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Millions Fed, Major Project on Fighting Hunger
A new book, "Millions Fed", commissioned by the Gates Foundation, presents success stories in agriculture that have brought millions out of hunger over the last 50 years.
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A Billion for a Billion Campaign Against Hunger
The World Food Program launched the Billion for a Billion online campaign to appeal to one billion internet users to give $1 a week to feed a billion hungry people.
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2009 World Food Summit on Food Security in Rome
Never in the history of mankind have so many people been so hungry. Since 2007 rising food prices and economic crises have slowed progress towards alleviating hunger.
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Old Cell Phones Support Health Care in Malawi
"Mobiles in Malawi" is an extremely low-cost program that uses cell phones and open source software to cut the distance between patients, caregivers and medical clinics.
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Mobile Phones Aid Health Care Delivery Worldwide
Cell phones hold great potential for improving the lives of millions of poor people. Mobile health applications reach patients in remote and resource-poor areas.
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Cell Phone Applications Help Farmers in Uganda
The Grameen Foundation, a global anti-poverty organization, created AppLab Uganda to help people in rural areas connect to the internet with their mobile phones.
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"Come Clean 4 Congo" YouTube Contest Winner
Enough Project's "RAISE Hope for Congo" campaign held a video contest with YouTube to raise public awareness about the link between violence in the Congo and electronics.
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September is National Hunger Action Month
One in eight Americans struggles with hunger. Hunger Action Month is an effort to raise awareness, and encourage people to donate some time, money or voice support.
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Successful HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care in Haiti
Despite extreme poverty, Haiti has made remarkable progress in combating the HIV epidemic. Infection rates stayed in the single digits, and deaths due to AIDS decreased.
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Congo "Conflict Minerals" Fuel Brutal Civil War
Many mines in the eastern DRC are controlled by rebels and the national army, which terrorize the local populations. The mined minerals are used in consumer electronics.
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Quotes by Paul Farmer on Health Care
Paul Farmer's organization Partners In Health is an advocate for the world's poorest and founded on the belief that everyone deserves the same standard of health care.
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Review of Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk
When James Maskalyk, a young Canadian doctor, worked as an emergency physician in Sudan, he wrote a blog to communicate with the world. The blog then became a book.
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Doctors Without Borders Aids Women in the Congo
For more than a decade a complex civil war has been raging in the Congo. Women are hit the hardest, because rape is a way for exploited soldiers to take out their fury.
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Heifer Teaches Sustainable Agriculture in Poland
By giving gifts of livestock - chicken, sheep, llamas, honeybees - the non-profit organization Heifer helps families in need to become self-reliant in 128 countries.
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Drought in Iraq Threatens Grain and Rice Harvest
Iraq depends on the Euphrates for its water needs. Huge dams built in Turkey and Syria, years of misuse in two Gulf wars and a severe drought are draining the river.
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Restoring Water and Sanitation Services in Iraq
About six million Iraqis - one out of five - do not have access to safe drinking water. Water-borne disease poses great health risks especially for children under five.
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Microfinance in U.S. Helps Small Businesses Grow
Most people think of microfinance as a financial tool that helps the developing world. Now the San Francisco charity Kiva includes microloans to American entrepreneurs.
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Lack of Safe Water Inspires "Project Well Done"
Water is essential for life. Safe drinking water and sanitation are crucial to eradicate poverty, hunger, and disease, and they are crucial for sustainable development.
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Gretchen Peters Examines Afghan Drug Trade
Fighting terrorism will require going after the drug traffickers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. So far very little has been done to interrupt the flow of money to Al Qaeda.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
The nonfiction book "Mountains Beyond Mountains" is the story of Paul Farmer's life and his mission to bring health care to the poorest of the poor in Haiti and Russia.
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Paul Farmer and Partners in Health in Rwanda
In 1987 Dr. Farmer co-founded the nonprofit "Partners in Health" to provide free medical care in central Haiti. Today PIH treats poverty and disease in nine countries.
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Paul Farmer's Hospital in Haiti, Zanmi Lasante
Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to bring health care to the world's poorest people in Haiti, Russia, Peru and sub-Saharan Africa.
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How Can the Taliban Be Defeated in Afghanistan?
The NATO strategy in Afghanistan must be a careful balance between fighting the Taliban insurgency and becoming a force in the economic reconstruction of the country.
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Common Wealth by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs
Sachs maps the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity. Powerful technologies are available to break poverty traps. The key is global, political cooperation.
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FINCA Microloans Help Development In Afghanistan
Security in Afghanistan will not be achieved without the creation of jobs and infrastructure. FINCA loans allow Afghan families to build small businesses and create jobs.
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