A Hero of Her Time

By Bradford Strickland

July 16, 2014   |   0 comments

What Brigitte Syamalevwe noticed most of all about the beeswax chamber we stood inside was the fragrance coming from the gold colored walls. Her observation of the contemporary art installation was that it smelled milky and of honey, and comforting like a mother’s embrace....
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To End Preventable Child Deaths, Look Beyond Health

By Morgan Simon

June 27, 2014   |   0 comments

Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, World Bank President Jim Kim and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah are sharing their baby photos to honor the millions of children around the world who will celebrate their fifth birthdays....
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Youth “speaks” out on the importance of education in Morocco

By Elizabeth Mullen

June 25, 2014   |   0 comments

Youssef Bidar is a 16 year-old from a remote, rural town in the Doukkala-Abda province of Morocco. It is one of the country’s poorest areas and, despite the fact that there are few productive opportunities awaiting children who leave school, one with a shockingly high number of dropouts....
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Scarred, scared children from Central America are pushed, pulled to migrate

By Guillermo Cespedes and Sean Carroll

June 19, 2014   |   0 comments

Twelve year old Graciela lives with her two younger sisters and great-grandmother in the rough Honduran community of Zapote Norte. Graciela’s father was a taxi driver who was murdered. Graciela’s mother, a victim of violence, left the family and cannot be found. Graciela’s grandmother moved to the United States and sends money to the family....
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Shortsighted in South Sudan

By Tihana Bartulac Blanc

June 16, 2014   |   0 comments

South Sudan’s 2010 elections and 2011 referendum are possibly the only positive experiences that the South Sudanese have had with political processes in their short history – and the electoral institutions that organized them are vital to the country’s ongoing peace process and to its political future. So why has international support to the National Election Commission come to a halt?...
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It’s Not Just a Game

By Marta Suvillaga de Maldonado

June 11, 2014   |   0 comments

Today, millions of fans from all corners of the world will enjoy one of the most anticipated occasions to whip the masses into a frenzy every four years....
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