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Season Opener for Reproductive Health

Carol Peasley | Posted 12.01.2011 | Women
Read More: Michael Gerson, Family Planning, Dr. Fred Sai, Ghana, Malawi, U.S. Congress, Cedpa, Reproductive Health, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Kwashiorkor, Women News
Carol Peasley

Let us all hope that the first falling leaves and signs of optimism emerging from FedEx Field don't encourage our lawmakers to once again make international family planning a political football.

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PHOTOS: Preserving The Serengeti Ecosystem For The Future

Posted 12.01.2011 | Green
Read More: Masai Mara, Nature Photography, Kenya, Serengeti, Serengeti Photos, Africa, Boyd Norton, Tanzania, Animals, Serengeti Ecosystem, Animal Photos, Video, Green News

From Boyd Norton: I’ve been traveling to, and photographing, the Serengeti ecosystem every year for 27 years. In all that time I’ve seen some v...

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The School Friends: An Unlikely Pair Build Educational Opportunity

Suzanne Skees | Posted 11.28.2011 | Impact
Read More: John Medo, Asanté Africa Foundation, The School Fund, Tanzania, Clinton Global Initiative University, Education Technology, Unicef, Developing Countries Education, Tanzania Education, Charity, Africa, Africa Education, Impact News
Suzanne Skees

As millions of American children return to school this fall, 70 million children in developing countries cannot. Modest school fees block them from education, job opportunity and earning potential.

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Overcrowded Ship Sinks In Deep Sea, Hundreds Killed

AP | ALI SULTAN | Posted 11.11.2011 | World
Read More: m.V. Spice Islanders, Tanzania Ship Sinks, Tanzania Ferry Sinks, Tanzania, Tanzania Ferry, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania m.V. Spice Islanders, World News

STONE TOWN, Tanzania — More than 240 people were killed when a crowded ferry sank off Tanzania's coast and some 600 have been rescued, officials...

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Hundreds Believed Missing Or Dead As Ship Sinks In Tanzania

AP | ALI SULTAN | Posted 11.10.2011 | World
Read More: m.V. Spice Islanders, Tanzania Ship Sinks, Tanzania Ferry Sinks, Tanzania, Tanzania Ferry, Tanzania m.V. Spice Islanders, World News

STONE TOWN, Tanzania — An overcrowded ship carrying at least 600 people sank in deep sea near one of Tanzania's top tourist destinations on Satu...

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Dog Reportedly Found Living Atop Africa's Highest Mountain

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.01.2011 | Green
Read More: Dog Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Urlesque, Dog Survival Mount Kilimanjaro, Dog Climbs Mt Kilimanjaro, Mount Kilimanjaro, Dogs, Dog Mt Kilimanjaro, Green News

From altitude sickness to severe weather conditions, scaling Africa's largest mountain is no small task. That might explain why tourists were surprise...

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Attitude

C. M. Rubin | Posted 10.11.2011 | Impact
Read More: Now You Are Free, Acute Mountain Sickness, Uhuru Peak, Respect for Your Elders, Sherpas, C. M. Rubin, Gladiator Film, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, Altitude Sickness, Childreach International, Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro, Bikram Yoga, Ipad, Mountain Climbing, The House of God, The Global Search for Education, Kili, Jesse Freeborn, Chris Capell, Jessica Freeborn, Enya, Impact News
C. M. Rubin

Attitude is more impressive to me than money, credentials, appearance, or even talent. Attitude is something that lives deep within us. When life throws all kinds of curve balls at us, I believe that 90% of the outcome has to do with how we react.

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Tourists Changing The World In East Africa

Suzanne Skees | Posted 09.19.2011 | Travel
Read More: Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Voluntourism, California, International Development, International Destinations, Social Tourism, East Africa, Travel, Africa Travel, Destinations, Karimu International Help Foundation, Philanthropy, Tourism, Education, Tanzania Travel, Lonely Planet, Born Free, Tarangire, Tanzania, Safari, Travel News
Suzanne Skees

Bacho, Tanzania - It's a typical story: Americans go to Africa for safari. They find that the television images of big-eyed children with protruding r...

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WATCH: Stinky Socks Are Next Medical Breakthrough, Docs

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 09.12.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Ifakara Health Institute, Malaria, Tanzania, Mosquito, Sock Smell, Bart Knols, Fredros Okumu, Video, Weird News News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- What do mosquitoes like more than clean, human skin? Stinky socks. Scientists think the musky odor of human feet can be used to...

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Beyond Growth: The Importance of Inclusion

Antoinette Sayeh | Posted 09.06.2011 | Business
Read More: Uganda, Social Justice, Natural Resources, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Millenium Development Goals, Low Income Countries, Jobs, Growth, Liberia, Mozambique, Income, Ethiopia, Virtuous Growth Cycle, Inclusive Growth, Education, Tax Regimes, Social Safety Nets, Health, Oil, Tanzania, Income Inequality, Rwanda, Business News
Antoinette Sayeh

An increasing number of African countries have been growing robustly for more than a decade. But while growth is a necessary condition for poverty reduction and employment creation, is it also sufficient?

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Leveraging Fashion for a Cause

J. Michael Welton | Posted 08.23.2011 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sickle Cell, New Jersey, Kenya, Africa, Aids, Fashionista, Tanzania, HIV/AIDS Africa, Fashion, Fashion Week, New York, New York Fashion Week, Impact News
J. Michael Welton

Veronika Revegno is turning personal tragedy into a humanitarian tool. In 1999, her sister died of sickle cell anemia while awaiting medical help at an inadequate Tanzanian health care facility.

