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Written by Ashley Emert
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:00 |
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When actor Michael Cory Davis returned from filming a movie in the poverty-stricken areas of Bulgaria in 2003, he was distraught by the level of affluence and superficiality in the California city. While in Bulgaria, his eyes were opened to the issues of extreme poverty and sex trafficking.
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Written by Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:00 |
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Around every corner in Timbuktu, Mali, we saw squatters’ dome-shaped tents, fashioned out of reed mats stitched together to create a little shade. And languishing everywhere were sand-covered young women and nearly naked boys and girls.
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Written by Brandy Campbell
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:00 |
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It is morning, but Noelia Espinoza squeezes her eyes closed, pretending she’s still asleep. If she had a blanket, she would pull it over her head.
But there are no blankets.
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Written by Jake Pelfry
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 00:00 |
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Working at an entry level job as a group home counselor, I was now forced to grapple with the question of how do I really deal with hurting people and explain their immense suffering to them. After just working one day on the job my eyes were instantly opened to the reality of suffering and pain found in the lives of many. Turns out, I was viewing suffering in a very wrong way. When I first moved to the Chicago area I did not truly understand suffering. I had experienced hurt in my past. I had been betrayed, let down and broken. However, I had never known complete desperation.
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Written by Blair Burns
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 02:00 |
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A few weeks ago, I visited my International Justice Mission colleagues in one of our four South Asia field offices. While there, I sat in on a case briefing. In a very businesslike manner, the investigator leading the briefing told the story of a woman he had just met named Shanthi.
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