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Friday, Feb 28, 2014

Community Garden Grows Seeds of Development, Equality

Community Garden Grows Seeds of Development, Equality

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Thursday, Feb 20, 2014

Investing In Each Other: Savings Groups in Angola

Every Friday morning at 7am, Mariana meets with her fellow members of the Amor (“Love”) Savings Group in Bairro Fofoca – a neighborhood of Luanda, the capital of Angola.

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Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014

Investing In Each Other: Savings Groups in Angola

Every Friday morning at 7am, Mariana meets with her fellow members of the Amor (“Love”) Savings Group in Bairro Fofoca – a neighborhood of Luanda, the capital of Angola.

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Friday, Feb 14, 2014

Better than Food Aid

Last week during my second visit to Burundi, we went up to the north of the country, just near the border with Rwanda, to a community called Rwibikara.

 

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Friday, Feb 14, 2014

Where is the Water Coming From?

Access to clean water is a critical issue facing the most vulnerable communities around the world. In this blog Program Officer, Sara Delaney, reminds us that the solutions to accessing clean water are more varied and complex. Learn more: Clean Water  + Sanitation & Hygiene 

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Friday, Feb 14, 2014

Holistic Approach, Wholehearted Yes (si!)

Today I received an email from Carlos Venturo, the Executive Director of ECLOF Peru, our ecumenical partner based in Lima. It is hard to believe a month has passed since my recent (and first) program visit. It reminded me of two things: our rich and long discussions around the program’s historical challenges, current impact, and musings over the future, and two that I needed to write a blog about my time there!  

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