Challenge other schools to match your results. The clothes we buy in department or clothing stores are almost always made with raw materials and labor from around the world. Where they are denied education, employment, and full rights of citizenship, women depend on childbearing for status and security. One-third of the world's households are headed by unmarried, divorced, or widowed women. Each person needs approximately 30 liters of water per day.
Most maternal deaths occur in less developed countries in Asia and Africa.
Many of these deaths could be prevented with basic medical and prenatal care. Volunteer at a women's shelter or at a refugee center in your community. You can answer calls on a hotline, help fill out forms, tutor, or work in the daycare center. In countries where few people can afford to buy land, communities are finding ways to grow their own food. One group of women in Zimbabwe has started a community-owned garden, and provide their families with a healthy variety of vegetables and extra income from the sunflower oil they harvest.