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July 2008
GLOBAL: US farm bill "too little, too late" for developing world
Posted by: Laura Bellinger at 5:36PM EST on July 25, 2008
Will Cambodia Follow Ethiopia’s Step?
Posted by: Soratha chan at 10:19AM EST on July 17, 2008
Sorotha Chan from Cambodia is working for CARE Germany’s
Press Department in Bonn. For the next
2 months, the journalism student will write a diary about his country – the
daily problems the kingdom is facing and the challenges its people are dealing
with.
The 10th of July was the opening of photographer Phil Borges' "Women Empowered" exhibit at the Kunst Museum Bonn in Bonn. Some of these pictures are about women and girls
in Ethiopia. Twenty pictures were hung on the wall waiting for audiences, while those in Africa are in need of help. The pictures tell me about
the difficulty and the struggle for surviving. Some of the portrayed look so
sad, while some are smiling with positive expectation. For me, I know nothing
about Ethiopia
except gender discrimination and the current food crisis.
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When Giving Life Means Risking Life
Posted by: Rachel Murchison at 2:05PM EST on July 9, 2008
As a young woman not yet initiated into motherhood, I am both excited and frightened by the thought of giving birth. I can imagine nothing more amazing, and yet I recoil at the thought of labor. But standing here in Rancho Grande, Nicaragua, I must admit that my fears seem kind of absurd. After all, if I give birth, I will have the benefits of modern medicine at my fingertips – drugs, experienced doctors and sterile and well-equipped delivery rooms.
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Making a Difference - Seeing Results from Our Work on the Hill
Posted by: Deesha Dyer at 5:40PM EST on July 1, 2008
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