Welcome to the last post in the series about my observations of life in Orissa, India. Provided is a summary of the previous posts as well as links to more information. Millennium Development Goals—Meeting the Challenges In 2000, the United Nations offered us a chance to cut world-wide poverty in half. The Millennium Development Goals [...]
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Observations of Life in Orissa, India (Part IV)
September 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Corporate Updates
Observations of Life in Orissa, India (Part III)
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Corporate Updates
Welcome back! This is the third posting in my series focusing on observations that I made of life in Orissa, India. This week I would like to share more of my observations of what life looks like for many of the people in Orissa, and why it is important to meet the Millennium Development Goals. [...]
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Observations of Life in Orissa, India
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Corporate Updates
This spring I traveled to India to build an educational partnership with a school in the state of Orissa. India is multi-lingual, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural. It is economically, politically and educationally diverse. With a per capita income of around US$ 250, Orissa ranks as India’s second poorest state in a generally poor country. The population [...]