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As we near Christmas, we tend to have the urge to give back, but rarely do we find a way to give back WHILE doing the Christmas shopping. IKEA is helping people do that. The following is an excerpt from their 2011 Yearly Summary. —&mdash...

Courtesy of IKEA Foundation By IKEA Foundation LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Aug 17 2016 (IPS) With more than 65 million people forced to flee their homes due to violence and armed conflicts, this year’s Wold Humanitarian Day on August 19 will call on all...

In his 2016 book, City of Thorns, Ben Rawlence writes about the time he spent in Dadaab, a sprawling refugee camp in Kenya, and grapples with the misnomer the term “refugee camp” has become. “Dadaab was established in 1992 to hold 90,000 refugees fleeing...

press release (Addis Ababa) — UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday praised Ethiopia for providing shelter to more than 400,000 refugees while supporting the country’s efforts to help neighbouring Somalia emerge...

Good News Agency A culture of peace is emerging in all fields of human endeavour. Good News Agency carries positive and constructive news from all over the world relating to voluntary work, the work of the United Nations, non governmental organizations...