World Malaria Day 2009

On 25 April, World Malaria Day was commemorated around the world. Since 2007, it is a day of international commitment to the elimination of malaria, the life-threatening disease that still kills one child every 30 seconds.
For UNICEF, the day was an opportunity to both highlight successes and call for greater efforts in combating the [...]

One hour with Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography

Dr. Michael Wesch is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography at the Kansas State University.
“Dubbed “the explainer” by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on society and culture.
After two years studying the impact of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest [...]

Food prices remain high in developing countries, according to FAO

According to the new Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, published yesterday by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), high food prices persist in many developing countries. This is despite an improved global cereal supply situation as well as a dramatic decline when it comes to international food prices. For the millions [...]

An exciting day with Malaysian friends!

This Tuesday we had a exciting meetings with teachers, a journalist and three teenagers from Malaysia. The team were coming from a school with the name SMK Teloi Kanan. Here and here you can see some of the schools environmental work
This school is a member of ENO an global virtual school and network for sustainable [...]

MKFC celebrates Global Action Week

The work for Education for All is a continues struggle and today there is about 75 million children who are not in school and will be denied the chance to learn to read and write, in the world there are about 774 million adults who can not read.

Therefore this year’ Global Action Week 2009 (April [...]