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Children are the worst hit by the plague of poverty that is sweeping the world today.
While corporations around the world may be rethinking their preferences for downtown skyscrapers in favor of low suburban buildings as a result of the Sep. 11 attacks, Chinese urban planners have no plans to alter their long-term architectural blueprints. On the contrary, the city's successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games is likely to fuel even more high-rise ambitions. Recent media reports here suggest that by the time Beijing greets visitors for the 2008 Olympics, the Chinese capital will have its own twin towers to rival any proud skyscraper in the world. Full story Scott Lamberton of Horizons of Friendship, located in Cobourg, Ont., and Patricia Rebolledo, one of the Horizons' Mesoamerica team, based in the Honduras, returned from Nicaragua and El Salvador. A web site is available documenting their trip over a two week period.