Joining the Call to Ramp up the HIV Response

By Sara Melillo

July 24, 2014   |   0 comments

Thousands of dedicated delegates this week called for a scaled-up HIV response to save lives at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. The five-day conference, themed “Stepping Up the Pace,” attracted 12,000 delegates, who discussed and debated the latest HIV research and programmatic developments, working to rapidly roll out new interventions to achieve an AIDS-free generation....
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Why Traveling for Work is Awful, and the Best

By Jennifer Brookland

July 24, 2014   |   0 comments

It happened the first time in Honduras, where my organization had sent me to document programmatic success. We had rushed around all day, flinging wires and lights around, lugging our cameras and backpacks from interview to interview, scribbling notes and shaking hands. ...
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A Hero of Her Time

By Bradford Strickland

July 16, 2014   |   0 comments

What Brigitte Syamalevwe noticed most of all about the beeswax chamber we stood inside was the fragrance coming from the gold colored walls. Her observation of the contemporary art installation was that it smelled milky and of honey, and comforting like a mother’s embrace....
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To End Preventable Child Deaths, Look Beyond Health

By Morgan Simon

June 27, 2014   |   0 comments

Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, World Bank President Jim Kim and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah are sharing their baby photos to honor the millions of children around the world who will celebrate their fifth birthdays....
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Youth “speaks” out on the importance of education in Morocco

By Elizabeth Mullen

June 25, 2014   |   0 comments

Youssef Bidar is a 16 year-old from a remote, rural town in the Doukkala-Abda province of Morocco. It is one of the country’s poorest areas and, despite the fact that there are few productive opportunities awaiting children who leave school, one with a shockingly high number of dropouts....
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Scarred, scared children from Central America are pushed, pulled to migrate

By Guillermo Cespedes and Sean Carroll

June 19, 2014   |   0 comments

Twelve year old Graciela lives with her two younger sisters and great-grandmother in the rough Honduran community of Zapote Norte. Graciela’s father was a taxi driver who was murdered. Graciela’s mother, a victim of violence, left the family and cannot be found. Graciela’s grandmother moved to the United States and sends money to the family....
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