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 Global Voices: It all started with the story of IqbalIt is with heavy hearts that we write this final Global Voices column for the Toronto Star.
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 Global Voices: Coke's supply chain could distribute aidHow does Coke, an indulgence, travel farther than the reaches of basic medical supply?
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 Global Voices: Dadaab refugee's dreams lead her to CanadaIn 20 years, Fatumo Mohamed left the chain-linked confines of Dadaab only three times.
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 Global Voices: A lesson on the quality of educationBesides teaching English as a second language, computer skills and ethics, Superate offers a chance to earn university scholarships.
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 Global Voices: Sept. 11 aftermath felt in SomaliaA terrorist act on 9/11 brought forth such kindness in people, and when compassion is called for again, a fear of terrorism has limited our ability to help those who need it most.
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 Global Voices: Don't forget about Dadaab
This is still the most desperate place on Earth, and the situation is deteriorating, even if there is no one here to broadcast the stories of the suffering.
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 Global Voices: Education helps the garden grow when rains don't fallThe drought now gripping East Africa, the famine in Somalia, the dead livestock and scorched crops in northern Kenya are symptomatic of a failure to develop agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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 Global Voices: Planning and vision can nourish hunger and quench thirst
In addition to short-term handouts when crisis hits, planning and vision leads to infrastructure and drought-resistant irrigation, like boreholes, that can nourish hunger and quench thirst for generations.
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 Global Voices: Human rights defenders are quiet heroesWhen you invite disparate voices from over 50 countries to discuss normally forbidden subjects like women’s empowerment and childrens rights, what unifies them?
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 Global Voices: Dying for life-saving drugsWe build schools in Kenyan villages where teachers die, but their students refuse to name the cause because of its potent stigma, even as coffins are lowered into graves.
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 Global Voices: The Dad factorAnyone can become a father, but not everyone can become a Dad. That’s a title earned reciting Dr. Seuss and chauffeuring to soccer practice.
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 Water, water everywhere: Phnom Penh a clean water success storyAcross the globe, about one in eight people lack access to safe water, according to the United Nations.
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 Global Voices: Playing games for social changeMission One: Tokyo, 2020. The city is on the verge of famine, with rice rations expected to run out in weeks. Pacific fisheries are at an all-time low. Temperatures are rising; crops are dying. The population is malnourished. It’s not just Tokyo, but the entire world.
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 Global Voices: Why did we wait until there was a crisis in East Africa?
We need more than food drops to stop famine. We need boreholes, irrigation, agricultural capacity-building, water-catchment systems, permanent schools, sanitation, and policy research...to start.
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 Global Voices: Why do we ignore those with disabilities when making development decisions?The challenges of having a disability in Canada can be great but in the developing world, the complexities and challenges are even greater.
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 Global Voices: Safe spaces can break India's sex trade cycleSafe spaces program helps those sold into sex slavery which enslaves over one million women in India.
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 Global Voices: Water can be a bridge to peace in the Middle EastFriends of the Earth Middle East is a group of Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmentalists that has found solidarity via shared water interests.
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 Global Voices: Amnesty celebrates anniversary at a turning point in historyAmnesty celebrates its 50th at a profound moment in history, as the highs and lows of civil rights struggles are revealed in a compact period of time and space like snapshots of revolution in progress.
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 Global Voices: Politics is a playground with no children's voicesA commitment to the long-term welfare of children is an investment in the future, we need someone in Ottawa to oversee the playground and advocate for the next generation of voters.
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 Global Voices: Meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, IndiaHis Holiness the Dalai Lama calls Dharamsala home. It isn't the "rooftop of the world" that Tibet is. But, you could've fooled me.
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 Global Voices: Peace Corps in TanzaniaTony Weaver wanted to help when he joined the Peace Corps. But, when he arrived in Tanzania he realized he needed to first ask Mama Joseph.
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 Global Voices: Life carries on in Port-au-PrinceAs we pulled up on the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, we noticed about 10 people on the grounds mowing the lawn in the shadow of the toppled building.
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 Global Voices: Young Haitians find hope in musicBilly says he is most at home on the stage. "I am an artist," says the 16-year-old. "I love music. It's my profession. I do it for my family." Actually, he does it for both of his families.
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 Global Voices: Building an oases in the depths of chaosBrother Franklin's secret to success is nature. He's a firm believer in the doctrine of decentralization - moving people out of an overcrowded Port-au-Prince into the rural regions.
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 Global Voices: Empowering a cycle of Haitians helping HaitiansNearly a year ago, Meloed sat stunned as a doctor told her she was pregnant. For the second time in weeks, her world was collapsing around her.
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