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Haiti's Horrendous Housing Crisis
World  (tags: Haiti, aid, housing crisis, poverty, redevelopment, world, politics, news, ethics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', society )

Cal
- 275 days ago - globalpost.com
Some Haitians have taken matters into their own hands, while others wait for a new life.
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Return to Haiti: A Day in the Life of a Broken Island
World  (tags: world, Refugees&Relief, unitednations, Haiti, rebuilding, aid, news, politics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms )

Cal
- 444 days ago - globalpost.com
The country continues to stumble toward rebuilding after the earthquake, facing questions about aid money and embezzlement
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Kidnappings Force Partial Kenya Aid Halt
World  (tags: world, Kidnappings, force, partia, l Kenya, aid, halt )

Agnes
- 583 days ago - abc.net.au
The United Nations has temporarily suspended all non-lifesaving aid operations in the world's biggest refugee camp following the kidnapping of two Spanish aid workers near the Kenya-Somalia border.
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Children of Hope
World  (tags: orphans, widows, kids, hope, love, help, aid, development, cool, forgotten voices, hiv/aids, africa, blog, children, humanrights, goodnews, news, world )

Brian
- 770 days ago - forgottenvoices.org
Whenever I travel to Africa, I get to do my absolute favorite thing in all the world. I get to listen to children share the dreams they have for life. I love it because their dreams are all about hope. In a world that has declared them poor and troubled-
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Socks for Japan
World  (tags: Aid, earthquake, Japan, socks )

Kit
- 791 days ago - jasonkelly.com
WHY SOCKS? Several reasons. Many of the victims ended up barefoot after fleeing in a hurry. In the disaster zone, feet get wet and then extra cold at night, especially in currently freezing weather. People often forget about socks in favor of more -->
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Post-Mubarak: How the U.S. Plans to Aid Democracy in Egypt
World  (tags: world, usa, politics, society, aid, Egypt, government, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', interesting, news, middle-east )

Cal
- 828 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The US is preparing a new package of assistance to Egyptian opposition groups designed to help with constitutional reform, democratic development and election organizing, State department officials tell TIME
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Help Unfreeze the Aid Budget ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
World  (tags: humans, protection, aid, budgets, environment, poverty )

Cher
- 850 days ago - makepovertyhistory.ca
Last year the federal government announced their plan to freeze the aid budget for 2011 at 2010 levels. But after 8 years of 8% annual increases, our aid spending amounts to only 0.3% of our national income - less than half of the 0.7% that Canada has
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The Best Dollar You Will Ever Spend
World  (tags: aid, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', children, conflict, corruption, crime, death, government, hunger, politics, Refugees&Relief, society, UntedNations, violence, water scarcity )

Kit
- 857 days ago - slate.com
The experts--including five Nobel laureates--compared ways to spend $75 billion on more than 30 interventions aimed at reducing malnutrition, broadening educational opportunity, slowing global warming, cutting air pollution, preventing conflict, fighting->
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Returning to Africa TODAY!
World  (tags: orphans, widows, travel, kids, zimbabwe, zambia, hope, development, forgotten voices, love, help, aid, food, education, shelter, hiv, aids, africa, blog, children, conflict, death, humans, interesting, news, world, violence )

Brian
- 860 days ago - travelwithfvi.blogspot.com
We now know of over 10,000 kids who need a champion. This trip is for me to go meet more of them so I can share their stories with you.
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Overhaul Foreign Aid to Rebuild Haiti
World  (tags: world, Refugees&Relief, aid, government, Haiti, Refugees&Relief, news, politics, society )

Cal
- 860 days ago - ipsnews.net
That was the assessment of Rubem Cesar Fernandes, executive director of Viva Rio, a Brazilian NGO active in Haiti since 2004, who stressed the need to "invent, to innovate institutionally in international agencies" in order for foreign aid to function ade
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Fleeing Rwandan Genocide to a Life of Service
World  (tags: zambia, orphans, widows, women, kids, aid, aids, hiv, development, sustainability, cool, news, africa, blog, children, conflict, death, GoodNews, goodnews, humanrights, interesting, Refugees&Relief, society, war, world, violence )

Brian
- 914 days ago - travelwithfvi.blogspot.com
Separated during a brutal attack on their village during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, Pastor Murekezi and his future wife would not see each other again until years later at a refugee camp. Once married, the couple has since decided to ..
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You Can Help Tibetans
World  (tags: flood, aid, Tibet, children )

Apolonia
- 927 days ago - asien.l-seifert.de
The flood assassinated a lot of victims and damages in Tibet. German artist Lothar wants to help children in Ladakh to survive winter time. For collecting money for this goal he made a 2011 calendar with 13 photos of Tiibet and Himalaya.
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Nigeria: '30 Million Locals Are Hungry'
World  (tags: africa, hunger, food, aid, assistance, HumanRights, government, death, Refugees&Relief )

Michelle
- 964 days ago - allafrica.com
About 30 million Nigerians out of Nigeria's 150 million population go to bed hungry without food, Country Director of the Actionaid International in Nigeria Dr. Hussaini Abdu has said.
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Fighting Hunger in Africa With the Cassava Root
World  (tags: africa, hunger, relief, aid, self-sustaining )

Michelle
- 981 days ago - taipeitimes.com
The "magic" cassava roots the Nigerian farmer pointed to might have made Charles Darwin smile -- and they may also turn out to be part of the solution to hunger across swathes of Africa."If you uproot it, you can see six or seven tubers," said a farmer
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Please Share! Movement to Help AIDS Orphans   video
World  (tags: poverty, aids, hiv, children, orphans, zimbabwe, zambia, child welfare, health, hope, aid, development, africa, children, HumanRights, humans, interesting, news, usa, world )

Brian
- 1068 days ago - youtube.com
Please take a minute to watch this video and share it with your friends, TenTogether.org is a movement to bring massive impact to the lives of thousands of orphans. You're help is greatly needed and appreciated!
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