The Airbnb of the homeless

Cristina Barbetta

It is called Notfairbnb and it is an awareness campaign on the problems of the homeless in Brussels. Since its launch in 2016, it has had a great success and organisations from all over the world helping the homeless have asked to open Notfairbnb in their own countries

Healthy Entrepreneurs brings medicines to the four corners of the world

Cristina Barbetta

The organisation trains local people so that they can go in the most remote places to sell medicines and give basic information regarding health. In only 5 years the entrepreneurs of Healthy Entrepreneurs have created access to basic healthcare to over 4 million women, men, and children in 5 countries: Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Haiti

Financing of civil society is essential for democracy

Staff

The EU institution should promote a positive image of civil society organisations, preserve their independence and ensure they are properly funded, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) says.

The social enterprise plastic fishing on Amsterdam canals

Cristina Barbetta

Plastic Whale fishes plastic waste on Amsterdam canals and at the port of Rotterdam, building then boats with recycled materials, with which they go plastic fishing. It’s the first professional plastic fishing company in the world

Commission presents new measures to better protect EU citizens

Staff

The Commission has presented alongside its 11th Security Union Report a set of operational and practical measures to better defend EU citizens against terrorist threats and deliver a Europe that protects. The measures aim to address vulnerabilities exposed by recent attacks and will support Member States in protecting public spaces and help deprive terrorists of the means to act.

France, 300.000 people over 60 are isolated

Staff

A study commissioned and carried out in France reveals that in the country 300,000 people, in the large majority women over 60, suffer from loneliness and isolation. Many factors are at the root of this, like the lack of access to internet or very low revenues. The number of people over 60 who are isolated in France is equal to the size of the city of Nantes, 6th French city for number of inhabitants

Celebrities join call on Turkey to release human right defenders

Staff

Stars of stage and screen have added their voices to the global demand for the immediate and unconditional release of a group of prominent human rights defenders in Turkey, one hundred days after they were detained, Amnesty International reveals.

France, circular economy helping the most needy

Cristina Barbetta

The Agence du Don en Nature (Adn) collects new non-food unsold products from enterprises and it redistributes them to the most needy thanks to a network of more than 750 local associations in France. Every year the Adn contributes to help 850.000 people in need and redistributes every week more than 600.000 euros of new products

Here are the toughest places in the world for a girl to get an education

Staff

A new report by The One Campaign reveals the ten toughest countries and highlights some of the many unique barriers girls face

Money from the ECB invested into gambling, oil and weapons

Marco Dotti

Everybody talks about it. But what is Quantitative Easing? And where does the money go? Corporate Europe Observatory has made a list of the beneficiaries of the European Central Bank’s corporate bond purchasing scheme. The results are disturbing, unless you think that oil, fancy cars, motorways, champagne, and gambling are a good place to put public money...