Browsing Tag: Africa

Powered by the sun, it breaks down waste, turns it into useful gas and powers fuel cells. This toilet, made to help the developing world, won 1st prize in the 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge'.

Recently, someone gifted me with a unique present – a 2013 calendar on the Sikhs of Africa.

And what better way to calm your spirits than paying a visit to Sikh Temple Makindu?

They often are forbidden from opening savings accounts, borrowing money, or even selling crops at market. And what is the basis for these self-defeating practices? It is the simple fact that these farmers happen to be women.

According to recent research, a new discovery now suggests that Guru Nanak Dev Ji may have travelled as far to the west as East Africa.

Eight thousand communities in Africa have sworn off female genital excision, including almost 2,000 that abandoned the practice in the last year, the United Nations Population Fund and UNICEF announced Monday.

Sikh Youth Calgary (SYC) is a non-profit initiative led by volunteers from the local communities to encourage positive change for the collective good and growth in the upcoming youth. SYC is dedicated to providing relief to families in Somalia...

A study by US scientists has concluded that an average of 48 women and girls are raped every hour in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The study, in the American Journal of Public Health, found that 400,000 females aged 15-49 were raped over a 12-month period in 2006 and 2007.

"When you feed an individual, you assist a family. When you assist a family you assist a community. When you assist a community you assist a nation. When you assist a nation you change the world."

"It was exciting and motivating for Sikhs in Kenya to interact with Harinder Singh; meetings with all ages and the leadership resulted in a new direction and focus for the community (kalasingas—the Kiswahili word for Sikh-Kenyans.)

The Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha UK travels from Birmingham to Nairobi Kenya.

Single sticks go fast at 7 cents each — an especially good price point for kids.