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Mugabe: From Liberator to Jailer

Jack Healey | Posted 06.25.2011 | World
Read More: African National Congress, South Africa, Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, Lesotho, Phyllis Naidoo, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, World News
Jack Healey

On April 18, 2011, the writer Peter Godwin wrote an article for the New York Times about Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa. Reading it awakened in me me...

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Tanzania Albinos Murdered Or Raped As AIDS "Cure"

Posted 07.05.2011 | World
Read More: Tanzania Albinos, Tanzania, Tanzania Albino Murders, Tanzania Albino Killing, Tanzania AIDS, World News

By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Hundreds of albinos are thought to have been killed for black magic purposes in Tanzania and...

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Kids Of Kilimanjaro Saves Lives With School Lunches

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.03.2011 | Impact
Read More: George Namkung, San-Francisco-Charity, Africa Charity, Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro, Kids-of-Kilimanjaro, Global-Warming-Africa, School Lunches, Impact News

The phrase "He's seen it all" isn't usually taken literally. But for George Namkung, founder of the California-based nonprofit Kids of Kilimanjaro, it...

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Keeping Cities Simple: Shelter and the Wheel

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 06.05.2011 | Green
Read More: Sustainability, Zoning, Housing, Indigenous People, Cities, Urbanism, Transportation, Green News, Travel News, Green, Travel, Africa, Tanzania, World News, World, Green News
Charles R. Wolfe

What if a zoning code is no longer cohesive, or impedes rather than accomplishes societal goals? Let's remember to reassess -- with simplicity in mind -- and recall the first principles of shelter and the wheel.

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Envisioning the Blend: Tradition, Tourism and Sustainability

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 05.30.2011 | Green
Read More: Tourism, Maasai, World, Travel News, Green, Green News, Sustainability, Tanzania, Travel, Green News Report, Eco-Tourism, World News, Urbanism, Africa, Green News
Charles R. Wolfe

At the interface of tradition, tourism and sustainability, dramatic photographs can tell a story that is hardly apparent at first glance. A stone's...

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My African Tour: A Summary

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.28.2011 | Arts
Read More: Conservatories, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Africa, Sculpture, Theater, Nairobi, Painting, Music, Joy Mboya, Arts Management, Drawing, Arts, Tanzania, Dance, Scandinavia, Godown, Nigeria, Fundraising, Kenya, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

In the five African countries I visited last month, I found passionate arts communities with leaders who appreciated the importance of developing a stronger arts ecology.

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In Her Own Words: A Young Tanzanian Woman Working Towards Success

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Greatest Person of the Day, Women's History Month, Women's Rights, Tanzania, Women's Education, Impact News

This post is part of our month-long series featuring Greatest Women of the Day, in recognition of Women's History Month. To nominate a Greatest Wom...

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My Trip to Zanzibar

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Arts Management, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Africa, Key West, Spice Islands, Zanzibar, Arts, Tanzania, Fundraising, Arts Funding, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Traveling from Nairobi to Zanzibar is like traveling from New York City to Key West. Zanzibar is an island off the east coast of Africa. While it le...

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Sauti za Busara: Zanzibar's Ultimate Music Festival

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Zanzibar, Nomokanjani Arts, Music Festival, Bi Kidude, Africa, Stone Town, East Africa, Localism, Travel, Tanzania, Sauti Za Busara, Music, World Culture, Culture, Performance, Travel News
Linda Constant

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In Honor of Women's History Month: Travel as a Catalyst for Change

Leah Mayor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Nurturing Minds, Global Health, The Wildlife Conservation Society, Susan Hannah, Women's History Month, Africa, Slow Travel, Sustainable Tourism, Slow Travel Is Taking Root, Impatient Optimist, Intrepid Museum Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates, Margaret Mead, Ecotourism, Travel as a Catalyst for Change, Tanzania, CARE USA, Sega, Travel News
Leah Mayor

Travel is a strong catalyst for change. Sustainable tourism, at its best, "provides hard currency, jobs, and connects people to really understand the needs of a community."

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Thirsty in Tanzania: Africa's Infrastructure Challenge of Climate Change and Development

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Poverty, Africa, British Council, East Africa, Changing Climate Changing Lands, Shortage, Photojournalism, Fresh Water, Drought, Tourism, Infrastructure, Electricity, Water, Climate Change, Zanzibar, Sustainability, Tanzania, Book, World News
Linda Constant

Tanzania's issue with fresh water access is an increasingly dangerous problem for the local population.

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'She's The First:' From Simple Fundraisers To Life Changing Education

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Nepal, Tammy Tibbetts, Sponsorship, She's the First, Greatest Person of the Day, Girl's Education, Tanzania, Kenya, Guatamala, Impact News

This post is part of our month-long series featuring Greatest Women of the Day, in recognition of Women's History Month. To nominate a Greatest Woman...

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Music is Universal, Education Should Be Too

Tammy Tibbetts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Girls, Social Media, Education, Twitter, Lady GaGa, Benefit Concert, She's the First, Youtube, Tanzania, Music, Facebook, Africaid, Impact News
Tammy Tibbetts

Girls around the world fascinate me endlessly. Although I'm 25, I'm able to develop a bond, and an awareness of their dreams, through social media.

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Tanzania Explosion Kills At Least 20

AP | ALI SULTAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Tanzania Military, Tanzania Explosion, Mizengo Pinda, Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, Gongola Mboto, World News

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Thousands of people crowded a stadium for safety Thursday after a military ammunition depot exploded and showered the ...

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