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Gaining Ground on Cervical Cancer in Zambia

February 4, 2020
Timing is everything. Just ask Janny Zulu. The 52-year-old single mother of two recently found out she had a precancerous lesion on her cervix, putting her at great risk for cervical cancer. Still, fresh off...
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Neglected No More: Uniting to Beat Devastating Diseases in India

January 30, 2020
One of the biggest challenges to beating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) lies right in their name. Failing to communicate what they are, who they affect and how they can be prevented or treated keeps more...
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United for a Dream: Community Members Build a Much-needed Sports Field at High School in Granadero Baigorria

January 30, 2020
Ricardo Donoso is the deputy director of the No. 422 High School in Granadero Baigorria. For more than 10 years, he has been working side-by-side with the school’s principal, Rossana Inveninato, and where, in reality,...
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Fulfilling Long-awaited Dreams through the Paraíso Community Residents’ Association

January 30, 2020
Noeli Jacinta Becker has been a resident of the community of Paraíso neighborhood, in Horizontina / RS, for over 12 years and cannot contain her excitement in recounting the most recent triumph of the community’s...
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Youth Form Alliances to Address Growing Mental Health Problems in Community

January 21, 2020
Youth from the Jardim Oliveira Camargo community in Indaiatuba / SP have recently designed a new project that aims to support residents who are suffering from depression and other mental and emotional illnesses. Priscila Santos...
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Building back stronger in Haiti, neighborhood by neighborhood

January 13, 2020
In January 2010, Haiti was changed forever by a devastating earthquake. Within moments, entire neighborhoods crumbled, upending families and communities in the blink of an eye. With the support of the Office of U.S. Foreign...
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Rooting Out Human Trafficking in San Diego, One Student at a Time 

January 6, 2020
By Maureen Simpson Bernadete Leal begins every Project ROOTS session in a darkened classroom with one question: “Where do you want to bring light?”   While the exercise is a small component of the after-school program,...