Togo – Free Primary Education

Before 2008, Primary School education in the Togolese Republic cost about four US dollars, per child, every year. Since then, it is free for every child, and there has been an increase in school attendance.

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Ethiopia – It’s 2012 in 2019

The Ethiopian Calendar is different from the Gregorian Calendar and the latter is what most of the world goes by. The Ethiopian Calendar has thirteen months in a year, while the Gregorian one has twelve months. Currently, the year in Ethiopia is 2012. The following links may be helpful in shedding more light on this. Notes https://theculturetrip.com/africa/ethiopia/articles/why-is-the-ethiopian-calendar-7-years-behind/ http://www.ethiopianembassy.org/AboutEthiopia/AboutEthiopia.php?Page=Clock.htm

Brazil – Home of the most “Uncontacted People”

I really don’t know the reason why. However, whenever I hear about an uncontacted group of people living in the forested area, my mind is always blown. There are so many questions that run through my mind about them. Nevertheless, this is not about me. It is about Brazil, and in this country’s forested areas, there are about 100 tribes or groups of people living there. Brazilian National Indian Foundation is responsible for their care from the outside world. Note https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/uncontacted-brazil https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/brazils-funai-calls-army-to-help-protect-isolated-indigenous-tribes/

Switzerland – The Red Cross Connection

The official name of Switzerland is the Swiss Confederation, and it is a federal republic. Jean-Henri Dunant (Henry Dunant) was born in Geneva, and he is one of the founders of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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