Category: Culture

Funding has always been one of the difficulties in providing rapid humanitarian assistance to victims after a disaster. Most lives are lost in the first days following an earthquake, a flood or any other type of disaster. To save lives, aid workers need immediate cash and supplies. Late funding often amplifies and complicates the problems. There are several examples where early funding could have made a significant difference. In the case of the locust swarms in the African Sahel,…

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She is a dedicated and active feminist who is trying to help women to lead a better life. Ms Wu is also a very successful business woman. She was, for instance, the first foreign person to establish a joint venture with China in the late 1970s when China began opening up for foreign business. Today, Ms Wu has about 18,000 employees handling the catering at the main airports in China and Hong Kong, but she is also into real…

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