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“Better health, better incomes, better lives”

August 12, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Health care, International Leave a comment

Door-to-door sales may be a quaint relic of the Norman-Rockwell past in the US, but they could be the next big thing in developing

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Bicycles help educate girls in Zambia

June 16, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Education, International 2 comments

In the US, living 10 miles from school means riding a school bus or organizing a car pool. In many African countries, it means

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Caveat donator. Charity ratings help you give wisely.

March 29, 2010 Renee Shur Charity & Justice Leave a comment

It has been said by poets, philosophers, and psychologists that the charitable impulse is the highest expression of the human capacity for compassion. When

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