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Ethiopia: Missionaries of Charity Foster Dignity Amid Destitution

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 11.26.2011

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There was something else, something elusive. It probably has to do with the attitude of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, whose familiar face beams down from many of the home's walls.

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East Africa Drought Solution Runs Deep

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 09.26.2011

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The East African drought of 2011 that is hitting Kenya and Somalia so hard is also proving to be one of the worst that Ethiopia has faced in 50 years.

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Drought Endangers Millions in East Africa

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 09.18.2011

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By Michael Hill Hunger and the threat of malnutrition are becoming the daily reality for millions of people in East Africa. A lack of rainfall and ri...

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Sri Lanka's Abused Maids

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hundreds of thousands of women from poor countries go to the Middle East each year to be maids. Locked in houses with no access to phones, often unpaid for months or years, they are slaves.

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Haiti, One Year After the Quake: New Homes in Old Neighborhoods

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite enormous challenges -- 1.2 million people homeless and the capital's infrastructure devastated -- tangible progress has been made.

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Former Child Soldier Left With Little More Than Stories

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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"One thing I'm tired of is nothing is given to me, but I'm giving my story," he says. "They say, 'Come and tell your story.' That will help others. Not me.

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After Years of Violence, Peace for East Timor's People

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Laura Sheahen Driving through the countryside of East Timor, my Catholic Relief Services colleagues and I pass a volleyball court. "That's from CR...

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Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

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The Catholic University of Sudan: Not Pretty, but Makes a Lasting Impression

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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A borrowed compound of non-descript, low-slung buildings that surround a hardscrabble courtyard would not win many converts were it on a college tour of high school juniors in the US. But to a few hundred Sudanese, it looks like Harvard yard.

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In Pakistan, Water Everywhere--and Not a Drop to Drink

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Laura Sheahen "I was offered a glass of the brown river water yesterday," says Lisa Beyl, a Catholic Relief Services program manager in flood-str...

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One Million Left Homeless In India After Devastating Cyclone

Posted 05.25.2011

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After a devastating cyclone ripped through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal last week, an estimated one million people have been left homele...

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Haiti Camps Prepare for Rains

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Tom Price April sees the onset of the rainy season in Haiti, and in a land prone to flooding, this can be a time of danger. Rainwater can rush dow...

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Blocked Content Puts Focus on Corporate Power

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hans Johnson

A new day has dawned at the FCC. The bipartisan, grassroots movement that rose up in 2003 is stirring again around broadband access and consumer safeguards in wireless networks.

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Haitian Lives Still to Save

George Rupp | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Rupp

This week's International Donors' Conference could mean the difference between life and death for many in Haiti. It's our hope that governments agree upon long-term reconstruction commitments.

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Fundraising In Haiti: Where Does The Money Go?

Andrew MacCalla | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew MacCalla

The Chronicle of Philanthropy announced May 12th that over $1.1 billion has been donated to support relief efforts in Haiti. The largest recipients i...

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Food Distribution In Haiti: World Food Programme Gives Out 42 Metric Tons Of Rice

Posted 05.25.2011

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A massive food distribution effort is finally under way in the damaged city of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The United Nations World Food Pro...

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Wading Through the Remnants of a War-Torn Country

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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There we were in a bobbing quandary, broken and almost out of steam, lacking any apparent forward movement, a rudderless metaphor for the people of the Congo

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Potentially Lethal: Increased Relationship Between Military And Aid

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

Who will have the final say if U.S. foreign policy and development goals conflict with military objectives in unstable countries?

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