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Written by Roxanne Wieman
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 00:00 |
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While some organizations entered Haiti for the first time after the January earthquake, others have been helping the country for years. Among those is Plant with Purpose, an organization dedicated to development and helping those living in extreme poverty rise above their circumstances. Here, we talk to Plant with Purpose founder Scott Sabin about how Haiti’s turbulent past has affected its people, his organization’s focus in the country and how misapplied aid can ruin Haiti’s long-term development.
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Written by Roxanne Wieman
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:15 |
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 Nearly seven months after the earthquake in Haiti, there is still much to be done. Here, we talk to Laura Blank of World Vision, who is working in the country, about barriers to rebuilding, how WV partners with the local church and how the Haitian people are receiving emotional care beyond the basics.
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Written by Samuel Llanes
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 08:26 |
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 Born and raised in Ixtahuacán, Huehuetenango, a town very close to the Guatemala-Mexico border, Silvia’s childhood was very hard.
Beautiful green mountains, fresh air and a quiet small town were the landscapes that surrounded Silvia throughout her childhood and adolescence. But she had to make her best efforts to break the many barriers that tried to stop her from becoming a successful woman in a culture that often sees and treats women as feeble.
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Written by Josh Loveless
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 00:00 |
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Eugene Cho has a simple idea to combat a complex issue: What would happen if everyone donated one day of their pay to fight extreme poverty? His idea came to fruition last year when he and his wife, Minhee, launched the aptly named One Day’s Wages. In six months, they’ve raised more than $300,000, awarded a grant to an organization in Thailand and fully funded the building of a border outpost between Nepal and India that will help rescue hundreds of girls from sex slavery every year—a project with one of their partners, Not For Sale. Here, we talk with Cho about ODW, the nonprofit trend and the need for passion combined with education.
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Written by Catherine Newhouse
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 07:45 |
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 In a world where a bite of fast food is cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables, processed goods line the walls of food banks and soup kitchen gruel lacks key nutrients, being low-income means running on a toxin-rich diet.
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