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Offbeat News tagged with Poverty

Church Obsessed With Gays - Tutu
Offbeat (tags: church, gays, poverty, Tutu, archbishop, Anglican church )

Eduardo
- 443 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused the Anglican church of allowing its "obsession" with homosexuality to come before real action on world poverty.

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Child Poverty: It Doesn't Need to Be This Way. Please See Site. TY
Offbeat (tags: usa, government, children, poverty, americans, 2008 )

Jocelyn
- 612 days ago - everychildmatters.org

Located at the center of the nation's second-highest income metro area, Washington, DC's child poverty rate of 32.6% is higher than that of any state.In the world's most powerful capital, wretched poverty begins a few blocks from the Capitol.

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Ellen, Can You Hear Me? (Epic Change Puts the FUN Back in FUNdraising.)
Offbeat (tags: interesting, Tanzania, school, Africa, Ellen DeGeneres, education, poverty, unusual, unique, kids, children )

Stacey
- 669 days ago - epicchange.org

Hilarious video of dogooder who REALLY wants Ellen DeGeneres to donate $10 to kids in Africa. Bonus points for classic Yentl remake and gratuitous references to pie, widgets and fruitcake. Help by forwarding this link to Ellen and all your friends.

18 comments

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I Want to End Child Slavery in Haiti
Offbeat (tags: Children, Slavery, Poverty, PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION )

Jocelyn
- 742 days ago - thepetitionsite.com

More than 200 years ago, in 1804 Haiti became the first nation in the world founded on the abolishment of slavery. Unfortunately extreme poverty and inequality forces over 300,000 children to live today enslaved as domestic servants.

18 comments

Bedouin Arab Living in Israel Is Thinking About Wife Number Nine
Offbeat (tags: mulitple wives, children, Israel, Bedouin, Arab, overpopulation, poverty )

RC
- 770 days ago - ap.google.com

GOOD GODDESS - the man is 58 years old and already has eight wives and SIXTY-SEVEN CHILDREN. No wonder the Bedouin community is poor!

30 comments

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