Although it often seems to us when we listen to the evening news that the world is falling apart and that the stream of dark realities such as the conflict between Gaza and Israel or the unrest in Ukraine is never ending, we must not forget that these are not the only stories that are happening to the world. The world is not over and here is the proof.
Surprising advances in the field of medicine are developed daily:
Every day in Africa due to malaria dies more than 1500 children– but maybe not for much longer. The pharmaceutical company is currently awaiting regulatory approval for the world's first malaria vaccine. According to the magazine Team, the vaccine will be available to the public within one year.
An experimental drug for hepatitis C is said to get rid of the disease in more than 95 percent of patients during the trial period. The drug is currently awaiting approval and can only be cheaper way for the treatment of diseases, as drugs that are currently on the market.
19 year old from Chicago may be well on its way to discovery drugs for colon cancer. His experimental vaccine was just that 100% effective in a young mouse, which thus got rid of all malignant tumors.
Great strides have been made for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) equality:
It is August 1 this year Uganda rejected its cruel demands of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which required certain homosexual acts to be punishable by life imprisonment.
The United Nations they predicted that it would recognized same-sex marriages of all employees, regardless of whether their home country prohibits it. In the last 10 years it has been 21 countries recognized same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia.
Poverty alleviation programs work by:
Using the World Bank's classification of low-income countries, he is a philanthropist and a billionaire Bill Gates wrote in the annual newsletter of his foundation that "do in 2035, will be no more almost none poor countries in the world."
With help SNAP/Food Stamp Program, the US is helping millions of people. In a recent article in New Republic say that "program benefits improve children's long-term health outcomes" and "are reducing number of households with children living in USA in extreme poverty, for about half.”
Environmental protection is increasingly popular:
Philippines they will jump to you electric taxi tricycle, in an effort to reduce pollution in cities, as the state invested in what 100,000 tricycles electrically powered, which will be in accordance with Fast Company already misled in 2016.
If you haven't heard of Tesla, it's about time. Company for electric cars has proven that green business is not only possible, but also very profitable and has the potential to transform the automotive industry.
Indigenous farmers in Peru were banding together to combat climate change and diversify their agricultural production through seed storage and exchange. Their hope is that by working together they can identify the strongest and most resistant varieties and promote biological diversity throughout the country.
Women's rights are improving:
From July this year, you can women in Saudi Arabia vote and conduct municipal elections. This means that they will be able to vote already in the upcoming elections in 2015.
Egypt made sexual harassment a crime by law, allowing offenders to be sent to imprisonment for up to five years. And just last week it happened a group of civilians took to the streets to raise awareness about street harassment and violence against women.
On August 1, UNCHR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) held the first international convention to eliminate gender-based persecution. Women can search now asylum due to gender-based violence.
New technologies enhance human lives:
Victims of war in Sudan, got help from a Los Angeles company that uses 3-D printers to create cheap prosthetic limbs.
People in Zambia, who have mobile phones but no internet connection, will now be able to access health and education services online, using applications on Facebook. The company says it plans to expand the program to other countries as well.
Researchers from MIT Media Lab they work on a device called "FingerReader", which scans written text for the visually impaired and also reads the text aloud. According to its creator, the device can “helps the visually impaired when reading everything from books or restaurant menus to important forms in doctor's offices and so on increases self-sufficiency for blind and partially sighted people.”
Everyday people come up with innovative solutions to complex problems:
Four MBA students from McGill University in Canada may have come up with an unexpected cure for world hunger: insect farming. Students test their concept in a pilot program in He is not here, where they teach rural farmers how to raise tiny insects called ''palm weevils''.
Men from of India with a name Mansukh Prajapati he designed new refrigerator, which also stays cool without electricity. The cooler costs around 50 $ and could be a complete game changer for the environment and communities without electricity.
V Gomi, the city in Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was named "the rape capital of the world,” it is a group of women took her life into her own hands. Trained as mechanics have opened their own workshop, where they themselves lifting them out of poverty and you are also on your way at the same time strengthen their roles.
