Author: Sloan Bousselaire

SEATTLE — The need for innovative provisional financial service is here, especially since 2.7 billion people are still living on less than two dollars a day. Microfinancing is a banking service that allows impoverished individuals to borrow money in developing nations, and often serves as a popular alternative approach to remedying extreme poverty around the globe. Modern microfinancing began in the 1950s and has since evolved into a web of multi-lateral financial institutions comprising a sixty-billion-dollar market of which $450 million is remittance. There are roughly 1,500 microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world and over 200 million borrowers; non-profits, credit unions,…

SEATTLE — Today, there are 767 million people living on less than $1.90 a day. The World Health Organization reports that 17 million children around the world are malnourished. Since undernourishment can inhibit brain development and impede academic performance, poverty and academics are negatively correlated. The Challenge: Poverty and Malnutrition Poverty and malnutrition engage in a vicious cycle that ensures a reduced quality of life to those who are subjected to it. In high, middle and low income countries, lower socioeconomic conditions are highly correlated with poor health, and thus increase the likelihood of poor academic performance. In fact, a…

SEATTLE — The body can survive for up to three weeks without food, but only three days without water. Water makes up about 60 percent of the body. By day three of severe dehydration, your blood will have thickened enough to slow blood flow, thereby shriveling the skin. Sweating is no longer an option to help keep you cool, so the body starts to overheat and act as an oven for your vital organs. Liver and kidney failure will follow shortly after if you do not get water as soon as possible. Why Clean Water Is Important Dehydration is one…