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October 2008
Friday October 17, 2008
The World is Flat
Posted by: CARE at 10:54PM EST on October 17, 2008
Posted by: Adam Handler on October 17, 2008 9:01PM EST in the National Day of Action blog...I had a moment to talk to Dr. Sanjay Gupta tonight and I asked him how he would respond to a common critique of foreign aid – how can we justify spending money on foreign assistance when our country is going through such rough economic times?
"The World is Flat"


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Today is CARE's National Day of Action - Send a Letter to the Next U. S. President, Show Him Americans Care Deeply About the World's Poor!
Posted by: CARE at 4:02PM EST on October 17, 2008
With the election just a few weeks away, wouldn’t it be great to see a debate between McCain and Obama focused on global poverty? Here’s the next best thing: a debate between high-level surrogates of the two campaigns that took place at CARE’s National Conference this past June. This highly engaging debate focuses on issues such as maternal health, climate change and foreign assistance.
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Wednesday October 15, 2008
Death from Delivery - It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Posted by: CARE at 7:17PM EST on October 15, 2008
Healthy women and babies are dying from something natural and manageable – giving birth. In the poorest parts of the world, a woman's lifetime risk of death from complications during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 6, compared to as little as 1 in 30,000 in Northern Europe.

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Friday October 10, 2008
Somalia - It Happened Again
Posted by: CARE at 10:04AM EST on October 10, 2008
It happened yet again. This time it was on a Friday evening, just before the weekend. Usually, it happens around the holidays. Either right before or smack in the middle of it. Sometimes you wonder whether it is a coincidence or it is a strategy. Maybe it is both.
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Wednesday October 8, 2008
Haiti report 3: Birth of a Project
Posted by: CARE at 2:37PM EST on October 8, 2008

Recently, I accompanied our water and drainage specialist for an assessment of needs in the field. I love these privileged moments, to go in search of those with whom we will work hand-in-hand to develop projects. To form an answer to a problem is, above all, to talk with the people, to understand how they live, to take in their daily existence, and especially, to hear their problems, listen to their needs - to not show up with preconceived ideas.

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