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2020 North American Asian Cup (NAAC) and Silent Auction

NAAC_Poster_2020 Charity_Soccer_Event_San_Francisco Silent Auction Event Hop4Kidsis planning to organize a silent auction during the2020 North American Asian Cup(NAAC) in Las Vegas on April 11-12, 2020. There will be around 400+ attendees show up in the event. Therefore, Hop4Kids wishes companies, retailers and local business owners can make in-kind donations (e.g., room nights, show tickets, restaurants) for the attendees as the …

Cocoa for Schools

Cocoa for Schools committed to improving the lives of cocoa farmers and their families in Tanzania. Kim’s Chocolates works tirelessly to improve the substructure for education in the local communities. Our target is to build, complete or renovate 2100 classrooms in the next 10-12 years. In addition, we want to distribute 430,000 books to the kids. Moreover, the project assists farmers, including …

Global poverty reduction has slowed down—again

  During the last year, a new poverty narrative gained acceptance across the world. The trends in our global poverty predictions—which we published on the World Poverty Clock—were confirmed by several other sources. Including the World Bank, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). By and large, the overall message is a discouraging refrain. Global poverty reduction …

Xi Jinping Vows No Poverty in China by 2020. That Could Be Hard.

In China today, poverty refers mainly to the rural poor, as decades of economic growth have largely eradicated urban poverty. The dramatic progress in reducing poverty over the past three decades in China is well known. According to the World Bank, more than 850 million Chinese people have lifted out of extreme poverty.  Li Chao carrying wood for his stove in …