size and scope from large charities as CARE‚ OXFAM‚ World Vision of global fame to regional‚ national and community based self help groups. They include research centres‚ religious institutions and professional associations. Based on their functioning NGOs can be divided in two distinct categories. Operational NGOs. Such organizations work for the betterment of humanity through practical application of their resources and abilities. They under take welfare measures‚ development projects and assists
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Role of the Youth in Nation Building Youth power is a recognized force in the world today. The youth are filled with tremendous energy and towering ambitions. They can be utilized as a constructive and as a destructive force by any nation. During the eighties‚ the youth power made itself prominent in many socialist countries of Europe and in China. Tianamen Square in Beijing‚ China witnessed a powerful demonstration. Thousands of Chinese youth sacrificed their lives in order to bring democracy in
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time. In 1928‚ the Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed the Sexual Sterilization Act. In an effort to improve the human race and discontinue traits that were considered undesirable‚ the act allowed for the sterilization of specific individuals. It was widely believed that people suffering from mental illnesses and disorders had a much higher reproduction rate than the general population‚ and as a result the act was enacted to ensure the gene pool in Alberta would strengthen instead of
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The Worlds leading Industrial Nation The United States in the early Twentieth Century went through many changes due to the Industrial Revolution. The United States became the world’s leading Industrial nation due to the innovations‚ government and business that expanded from not only small towns‚ but also from coast to coast. Innovations‚ government‚ and business paved the way for new and improved ideas‚ which helped set the United States apart from other countries. Innovations such as the
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to multiply‚ so do the impacts upon our environment and surrounding ecosystems. As human populations increase‚ the demands for food‚ supplies‚ and housing also increase. With these increased demands‚ there is now a greater strain upon our resources more than ever before. The question then becomes‚ what are the impacts upon our environment by our population situation‚ and is there anything that can be done to deal with the problems from this dilemma? Population Impacts As civilization has continued
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The Development of Oil Sands in Alberta Instructor: Dan Murray Yifan Wang University of Waterloo 15‚ February‚ 2013 Summary A controversy around the development of oil sands in Alberta is developed in this report. Potential factors of its development‚ including economic‚ social‚ and environmental factors‚ are taken into consideration. All the information contained in this report is retrieved from other materials‚ such as peer review‚ journals‚ government reports‚ and online news. All the
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vironmental Impact Water Issues Washing machines are second only to toilets as the largest water users in the home‚ accounting for 14 percent of household water use. Household water consumption has a significant impact on aquatic life‚ especially when water supplies come from freshwater lakes and streams. The Rio Grande‚ recently named one of the World Wildlife Fund’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk‚ has been so overextracted that saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has begun moving upstream and endangering
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The impact of climate change on Air New Zealand and on New Zealand’s economic environment as whole Introduction Currently‚ climate change obtains increasing concerns from government and worldwide environmental organisations. In the meantime‚ climate change becomes a constraint and a challenge for economy. There are conflicts in interest between the reduction of industrial pressures on environment and the use of energy which not only create difficult problems and challenges for the government‚
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Role of youth in Nation Building Before beginning my topic allow me to introduce the two very terms which are included in the discussion topic - youth and nation building The term: “Youth” does not represent a person aged between 14 and 24 ; Rather it refers to the transition from the dependence of childhood to independence of adulthood and awareness of it’s interdependence as members of a community. Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group. The term “nation building” is refers
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hopeless task‚ however global warming can be halted and could even be reversed. This is a very daunting challenge because it means that people have to change the way they live and do things. We could all choose to ignore this situation but the future impact on our planet is huge. Global warming not only brings about climate changes but also will reduce the level of breathable air (O2) and reduce the levels of drinkable water on our planet for future generations. Some people have already started to
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