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East Meets West helps Da Nang's disabled
The US-based organisation East Meets West (EMW) is to assist central Da Nang city in the implementation of a 480,000 USD project to help improve the quality of life for the city’s disabled residents. An agreement to this effect was signed by EMW officials and…
Author: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
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Vietnam's military geared up for fight against AIDS
Officials from the US Department of Defence provided 30 Vietnamese military doctors and nurses with specialised training in HIV/AIDS testing and counseling in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 9. The training was conducted within the framework of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS…
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Tension between races is growing, poll shows
[© SouthScan v23/24 5 Dec 08] Tension between the races has increased markedly over the past year while optimism on racial peace has declined 40 percent. Fears for personal safety have also increased, a recent survey shows. The reasons are being ascribed to political infighting…
Author: SouthScan (South Africa)
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Baltimore after-school center for at-risk youth plans to expand
Original Source By Carolyn Peirce An after-school center for at-risk youth in Baltimore hopes to reduce the number of high school dropouts through a $2 million grant to build more centers and improve programs providing students with technology training and support with their academics. The…
Author: Baltimore Examiner
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Barbara Hogan paves a new path in SA
Original Source On World Aids Day, the British Government announced a donation of £15m (R231m) for the South African government’s anti-HIV programme, in a vote of confidence for South Africa’s Minister of Health Barbara Hogan. In an interview with the BBC, Ivan Lewis, the UK’s…
Author: SAPA
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Centers and Mentors Team Up to Unlock Dreams
Original Source The sound of a prison door slamming shut reverberates well beyond America’s correctional facilities—it impacts the children of incarcerated parents across the country. To help these children cope and prevent the cycle of incarceration, gospel singer and minister Wintley Phipps founded the U.S. Dream…
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President McAleese announces 2008 Pride of Place Award Winners
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, was guest of honour at the All-Island Pride of Place Gala Awards ceremony at Cappoquin Community Centre, Waterford on Saturday 6 November). Hosted by Waterford County Council the President announced the winners to an audience of approximately 500, which included…
Author: Co-Operation Ireland
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Repeal of Death Penalty Urged; MD. Panel Votes to End Executions
by Gadi Dechter and Laura Smitherman A state commission reviewing capital punishment recommended last night an end to executions in Maryland, prompting hope among death penalty opponents that the General Assembly could soon abolish the 30-year practice. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted 13-7…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Communities In Schools to Receive Major Grant From the Corporation for National and Community Service
Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, is proud to announce that it is one of only three national organizations to receive a competitive grant…
Author: Communities In Schools (Release)
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Former Guantanamo Captives Continue to Struggle, Report Says
Former Guantanamo prisoners released after years of detention without charge went home to find themselves stigmatized and shunned, viewed either as terrorists or as United States spies, according to a report released Wednesday by a human rights group and a legal organization representing detainees. The…
Author: The New York Times