnews.org (IRIN News) Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/22/1/A-simple-idea-to-save-thousands-of-lives/Page1.html It’s a simple idea that can save thousands of lives. Put some dirty infected water full of all sorts of bacterial diseases in a clear plastic bottle. Set it out in the sun for four hours. Drink… and stay healthy. terry.winn@pix-aid.org (Terry Winn) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/15/1/Pix-Aid-launches/Page1.html Pix-Aid, a new way of helping, learning and discovering, is just starting out! We hope you enjoy reading and discovering new people and places through our articles and photos. Please bear with us as we begin to create our network of journalists and photographers and begin to fill out the pages to have a wide and varying content covering projects and people around the world. We hope to put in place a network of local journalists, concerned and engaged in using their talents for the betterment of their own societies. As we go, we hope to have a site where you can learn about countries from local journalists, even ask them questions upon which they can follow up.We are starting out very small, but hope the enthusiasm will be contagious! Check back with us regularly. We hope you'll help out so the projects presented and others to come can continue their extraordinary work and that through Pix-Aid you can learn, travel, but also feel the great satisfaction of participating and watching your money make a difference!Thanks from the team at Pix-Aid!  terry.winn@pix-aid.org (Terry Winn) Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/13/1/SWAZILAND-Media-slammed-for-neglecting-real-issues/Page1.html MBABANE, 14 Dec 2006 (IRIN/PLUSNEWS) - Despite Swaziland's humanitarian crisis, local newspapers are largely ignoring issues such as poverty, food shortages and HIV/AIDS in favour of reports about crime and bickering amongst political personalities, according to The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). info@irinnews.org (IRIN News) Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.pix-aid.org/articles/11/1/Pix-Aid-looking-for-journalists/Page1.html Pix-Aid is beginning its work and creating a network of journalists and photographers. We are looking for journalists and photographers especially in Vietnam (near Hue), Sao Paulo, Brazil and Cuzco, Peru. If you are there and are passionate about helping others, please send us a note on our contact page. Maybe you know of some colleagues in those areas? Thank you from the Pix-Aid team. terry.winn@pix-aid.org (Terry Winn) Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600