(Resolve Uganda) We did it.
After dozens of activists held
out for 262 hours outside the Oklahoma City office of Senator Tom
Coburn, a compromise was reached today that — barring any holds placed
by other Senators — should allow the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act to pass the full Senate later this week.
The Oklahoma Hold [...]
(PlusNews) Violet
Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi,
is living with HIV and was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis, but
her biggest problem today is not disease – but hunger.
“When I went for the results that informed me that I had TB, I was very
hungry; I’d had no breakfast and lunch [...]
World Vision today is mourning the brutal and senseless deaths of six members our staff in the Mansehra District of Pakistan after an unprovoked attack by gunmen.
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I love watching children play. It does not matter where you are in the world – they come up with their own games and adapt well-known games to have house rules. They smile and they laugh and they run and they use their imagination. The world and its worries slip away because their fun, their [...]
I am a sucker for reality TV. Seriously, if someone is weighing himself or trying to win a quick-fire cooking challenge or ripping down a house on TV, I’m there.
But I’ve got to tell you, working at Compassion spoils you for pop culture. Suddenly everything is in perspective.
Before starting my job here, I used [...]
Sitting in the humid air inside a tent, listening to the palm leaves sway and the support poles creak, and with her hand clasped on her cheek, Zainabu can still hear the words ringing in her head:
“You have been tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the micro-organism that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).”
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by Matthew Smith
Antioch church in Bend, OR sent us off in style yesterday. We were able to share about the trip and invite people to follow along. We were prayed for. We are ready to go.
As promised here is the the video I shot from the stage with the new FLIP HD video camera. I’ll [...]
Yesterday, I spent four hours with the boy I sponsor. It was our second time together, and I enjoyed seeing him again, seeing how he has grown and hearing him speak a few words of English. Three years ago he didn’t know any English.
I was delighted to meet the director of his child development [...]
As the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships prepares to present its final report tomorrow, some members are urging President Obama to continue upholding the law enabling faith-based organizations receiving federal funds to hire people of like-minded religious beliefs.
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World Vision staff began distributing food and relief supplies yesterday in towns hard-hit by Saturday’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis.
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Whole towns are “completely destroyed” or have “totally disappeared” following Saturday’s deadly 8.8 earthquake in Chile, reports World Vision, following assessments of the humanitarian needs in small towns and outlying areas.
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World Vision warns Haiti’s rural communities are at risk for chronic food and water shortages as the burden to care for the displaced grows.
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Two World Vision teams arrrived in the hardest hit areas Sunday night and began surveying damage Monday, particularly in areas close to the epicenter where World Vision has community development programs.
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World Vision began distributing hundreds of blankets and some water containers to Santiago’s earthquake survivors over the weekend as it prepared to start an extensive response in the hardest hit areas south of the capital.
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World Vision is preparing to respond to the massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile, working with its regional offices to transport emergency relief supplies and getting ready to send more staff to support the relief response.
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