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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Think of the freedom that can be promoted by greater sharing of the benefits of science and technology: freedom from hunger, from thirst, from illness, freedom from ignorance, illiteracy, from lack of education, freedom from human rights abuses, from tyranny.

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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Providing tools for sustainable change to populations most vulnerable to hunger, violence, and disease, CARE has earned its place in the hall of fame of nonprofits continuing to make the world a better place. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice.

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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

Have Fun - Do Good

Guatemala 9. He's fighting hunger. In the same article, he also describes the a rapid-transit bus system in Bogotá, the Trans-Milenio: "After only five years of operation, we are moving 1.4 The HPI is calculated by adding the country's life expectancy with its life satisfaction divided by its ecological footprint. Colombia 3.