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Myanmar cyclone: One year later, upcoming farming season critical for recovery
May 01st, 200901:45 PM ETOne year after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, international aid organization World Vision says that much still needs to be accomplished to restore livelihoods, and the upcoming farming season is critical for the country’s continued recovery. The extended recovery period is largely due to the cyclone disrupting the agricultural cycle in the c... -
Why I Starved Myself For 30 Hours
April 27th, 200911:26 AM ET"Why I Starved Myself For 30 Hours" By Laura Blank, World Vision I can think of a lot of different ways to spend the precious hours I have to myself each weekend. Maybe a bed-and-breakfast getaway with my husband to the snowy moutains of Vermont? Or a girls night complete with pedicures, popcorn, and "Pretty In Pink?" But starving myself for a fu... -
Malaria - A global affordable healthcare crisis
April 16th, 200907:45 PM ETDeux-Anges’s mother and father do not make much more than $20 to $30 dollars per month selling small items such as soap or sugar along the sides of Goma’s roads in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Living in the poorest slum in of the provincial capital, Ndoole Bamyere cannot afford for any of her four children to fall sick. So when Deux-... -
President Obama must ensure that G20 meeting looks beyond wealthy countries’ economies
April 02nd, 200903:16 PM ETBy Joseph Mettimano, World Vision Three weeks ago President Obama warned that neither the American economy nor its global counterparts’ can recover without more aggressive efforts by all wealthy nations. Certainly, the world’s financial powers must work together to revitalize their individual economies, but to stop there may be a bit short-si... -
Aid worker's blog: Providing basic care in DRC
February 23rd, 200903:52 PM ETAt the end of last year, in the poorest, most densely-populated slum in Goma, the provincial capital of east DRC, seven poor men and women sat, lay or mingled around a small room in Kahembe Health Center. Between them they owed US$500 for medical treatment. They were not imprisoned, as such, because there were neither bars on the window nor lock o... -
Five things "Slumdog Millionaire" doesn't tell you
February 19th, 200905:17 PM ETWorld Vision says children in India face more obstacles than film depicts "Don't just be entertained; do something" Seattle, February 18, 2009--As the award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire competes in 10 Academy Award categories this Sunday, international aid agency World Vision urges Americans to learn more about how poverty affects children in...
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