Navjyoti India Foundation (NIF)
“It’s name means ‘A New Light’. It was founded with a belief in welfare and preventive policing. With a handful of supporters and great deal of determination, they began their endeavors cautiously but confidently treading unchartered waters to help more and more people, gradually changing the mission to ‘help for helpless’ and then towards ‘self […]
Mount Ngauruhoe, Central Plateau, North Island
December 12, 2010 by Gail
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“Mount Ngauruhoe is an active stratovolcano or composite cone in New Zealand, made from layers of lava and tephra. A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, and is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterised by a […]
Gannet Colony, Cape Coast, Hawke’s Bay
December 12, 2010 by Gail
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“Cape Kidnappers is on the Cape Coast, a headland at the southeastern extremity of Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. It is located 20 kilometres southeast of the city of Napier. The promontory sits at the end of an eight kilometre long peninsula that protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. It […]
APOPO
“Initiated in response to the global landmine problem APOPO recognised that most mine-clearance techniques in use were slow and expensive. The humanitarian community had called for a more efficient method for the detection of landmines and un-exploded ordnance (UXO) in order to facilitate the repatriation of refugees and distribution of emergency aid. An analysis of […]
