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American Housewife Works Among India’s Leprosy Colonies

A white American housewife is helping to break the curse of leprosy in India, at first by simply not turning away from them...

The Food Dudes: Making Kids Want Their Veggies

The UK has one of the lowest fruit and vegetable intakes in Europe, and as a consequence, Britain now has one of the worst...

Teenagers Use Internet to Raise $300K for Darfur

"In a campaign to raise money for the people of Darfur, two high school students, using social networking sites Facebook and MySpace, have raised...

Hasbro Donates 20,000 Dolls to Poor Kids in Zambia

Thousands of children living in poverty in southern Africa will receive baby dolls, thanks to a donation by Hasbro of 20,000 black Baby Alive...

Teaching AIDS Orphans to Farm and Help Themselves

(IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Nhlanhla Matsebula, one of Swaziland’s growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, has good reason to feel proud. He has mastered...

Sheryl Crow and Son Get Behind UN Food Agency

Sheryl Crow, the American singer-songwriter, has become the latest star to sit in a photo shoot with her new baby in exchange for a...

Virginia Tech Shooting: Crisis Charity Offers Tips, Tools to Deal with Aftermath

Following the fatal shooting of dozens of students at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, the national children's crisis charity KidsPeace is issuing expert tips...
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School Enrollment Rates Double in Southern Sudan

The number of students enrolled in school in southern Sudan has more than doubled since the end of the long-running civil war two years...
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$500 Million Pledge to Reverse Childhood Obesity in U.S.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced it will commit at least $500 million over the next five years to tackle childhood obesity. The...
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Free Online University Lectures Offer Eclectic Mix

As we alerted you last year, major Ivy league universities have begun offering lectures — and whole courses — on the Internet for free....
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Five Ways the United Nations is Saving People and the Planet

In 1997, the owner of Cable News Network, Ted Turner, shocked the world when he handed over a billion dollars to the United Nations....

Singer Sarah McLachlan Diverts Video Costs to World’s Poor

Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan produced the first music video that donates the normal cost of production to people around the world who need it most...

Improvisation Boosts Reading in Poor Inner City School

Rachel Farmer is a fourth-grade teacher in Brooklyn who defies the stereotype of the exhausted teacher, run down by poor inner-city schools. Instead of...
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Oil Firm Offers to Pay College Tuition for All Students in Town for 20 Years

Executives of Murphy Oil Corporation thrilled their hometown of El Dorado, Arkansas when they announced to students in a packed gymnasium their intention to...
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Free Secondary Education Unveiled in Uganda

KAMPALA- Uganda has begun implementing a free universal secondary education program in 700 public and 280 private schools in the first phase of a...
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Teen Drug Use Declines by 23 Percent in Five Years

Reality must be improving for young people across the U.S. Teen drug use has declined by 23 percent since 2001, with reductions in the...
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McDonald’s Forced Out for Lack of Business in Healthy Town

While Britain may be often maligned for its cuisine, or lack thereof, we portly Americans could learn a lesson from the good folks in...
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New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights

State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...
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Gratitude Comes Through Service

Part 5 in our series on gratitude: The I in gratitude represents involvement in our community. Involvement shows that we are grateful for what...
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Top Ten Stories of 2006: 8) Wars On the Wane Worldwide

8) Wars On the Wane Worldwide as Reconciliation Unites Divisions • The world has become dramatically more peaceful since 1992, according to...