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Where the fight against poverty goes to the grassroots -- in 42 countries
Rats enlisted to fight TB…flowers that bloom from sewage…tree leaves transformed into vitamin pills. Welcome to where the grassroots fight against poverty-related problems is being waged – the...
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Twitter and the Sichuan earthquake: proving its value?
The Web is abuzz with the role of Twitter (which I wrote about last week) in spreading news about the China earthquake. A reminder and an update: Twitter is the site where users post messages of no...
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Take note: October 15 is Blog Action Day against poverty
Blog Action Day is a global nonprofit event that wants to unite bloggers, podcasters and videocasters around a common issue, on a specific day, to raise awareness about the topic and trigger a...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.The National Press ClubFreedom of the Press panel explores 'Arab Spring' aftermath"The revolutions...
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weDevelop: Can We Create an Empowering Web of Development with the Individual...
Development organizations operate at the global level, partnering both with countries to implement country strategies, and within sectors to tackle sectoral challenges. NGOs on the other hand, operate...
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Grassroots Leaders: Empowering Communities is Resilience Building
Participants at the first Community Practitioners Academy meeting, which was held ahead of the Fourth Global Platform for Disaster Reduction in Generva. - Photos: Margaret Arnold/World Bank...
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