Better school quality encourages parents in Ghana to invest more in children: Improving the quality of education requires collaborative effort. GPE/ Stephan Bachenheimer/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Primary school enrolment is now almost complete in developing countries and child labour is illegal in almost all countries. But the quality of education – especially in reading and mathematics …
South Africa in the news: Vaccine encourages nurses to stay on the Covid-19 front line: Healthcare workers who took part in the first rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine said they were feeling safer.: “South Africa” – BingNews Health dept ‘ahead of target’ in vaccine rollout for healthcare workers: The health department released …
South Africa in the news: RAG encourages recycling for a Better Bedfordview: Through the recycling initiative, residents are encouraged to recycle and to work with informal recyclers or waste pickers.: “South Africa” – BingNews ENG vs PAK, 3rd Test: Zak Crawley, Jos Buttler break plethora of records with epic Southampton stand: Zak Crawley’s marathon innings …
Annual computer graphics conference encourages use of open source: It’s been a few years since I last attended the annual SIGGRAPH Conference. If you’re not familiar with SIGGRAPH, it’s a special interest group within the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) that focuses on computer graphics. It holds a North American conference every year, usually on …
Portuguese town encourages children to smoke at Epiphany new: The Epiphany celebrations in the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro feature a tradition that each year causes an outcry among outsiders: Parents encouraging their children, some as young as 5, to smoke cigarettes. Locals say the practice has been passed down for centuries as part …
OpenGarages encourages open innovation for automobiles: Practically since the invention of the automobile, people have been customizing their vehicles. From the fade-away fenders of the 1930s, to the hot rods and muscle cars of the 1950s and 1970s, and on to the “Pimp My Ride” era of the 2000s, people have always expressed their individualism through …
Animal shelter encourages Pokemon Go players to walk adoptable dogs: An Indiana animal shelter is encouraging Pokemon Go players to bring an adoptable dog with them on their search for Pokemon. “Come out to the Muncie Animal Shelter between 10am-5:30pm any day and walk an adoptable dog as you hunt for Pokemon and hatch eggs!” …