News - Slums
Lions Inaugurate Haiti's Only Nursing School, Complete Homes in Port-au-Prince's Toughest Neighborhood OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan.
First Off-Site Exhibition during Cooper-Hewitt's Renovation NEW YORK, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Design with the Other 90%: Cities," the second in a series of themed exhibitions by Cooper-Hewitt that demonstrate how design can address the world's most critical issues, opens Oct.
Host of CMT INSIDER, Katie Cook, to Join Event as Emcee; Ellie's Run for Africa volunteers to travel to Kenya to complete school's construction NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Students in Kibera -- Africa's largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya -- will have new educational opportunities with the opening of a vocational school later this summer, thanks to funding in part by Nashville-based Ellie's Run for Africa (http://www.elliesrun.org).
LONDON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- http://www.MakeCharity.com the online search engine whose revenues are purely directed at charities, has teamed up with the pioneering Brazilian project, Reciclar. The "Instituto de Reciclagem do Adolescente" (Adolescent Recycling Institute) - Reciclar - was founded in 1995 to provide education, professional apprenticeships and the opportunity of a first job for young adults living in or close to 'favelas', the infamous shanty towns, in the State of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
