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Solar Kiosks Help Light up Rural Kenya
2015-12-07 08:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: This market centre in the arid Lake Magadi region, Kajiado of Southern Kenya is with no grid electricity. The area is inhabited by the pastoralist Maasai community. With climate change affecting their pastoral way of life, the community is increasingly adopting a more sedentary life but without amenities. The centre is hot and dusty. Much as the area enjoys bright sunshine during the day, the situation changes to pitch dark after sunset. But in the last two years, the market centre is witnessing...
4-H Canada And CN Partner To Advance Rural Youth Leadership
2015-12-01 12:27:30| Railroads - Topix.net
Made possible through a commitment from CN of $600,000, the new annual 4-H Canada Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction recognize exceptional 4-H senior youth members and showcase their accomplishments in the area of leadership excellence. The CN commitment also allows 4-H Canada to establish a 4-H Farm Safety Fund that will support 4-H clubs, districts, regions and provincial organizations across Canada with farm and community safety initiatives.
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In Action where Help is Needed: Freudenberg Products Support Rapid Testing in the Fight Against HIV in Rural Areas
2015-12-01 11:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Freudenberg Medical has developed specialty tubing for an inexpensive, portable mini-lab used for rapid HIV testing outside of medical facilities. According to UN estimates, approximately 37 million people worldwide are HIV positive. The majority live in rural areas of Africa and Asia, where...
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NFU: EPAs RFS Targets Compound Damage to Family Farmers and Rural America, Undermine Administrations Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change
2015-11-30 20:58:41| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (November 30, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today sharply criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing final volume targets today that were well below their statutory levels, further damaging investment in the renewable fuel sector and undermining
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Rural area rebounds from floods and layoffs
2015-11-30 13:15:56| Paper - Topix.net
When you are a small engineering services firm headquartered in a small city, the news that your primary customer is closing down is likely to be a devastating blow. Highground Services Inc., however, fought back and has actually flourished in the six years since International Paper announced it was shuttering its Franklin mill and laying off 1,100 workers.
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