Ajarat Bada
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Ajarat Bada, was born and raised in Nigeria but moved to the United States for her college education. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Drexel University in Pennsylvania and obtained a Master of Public Health Degree from Loma Linda University in California. She is a nurse and has worked program planning and emergency preparedness initiatives in San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California and in the Philippines.

Her research has been presented at numerous events including the American Health Care Congress, Southern California Health Care Summit and the American Public Health Association (APHA) general meeting.

She currently serves as the One Young World Ambassador for Nigeria and the United Nations ECOSOC Youth representative & Global Ambassador for the United Religions Initiative, an interfaith non-profit organization.

With the support of One Young World Ambassadors, she started the campaign for The Missing Millennium Development Goal- Ensure Interfaith Collaboration for Peace in March 2010.

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Fatwa for Tebow

Posted January 31, 2012 | 01/31/12 04:15 PM ET

I was ecstatic on receiving my UKCAT scores. I had done well. As the computer displayed my scores, I started to thank God quietly with every breath, but it was not enough. After all, this was my ticket to a medical school interview!

I proceeded to the parking lot of...

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'Fisabilillah' -- For The Sake Of God

Posted September 30, 2011 | 09/30/11 01:14 PM ET

It is 4:00 a.m. on a summer morning and the light in my room is on. I am awake as usual to say my morning prayers -- fajr -- and start working on the day's endless to-do list. The time for fajr is rather early in the summer months when...

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U.N. Millennium Development Goal: Harnessing the Power of Religion for Good

Posted September 13, 2011 | 09/13/11 04:30 PM ET

The eighth United Nations Millennium Development Goal calls for the development of a global partnership for development. It includes targets focused on fair trade, debt relief to developing countries, the role of pharmaceuticals and a global technological advancement with the influence of the private sector. These are areas of high...

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