When Burkina Faso’s Paralympic team arrived in London with nowhere to stay, nowhere to train and not enough money to salvage the situation in a strange country, 24 year old Liam Conlon decided to take matters into his own hands.
The Cambridge graduate put some of the athletes up in his Essex home, made them food before and after training and found them somewhere to train.
“Their government funding was late, I found out there was a problem with their accommodation and training arrangements a few weeks prior to their arrival, however …

Investments in Islamic finance are increasing at a rapid rate globally. According to Ernst and Young global Islamic banking assets held by commercial banks are set to reach almost two trillion this year, up from the US$1.3 trillion of assets held in 2011. The sector has seen a 150% increase in the past five years.
There are over 300 Shariah compliant financial institutions worldwide. UK Islamic Finance Secretariat (UKIFS) said Islamic markets have developed in Malaysia, Iran and the Gulf and have potential in developing in Australia, Nigeria and Russia.
A Shariah …

Amy Hanson, director of the organisation Big Steps talks about her new documentary about the street children in Nicaragua.