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High end busking for International Day of Peace
UNAA Peace Program Ambassador, Concert Pianist Ambre Hammond, performed the world's favourite classical music in her UN blue gown on a grand piano to the lunchtime crowds at Martin Place, Sydney on the International Day of Peace. Photo by?Mike Pensini.
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A chicken that can change the world
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them each a chicken. He says raising and selling the birds can be efficient to tackle extreme poverty and has promised to donate 100,000 chickens. The UN estimates that 41% of people in sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme poverty.
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Restaurant provides community fridge
Minu Pauline, owner of the Pappadavada restaurant, in Kochi, southern India, was moved to combat both food waste and hunger after seeing people scavanging waste food from bins, so she put a fridge outside her restaurant. The fridge nicknamed nanma maram, meaning tree of goodness began as a place people in need could pick up excess food from the restaurant. It's now become a community hub, with people from across town donating to it and the idea is being implemented around the world.
