These two teenagers from Bali aim to push the government to ban plastic bags
It is now well known that Bali has a serious plastic pollution problem. The once pristine island with crystal clear water and white sand beaches is suffering from the plastic pollution menace and it is not just limited to the tourist season. Thankfully, two teenagers from the island have been working for years to find a solution to this problem. In 2013, Melati and Isabel Wijsen launched their flagship...
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Scotland becomes world’s first country to give free sanitary products to students
Under a commendable new scheme by the Scottish government, all the students in the country would have access to free feminine hygiene products. The $6.6 million initiative will benefit roughly 400,000 students across all of the country’s schools, universities, and colleges. Recent surveys showed that one in four responding pupils have had trouble accessing sanitary products, while one in five participants have...
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The reason why UNICEF called Kerala relief camps ‘exemplary’
Recently, a team from UNICEF visited relief camps in the state of Kerala that witnessed massive devastation after being hit by severe floods and went back quite impressed by the facilities provided there. One of the members of the team, Banku Bihari Sarkar, said: “Today I visited this camp, this is one of the best relief camps that I have ever seen in my 20 years of professional career… This is worth documenting...
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