75000 mathletes across New Zealand – equivalent to the population of Hastings – are taking on students around the world in quick-fire 60 second contests. New Zealand is the seventh largest team in the event, just behind Ireland and Singapore. The Prime Minister, the Hon John Key, officially launched World Maths Day at Thorndon Primary [...]

Accra, July 12, GNA – The Reverend Mrs Jemima Amanor, Country Director of Compassion International Ghana (CIG), has observed that child neglect is the biggest crisis facing the world. “It is even worse than terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and climate change”, she stated.

The punishment is a brutal three pushups each time one of the children kicks a soccer ball into a cone. It’s worse if the child hits a cone again. Three pushups for the entire team. The cones represent HIV-related risks, like multiple partners or drug abuse. This activity teaches a person’s behavior has consequences that can affect those around him.

We’ve spoken often about the Millennium Development Goals, the eight international development goals that all 192 United Nations member states have agreed to achieve by 2015. They include reducing extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates and fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS. But perhaps the lynchpin goal is that of universal primary education.