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A Solution For Infant Mortality? Christian Organization Emphasizes Its Child Survival Program

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Literacy, Psas, Illiteracy, Psa, Child Survival Program, Breast Feeding, Adult Literacy, Immunization, Compassion, Infant Mortality, Impact News

The Christian Organization Compassion aims to use its influence and funds to "release children from poverty." Their latest campaign, the Child Surviva...

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Giving to Donors Choose: Promoting Literacy and Success

Livia McRee | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: donorschoose.org, Literacy, Poverty, Illiteracy, Donorschoose, Impact News
Livia McRee

I believe literacy is the most basic skill that empowers a person to succeed, and so the projects on my Donors Choose Giving page all have to do with promoting literacy in high-poverty classrooms.

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22 Girls from Slum in Delhi, India Enroll in School with Help from Fathers

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Deepalaya, Illiteracy, Paraya Dhan, Slums, Fada, Chief Minister Delhi, Unesco, Father and Daughter Alliance, Fathers' Association for Daughters' Advancement, Girls Education, Fathers, World News
Pedro C. Moreno

There are close to 3,000 girls who are not attending school in three slums alone, and Father and Daughter Alliance intends to bring them all to school as its work in Delhi expands.

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Arabia Felix 103: Despite Crippling Travails, Yemen Draws Eager Tourists

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Aramco World, Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Qaeda, El Greco, Kidnappings, Al Saleh Mosque, Poverty, Terrorism, Dar El Hajar, Yemen Today, Sana’A, War, Houthi, Romans, Yemen, Al Beik Shibani, Separatists, Arab World, Arabian Peninsula, Koran, Janbiyya, King Solomon, Illiteracy, Arabia Felix, G. Lankester Harding, Toledo, Queen of Sheba, Bait Baws, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The inhospitable terrain, weather and occasional kidnapping of foreigners may keep the faint-hearted at bay, but itinerant archeologists, scholars and adventure seekers still flock to Arabia Felix.

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Education in Chicago: Why School Reform Won't Happen

Bill Sweetland | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Angeline Caruso, Arne Duncan, Teacher Training, Education Establishment, Manford Byrd, Ted Kimbrough, Ruth Love, Literacy, Illiteracy, Chicago Public Schools, Academic Excellence, Argie Johnson, Ron Huberman, Reading, Joseph P. Hannon, Chicago School Reform, Cps, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

The more ideas put forward, the more difficult practical action becomes. The more we "innovate," the more resistant and hardened the problems of removing ignorance become.

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Hondurans Call Out for Help From the International Community

Medea Benjamin | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Illiteracy, Poverty, Death Squad, Coup in Honduras, World News
Medea Benjamin

One farmer was horrified. "Please, don't let us return to those dark days of death squads and violence," he said.

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Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium

Jim Luce | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Tamil Tigers, Giulio Terzi, Sri Lanka, Paris Principles, Iraq, Italian Government, Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, Rome Symposium on Children and Armed Conflict, U.N. Resolution 1612, Ban Ki-Moon, Warlords, U.N. International School, Sexual Violence, Early Mortality, Francis Deng, Uganda, Suicide Bombing, N.Y.U. School of Law, Poverty, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rome, Unicef, U.N. Security Council”, Child Soldiers, International Save the Children Alliance, Kofi Annan, Save the Children Italy, Radhika Coomaraswamy, u.n. Human Rights Council, Education, Prevention of Genocide, Columbia University, Illiteracy, U.N. General Assembly, Harvard University, Child Rape, Health, Colombo, Innocenti Research Centre, Yale University, United Nations’ Millennium Declaration, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Special Court for Sierra Leone, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Explaining the Tamil Tigers, Children and Young People Affected by Armed Conflict, World News
Jim Luce

With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.

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Addressing the Convergence of Crises

Tri Robinson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Child Soldiering, Crises, Pandemics, Human Trafficking, Spiritual Confusion, Illiteracy, Global Health Epidemics, Climate Change, Disease, RE:FORM, Environmental Decline, Crisis, Education Reform, World Crises, World Poverty, Aids, Global Warming, Green News
Tri Robinson

When you look at the scope of the world's problems today, the environmental crisis is not one that can be addressed singularly. It is the linchpin of so many different crises.

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Celebrating the Blessings of a Coal-Based Economy: Who Needs Teeth When You've Got Cheap Power?

David Roberts | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Plants, Appalachia, Illiteracy, Poverty, West Virginia, Joe Manchin, Obesity, Pollution, Coal, Green News
David Roberts

Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal to be the state rock of West Virginia. But why should her stop there? Having a coal-based economy has given his state so many other reasons to celebrate!

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My Oscar Adventure -- 67 Movies in 9 Days

Lisa Nesselson | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Senior Citizens, Illiteracy, Palm Springs, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Academy Awards, Film Festivals, Palm Springs International Film Festival, The Nude Bridge, Foreign Language Academy Award, Oscars, Film Critics, Revanche, Award Season, Fipresci, Entertainment News
Lisa Nesselson

By Lisa Nesselson Esquire's popular feature "What Does it Feel Like?" has covered topics from the desirable ("What's It Like to Have Tantric Sex?")...

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Of No Fixed Address: God Planned It

Christopher Devine | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Illiteracy, Homeless Women Chicago, Homelessness, Adult Illiteracy, Chicago News, Chicago Homeless, Chicago Poverty, US Poverty, Oral History, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago

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One Woman's Story Of Illiteracy

Guardian.co.uk | Antonia Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Illiteracy, Adult Illiteracy, Living News

Mum and Dad never noticed I was failing, but I don't blame them. They had five children and a busy household, and I hid it well. I muddled through pri...

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