Since yesterday, it was reported that an official in Tana Toraja was detained by the police for playing gambling. The issue of the detention of Victor Datuan Batara because of the gambling case at the home of Golkar Secretary Tana Toraja, Yunus Pakanan, circulated on Social Media (Medsos). The Deputy Regent (Wabup) of Tana Toraja, […]
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Gambling activities are one of the betting games that are prohibited in Indonesia. This game is a game that uses money or valuables as a bet. This is what then makes this game banned. This prohibition must have something to do with the impact it has had. The negative effects of gambling are numerous. There
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The Global Action for Children Campaign believes that community-based programs are the best way to provide children with access to healthcare, education, food and nutrition and life-saving medicines. Here are some examples of how community programs are successfully working to meet the needs of vulnerable children around the world. Dropping School Fees in Kenya An extraordinary thing happened in Kenya when school
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132 million children in the developing world have lost one or both parents. 25 million children will be orphaned by HIV/AIDS alone by the year 2010.[1] One billion children are currently living in poverty, over 9 million children are dying annually of preventable diseases and malnutrition and 77 million children are out of school, 44
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Learn how you can become an activist in your community by bringing people together to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children. In this section, you’ll find many resources including ways to coordinate a postcard campaign, fact sheets and tips for organizing community meetings. Click on the links below to find some of the best resources that will help
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Juliette Luesée is a 21-month old girl from Poussière, a rural village in the county of Jeremie, southwest Haiti. She has pneumonia. It is her third bout of the illness since she was born. This time, Juliette is being treated at one of 60 USAID-supported mobile medical clinics that make monthly visits to villages near
In 2000, the United States and 188 other nations pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of cutting poverty and hunger in half and ensuring children everywhere can grow up healthy and go to school by 2015. The U.S. and the entire international community have made enormous progress. Already, 88 percent of children in the developing world
How to Keep Your Pet Safe at the Beach? If you own a dog, you’re likely also worried about them after you have left for the beach. Over the past few years, many people have lostience pets in favour of their own Portuguese Water Skis, or simply while enjoying a summer camp on the island
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The first few weeks of pregnancy is crucial for the baby’s development, so making sure you have a healthy lifestyle is essential. If you are planning to get pregnant, you will be tested for sexually transmitted infections and let’s start with sexually transmitted infections. The most common sexually transmitted infection is Chlamydia. There are over
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Your child was diagnosed with autism almost 10 years ago. You have made the time to make adjustments in his life in order to help this child overcome some of the challenges the autism causes. There were many challenges – the parents were overworked, there was a lack of support and they did not really
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