Humana Magazin

Charity event to help the Pearl Foundation

April 19 – Bálint house

 

The Pearl Foundation and Primary Art Institution works in one of the most deprived areas of Hungary, in Berettyóújfalu, to help children living in extreme poverty, aid the development of disadvantaged children to promote their integration with the Foundation’s complex program.

The Foundation’s goal is to provide creative opportunity, personal development with art training to an increasing number of children. In addition, the foundation works to further the cause of equal opportunities. What does all this mean in daily life? "Scholarship program, drug substitution, turning back on electricity meters, small garden program, excursion and camp for children, organize study circles. Furthermore provide food and school supplies, coordinate volunteer work or help to create a social web shop to sell the local women’s goods made by hand. " – said Nora L. Ritók,  Founder of the Pearl Foundation.

The parade is not unlike most others. Floats, marching bands, dancers, and even horses fill the streets. Large crowds of families gather in the festive atmosphere, with young children on the shoulders of parents, hoping to have a good view of the guests of honor. But once these guests of honor begin to make their way down the street, it takes not even a moment to know the difference between this parade and any other. For almost every person marching in this parade is in blackface.

“Thailand´s relation between cheap child labour and the lack of Intellectual Property Protection”

Thailand’s textile Industry has a long history. Due to the low import tariffs and the imposition of the Bowring treaty, which forced Thailand to open the market to colonial powers, national textile industry emerged relatively late compared to other East and Southeast Asian countries.  Unlike other Asian countries this time, Thailand managed to maintain effectively its independence during the colonial period, but was nevertheless still economically colonised. The country ratified the so-called “Treaties of friendship and commerce” with most occidental colonial powers like England, United States, France and Japan. The textile industry was established in 1936 when the Ministry of Defence established Siam Cotton Factory, in which cotton-wool making and weaving machines were introduced for military service purposes and contributed to a steady growing economy. After the first crisis in 1970´s, the government focused on an export-based foreign policy and started to open the market for the export of their nationally produced goods.

The Georgian-Russian1 armed war lasted only several days but at the same time it lead to very complicated conflict where legal and political problems were mixed. This conflict is frequently discussed and touches upon various issues of economical, political and other such controversial fields. In my opinion one of the most important issues which had been provoked such a conflict was the issues of state structure and state sovereignty.

The bombing acts taking part in Moscow in the fall of 2010 were not the first terroristic act which had been implemented in the city and most probably will be not the last ones. But again and again as after any terroristic attack against ordinary citizens we ask questions – who and why organized it, what was the reason of these attacks. And finding the right answers on these questions each times become more and more hard task. But let's try to have a look on some issues related to the mentioned terroristic act and try to find the answers on the questions we may have...

An interview about the genocide and the current situation in Rwanda

Background: Mugyenzi Innocent

Mugyenzi was born in Rwanda in 1989, and fled the country with his family during the genocide in 1994. Growing up in Uganda, he attended the United World College of Atlantic, a leading  independent school in Wales. Upon graduation, he started his undergraduate studies at Colby College in the United States.