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August 31, 2006
Oxfam GB says all the world needs now is public services
Oxfam GB, Great Britain's leading development, relief, and campaigning organization, has released a report that says that going to school, seeing a doctor and running water are taken for granted by most people in the west but for millions of poor in the developing world, these public services are vital in transforming their lives.
World wide, 4,000 children a day die needlessly from dirty water, while 100 million children - mostly girls - miss out on an education.
According to the report, government action and flexible aid could mean that within a generation every child in the world could be in school and everyone could have safe water, but rich nations and international agencies such as the World Bank are failing to meet this reachable goal.
The report recommends that along with training and retaining workers, governments in developing countries must abolish fees for basic education and healthcare, and subsidize water for the poor, as reported by The Guardian Unlimited.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at August 31, 2006 09:35 PM
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