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Fish Farming Eases Living with HIV/AIDS

Posted on December 21, 2007
Countries: Malawi
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
Over 1,000 households have benefited from a World Vision project in rural Malawi that helps communities build and operate fish farms.
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Keywords: sustainability, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, agriculture

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Youth's Helping Hand Earns Global Accolade

Posted on November 21, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Success Stories
Sourav Borse is a 2007 Global Action Award recipient for his efforts to mobilize his peers and build a health and education facility in rural India.
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Keywords: HIV/AIDS, youth, awareness, NGOs, Mercy Corps

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Reducing the Risk of Disaster

Posted on October 15, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Success Stories
Mercy Corps is engaging in disaster risk reduction programming to identify hazards and lessen the destruction caused by disasters.
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Keywords: natural disasters, environment, Middle East, earthquakes, avalanches

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A New Harvest

Posted on October 2, 2007
Topics: Economic Development
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Asia, Success Stories
Mercy Corps' work in rural Indian communities has helped to empower people both in terms of self-sufficient businesses and self-sufficient communities.
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Keywords: Tea, civil society

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The Connection - Education and Poverty

Posted on September 19, 2007
Previously filed under: Success Stories
Watch the Mercy Corps' short video that brings forward the facts and figures on global access to education.
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Keywords: education, poverty

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New Frontline in AIDS Awareness

Posted on August 21, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
In Benin, young people are using innovative aproaches to increase HIV awareness.
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Keywords: HIV/AIDS, awareness, internet, communication, Africa, prevention, disease

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Rebuilding, Brick by Brick

Posted on July 26, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
Diew Ajak has turned the lost trade of brickmaking into a sucessful business in Sudan.
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Keywords: Sucess story, Sudan, brickmaking

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Traditional Water Mill Technology Helps Boost Livlihoods

Posted on July 5, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Success Stories
The 'ghatta' has changed the lives of many Nepalese families.
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Keywords: nepal, Ghatta, Water Mills, technology

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Life in Shashtepa Takes a Turn for the Better

Posted on June 29, 2007
Topics: Humanitarian Aid
Countries: Afghanistan
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Success Stories
Community members in a small village have benefited from Mercy Corps' Afghanistan Rural Recovery Program.
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Keywords: rural, Mercy Corps

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The ