Palace: Poverty could’ve been worse (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Malacañang Monday admitted that the problem of poverty and hunger remained a challenge to the Arroyo administration but added that it could have been “even worse” had the government not acted to cushion the world financial crisis last year.
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Bread for the World: Women Key to Ending Hunger, Improving Child Nutrition (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bread for the World announced that it recognizes today as International Women's Day, and called it an opportunity to celebrate the achievements women make in the workplace and at home, as entrepreneurs and as mothers.
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BYU’s annual Hunger Banquet raises funds, educates students (The Daily Universe)
Hundreds of hungry students sat on the floor of the ballroom at the 20th annual Hunger Banquets last week to “Celebrate Human Dignity,” and experienced yet another reminder that the world is our campus. Hosted by Students for International Development and the David M. Kennedy Center, the fundraising banquet put world hunger in perspective as participants were randomly divided into classes for ...
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Upland teens fast for world hunger (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
UPLAND - Jessica Murchison and Miranda Wheeler can relate, on some level, to the millions of people who go days without food.
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Students fast to raise money, awareness for world hunger (News 14 Carolina)
Huntersville students are taking a hands-on approach to learning. 73 eighth grade students from St. Mark's Catholic School are joining thousands across the country participating in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine to raise awareness about world hunger.
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Oxfam event puts hunger into perspective (The New Hampshire)
By: Josh Small One out of six people worldwide suffer from hunger. Last weekend, Oxfam UNH held an interactive dinner to display what this fact looks like in practice. On Friday, March 5, Oxfam UNH put on its fourth annual Hunger Banquet in the Strafford Room of t...
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Shower of Aid Brings Flood of Progress (New York Times)
An experiment that is bombarding a Kenyan town of 65,000 with health care, education, and job training seems to be achieving its goal of rapidly lifting people out of poverty, but can the results be magnified?
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Hundreds walk to fight hunger (Austin American-Statesman)
Hundreds walk to fight hunger
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Students put spotlight on world famine by going without (Pocono Record)
Calling attention to world hunger, 15 students in the Stroudsburg United Methodist Youth Group are going without food in a 30 Hour Famine project this weekend. Students stopped eating at noon on Friday and will fast until 6 p.m. today.
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South Africa - Hungry babies fed up! (AlertNet)
World Emergency Relief (WER) - UK In a just 93 days the whole world will be watching South Africa as they host the football world cup. For many children, their dream is to play football for their country and obtain glory on the pitch ...
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