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Water and sanitation at risk in the world’s poorest countries

Water and sanitation at risk in the world’s poorest countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water today sounded the alarm for an urgent increase in investment in strong drinking-water and sanitation systems.

Water and sanitation at risk in the world’s poorest countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water today sounded the alarm for an urgent increase in investment in strong drinking-water and sanitation systems.

Brazilian Amazon deforestation surges to break August records

Brazilian Amazon deforestation surges to break August records

1,114.8 sq km cut down this month, the same area as Hong Kong – on top of damage from fires

GNATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATION IN SWITZERLAND

GNATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATION IN SWITZERLAND

Video gaming for charity

Video gaming for charity

A University of North Texas student has turned a dorm-room hobby for video gaming into a platform that’s raising money for the fight against childhood cancer.

Charity-funded echo machine helps tiny tickers

Charity-funded echo machine helps tiny tickers

Charity-funded echo machine helps tiny tickers

Children requiring life-saving heart scans are now able to receive their care closer to home thanks to a new heart scanner funded by the Rotherham Hospital and Community Charity.

A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo

A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo

The therapies saved roughly 90 percent of the patients who were newly infected, a turning point in the decades-long fight against the virus.

Report reveals biggest charitable donations from most-followed celebs

Report reveals biggest charitable donations from most-followed celebs

The top 10 influencers on Instagram were found to have helped donate a total of over £29m

AMAZON FIRES WITH NO ATTENTION

AMAZON FIRES WITH NO ATTENTION

AMAZON FIRES WITH NO ATTENTION

GAMING Playmob And Beyond: How The Gaming Community Gives Back

GAMING Playmob And Beyond: How The Gaming Community Gives Back

Intense light may boost heart health

Intense light may boost heart health

A novel use of intense light therapy may help decrease the tissue damage experienced during heart attacks, reveals new research in mice.

Dive into a new challenge with Swimming Down Dementia

Dive into a new challenge with Swimming Down Dementia

One of the UK’s leading dementia research charities is calling on people to make a splash for science by signing up for a new swimming challenge.

Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food

Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food

Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests.

How Tiltify is changing gamification for a new generation of fundraisers

How Tiltify is changing gamification for a new generation of fundraisers

Action Cream Teas raises £55,000 of medical research funding

Action Cream Teas raises £55,000 of medical research funding

Action Medical Research is celebrating the success of its national Cream Teas campaign

Prevent Breast Cancer raises more than £100,000 at Prudential RideLondon

Prevent Breast Cancer raises more than £100,000 at Prudential RideLondon

A 172-strong team of cyclists joined thousands of other riders to take part in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey in aid of Prevent Breast Cancer, its official Charity of the Year partner for the 46-mile route.

Prevent Breast Cancer raises more than £100,000 at Prudential RideLondon

A 172-strong team of cyclists joined thousands of other riders to take part in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey in aid of Prevent Breast Cancer, its official Charity of the Year partner for the 46-mile route.

Siberia wildfires: Russians battle to contain the blazes

Siberia wildfires: Russians battle to contain the blazes

Forest fires in Siberia are common. But this summer unusually hot weather, dry thunderstorms and strong winds have combined to spark an emergency - in Siberia wildfires have engulfed an area the size of Belgium.

TheRockinR Gaming Charity to provide interactive mobile gaming equipment to the 21 UK principle cancer trust centres

TheRockinR Gaming Charity to provide interactive mobile gaming equipment to the 21 UK principle cancer trust centres

Mobile gaming carts to provide relief through the medium of gaming in hospitals and hospices

Big Issue Invest commits £227,000 to support people affected by mental health

Big Issue Invest commits £227,000 to support people affected by mental health

An organisation that aims to support over 300 people with severe mental health problems enter the workplace across multiple London boroughs has received investment through an outcomes-based contract from Big Issue Invest’s (BII) Outcomes Investment Fund.

GNation at Cannes Lions 2019 Festival

GNation at Cannes Lions 2019 Festival

GNation at Cannes Lions 2019 Festival

Right after the summit at UN Headquarters, GNation set off for Cannes to take part in another one major international event.

The Arctic is burning and Greenland is melting, thanks to record heat

The Arctic is burning and Greenland is melting, thanks to record heat

Blazes are pumping record amounts of CO2 into the air, which could make the problem worse

Higher vitamin A intake linked to lower skin cancer risk

Higher vitamin A intake linked to lower skin cancer risk

People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17 percent reduction in risk for getting the second-most-common type of skin cancer, as compared to those who ate modest amounts of foods and supplements rich in vitamin A.