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Thank You to all those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces, the Police Force, Fire Service, Rescue, Ambulance and National Health Services

2008

We are in the process of accepting submissions of personal narratives, short stories, poems and verse which aims to present the writings/poetry of veterans and members of the Armed Forces concerning all of their experiences in the military, both in work and out of work. Click here for details.

Read the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and A Child Learns

Click www.bbc.co.uk comprehensive website on almost every subject.

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Human Issues

Environmental Issues

Peace Issues

Anthropology, Fieldwork, Sociology

Education

International News

Caribbean News

Caribbean Academic Sites

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General Information and Encyclopaedia Sites

The CIA World Factbook

Encyclopaedia Britannica

The biggest multilingual open access encyclopedia on the internet www.wikipedia.org/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian has links to resources on subjects from Art to Zoology

This British Library website Search the catalogues, order items for research, view exhibitions

Human Issues

Click on any of the following logos for links to websites on 'human issues'

Amnesty International Protect the Human

ActionAid campaigns against poverty through work with communities, and providing information, aid and lobbying on food and farming, health, education, and disaster relief.

CAFOD The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development

Christian Aid is an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland who work wherever the need is greatest – irrespective of religion or race.

Intermediate Technology (ITDG) specialises in helping people to use technology for practical answers to poverty, including energy, shelter, transport, food production, water and sanitation, and manufacturing.

Oxfam is a development, relief and campaigning organisation working to find solutions to poverty around the world. There are links to Oxfam shops, Fair Trade food and products from their site.

Survival International Survival International supports tribal people, helping them to protect their lives, lands and human rights through campaigning, education and funding.

World Development Movement (WDM) campaigns tackle the root causes of poverty by working together with people in the developing world to change the policies of governments and business that keep people poor.

OneWorld.net bring together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide

The Association for Women's Rights in Development

Women's Human Rights Net

Global Issues that affect everyone

Environmental Issues

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.

One of Greenpeace's many campaigns concerns our forests. The plants and animals that live in these forests face extinction. Many of the peoples and cultures who depend on these forests for their way of life are under threat. See the save or delete campaign

World Wildlife Fund known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats.

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) acts to improve animal welfare by reducing commercial exploitation and trade, aiding animals in distress, and preserving habitat for animals.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) believe that "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment". Find information on animal rights issues and consumer advice, as well as their famous anti-fur campaign.

The Vegetarian Society The UK website with lots of information from information sheets to recipes.

Peace Issues

The Control Arms campaign is jointly run by Amnesty International, the International Action Network on Small Arms and Oxfam. It aims to build global pressure for an International Arms Trade Treaty, and has produced reports on issues surrounding the arms trade.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) campaigns to end the international arms trade, and the UK's role in it as one of the world's leading arms exporters.

M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence

The King Centre

The Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation

His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Anthropology, Fieldwork, Sociology

The Field Museum A museum in Chicago

The British Museum Also contains a good children's section

Experience Rich Anthropology Project website from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

A comprehensive list of Anthropology websites

The Anthroglobe bibliographies

USA Anthropology Resources

Social Science Information Gateway Sociology

UK Sociology Online

Indigenous Peoples List of websites

Religion online A comprehensive list of websites concerning religion. Full texts by recognised religious scholars

Education

See Children's Page and Teen's Page for age appropriate websites

The United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation declares education for all by 2015 UNESCO Education for all

The BBC's website has a wealth of educational information for children, parents and educators click here www.bbc.co.uk

Great USA Library website for children, parents, teachers, librarians and college students www.awesomelibrary.org/

A children's health website for children, teenagers and parents www.kidshealth.org/

The Education Index

Supporting the needs of learners and teachers Smart Education

USA Bi-lingual Education resources www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/bilingual.html

A comprehensive list of education websites http://hitekco.com/ed/

A UK list of comprehensive education websites http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/links_education.htm

International News

For many of the world's newspapers, click onlinenewspapers

UK The Guardian and The Observer The Times The Independent

(all have comprehensive sections on education and social issues such women's/gender issues, race and ethnicity)

CNN

BBC News

News from the African Continent

News from India

News from China

News from the Arab Nations

AlterNet is a news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of dozens of other independent media sources. AlterNet's aim is to inspire citizen action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, and health care issues.

Caribbean News

The BBC Caribbean News

ANGUILLA The Anguillan

ANTIGUA Antigua Sun

ARUBA Dario Online Bondia - Aruba

BARBADOS Barbados Nation Barbados Advocate

BAHAMAS Nassau Guardian

BELIZE Amandala OnLine

BERMUDA Bermuda Sun The Royal Gazette

BONAIRE The Bonaire Reporter

CAYMAN ISLANDS Caymanian Compass Cayman NetNews

CUBA Granma International