We all agree that water scarcity and dwindling supplies of safe drinking water around the world is alarming and poses a major problem in every continent.Worse, this scarcity is expected to increase with the rise of global temperatures as a result of climate change.Access to safe

Gender equality has been at the centre of the United Nations’ priorities for years now, with the world body working with global communities on achieving this goal by 2030 in a world where half of its population are women and girls. Gender equality is a fundamental human righ

Acquiring quality education is the cornerstone to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.When you have access to quality education, this can help you break from the cycle of poverty.Education is a major tool to combat all forms of poverty everywhere.A recent study b

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages is important to building prosperous societies, since healthy people are the foundation of healthy economies.However, this remains a challenge and requires a strong commitment.Despite great strides by the UN in imp

Every man, woman and child has the right to adequate food, yet one in nine people in the world today are undernourished.According to facts and figures from the United Nations, there are around 795 million people hungry around the world, the vast majority of whom live in developin

Throughout the world, hundreds of thousands of people go to sleep every night hungry, without a piece of bread to eat.