More than 68% of people feel like their career isn't going anywhere, and that they don't have anyone supporting them or developing them, which can be disheartening. What they need is a way to be able to challenge, encourage and develop themselves, so that they can chase bigger and/or better opportunities. The Crucial Team have made the tools (Crucendo) to help everyone improve and impress themselves, and the best part is that they're 100% free, now and always. It's all brand new and beta testing begins on August 15th. They would love as many people as possible to use Crucendo to develop themselves. Check it out at www.thecrucialteam.com
To encourage girls? interest in STEM, MGA Entertainment launched four dolls to focus on each aspect of the field: science, technology, engineering and maths. Each doll in the line, known as Project Mc?, comes with an experiment kit to inspire kids to play and learn.
A build it yourself tablet and coding kit for kids aged eight and up. You can snap each piece together, just like Lego building blocks, then lock each part in and power up. Great for STEM learning. www.hellofiftysix.com
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.
