Omega is the 131st rehabilitated and released orangutan in Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest, Borneo

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) Rehabilitation and Reintroduction Program, for displaced or orphaned orangutans rescued from areas of habitat loss, have released its 131^st Orangutan.

 He (Omega) was released on the 20^th April 2014 and was a ‘little bit confused upon being released into his natural habitat. He then found a corn cob in his travel cage and started enjoying it, before he finally spotted Sella and decided to hangout with her’, reported Goingback2Dforest.

 

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Murinja, Rwanda becomes the 11,712 water project now established across developing countries

'The children made a mad dash for the water, drinking, bathing and basking in their refreshment. Like liquid magic, joy swept the crowd’, said Esther Havens and Taylor Walling, volunteers at the recent Charity Water Well Building Project.

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Mosquito repellant program successfully reduces contact with deadly Malarial parasite in Monkey Bay village, Malawi

On the 15th August 2014, Malawi Volunteer Organisation (MVO) has successfully reduced Monkey Bay villagers contact with Mosquitos through a systematic volunteer program.

 

‘People in Monkey day are very aware of the threat of Malaria, and this program is seeing some great benefits, not only in providing equipment, but of increasing understanding on prevention of this deadly disease’, said a representative from Monkey Bay community hospital.

 

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Ukraine Orphanage’s scholarship program reaches 500 milestone

On the 15^th August 2014, Universal Aid for Children (UAC) Ukraine has graduated their 500th student from their Scholarship program in Odessa.

 

‘I achieved my main goal – I finished studying and got a diploma and now have a profession I always dreamed about,’ said Vyacheslav Miroshnichenko, a recent graduate.

 

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3 new classrooms during a 3 year plan, has seen school enrolments and exam pass rates improve in Uganda

Kahara Primary School, in West Uganda, has seen vast improvements in their education program, thanks to a 2011 three year infrastructure plan by Build Africa.

 

“We have attracted parents and attendance has improved from 256 to 386 because the new classes have space for the students to work. And we have new desks. They can’t cheat now!” said Christopher, the Headmaster of Kahara Primary School.

 

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WFP Distributes Food During Ceasefire In Gaza

GAZA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has taken advantage of a five-hour humanitarian truce to provide emergency food assistance to thousands of people affected by the escalation in violence and to move food stocks into position around the Gaza Strip.

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Disadvantage dunked at London Youth Games, by Greenhouse Charity U16 Girl’s Basketball team

Platanos U16 girl’s School Basketball team have been inspired to claim bronze with a 30 point win in this years London Youth Games, held on the 24^th March 2014.

 

‘The London Youth Games run alongside the National Schools Competition and determines who’s the best in London. They certainly worked hard, playing some of the best basketball I’ve seen all season! They played aggressively, attacked the basket strongly and most importantly worked together as a team’, said a delighted Greenhouse Head Coach, Jenny Ridgway.

 

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Health drive finally eradicating Polio in India

Give Giving a Go can exclusively reveal that 172 million children have been vaccinated by more than 2.5 million vaccinators during a national "Polio Sunday drive" and ‘if no new cases of Polio are recorded by the end of 2013, then India will be officially considered polio-free’, said Roshanak Taghavi, correspondent for Johns Hopkins University's International Reporting Project.

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Stunted growth due to under nutrition is slowly being eradicated, but not for long

Stunted growth, which is linked to children’s nutrition, is slowly being eradicated thanks to a current UNICEF initiative in developing countries, and is hoped that the project success is to be accelerated.

 

‘Our evidence of the progress that is being achieved shows that now is the time to accelerate it”, said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake in the recent report ‘Improving Child Nutrition: The achievable imperative for global progress’.

 

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Marine conservation in India, engenders pup birth of the extraordinary Whale Shark

A whale shark pup has been rescued at a marine conservation area in Gujarat, India, indicating that whale sharks are now reproducing in this recently protected area.

 

"It's exciting for us to notice the presence of a whale shark pup as this indicates that whale sharks feel at home and are comfortable breeding here on the shores on Gujarat", said Alka Talwar, Head of Community Development at Tata Chemicals, which is also involved with the conservation project.

 

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New National Park in Bhutan is increasing Snow Leopard populations

"The findings are phenomenal as these are the first snow leopard images recorded in Wangchuck Centennial Park,” said lead surveyor Dr. Rinjan Shrestha, from the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). “It suggests that the network of protected areas and corridors is helping to link local snow leopard populations, which will be invaluable to ensure long-term persistence of snow leopards in the region,” continued Dr Shrestha.

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Sub-Saharan African countries are prospering from $90 million food security implementations

A $90 million, five year (2011–16) intervention program, in 11 African countries including Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, is seeing positive results in the local community.

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