By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri Education Cannot Wait (ECW) - the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – was on the ground in Burkina Faso last week with its Director, Yasmine Sherif, to launch a new multi-year programme that aims to provide an education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected areas.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri The bamboo industry in China currently comprises up to 10 million people who make a living out of production of the grass. But while the Asian nation has significant resources of bamboo three million hectares of plantation and three million hectares of natural forests the continent of Africa is recorded to have an estimated three and a half million hectares of plantations, excluding conservation areas.
protesters today who blocked traffic and turned over trash cans. texas governor rick perry is unveiling his national energy plan in suburban pittsburgh right now. live pictures. he says president perry will expand drilling on federal lands and get rid of clean air rules and other, quote, activist regulations. perry says getting bureaucracy out of the way will mean 1 million or more new jobs. perry has stumbled in the polls. his wife came to his defense. it s been a rough time. we ve been brutalized, eaten up and chewed up in the press, to where i mean, we re being brutalized by our opponents and our party. so much of that is, i think they look at him because of his faith. anita perry went on to say, we didn t have to do this. she says we are running to save our children and the soul of the country. end quote. presidential candidate herman cain is on a roll in more ways than one. he s kicking off a bus tour across tennessee next hour. cain, the former pizza executive