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When you made the decision to leave the US, you were probably thinking about what to pack and how will you learn the language of your new country. Thinking about long-distance caregiving was probably not on your top 10 list of things to do before moving. Now you are settled into your new country and life has moved along. All of...

 

By: Alison Weihofen, LCSW, MPH

“Good news” and “depression” are not usually found in the same sentence.  However, here’s the first piece of good news:  The vast majority of adults aged 65 and over is not depressed.  The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that only 1% - 5% of older adults living independently in the community suffer...

Anne van Oorschot (AWC The Hague)                              Kara Fairchild (AWC Gothenburg) FAWCO Environment Bulletin	November  2010
Water: Worldwide Issues The third and last in our series on Worldwide Water Issues - real water problems in real places. Africa While the global picture for water management is far from encouraging, that of Africa is much worse.  300 million Africans do not have access...

Access to water is a basic human need and a fundamental human right. Yet over a billion people in the world still live without safe, clean water to drink. The diseases that result from drinking dirty water kill 5000 children every single day!!

While the statistics alone are shocking, they still say nothing about the daily reality of life without...

The third and last in our series on Worldwide Water Issues – real problems in real places.

While the global picture for water management is far from encouraging, that of Africa is much worse.  300 million Africans do not have access to safe water. The inability to be able to obtain clean water, and the illnesses that result from poor...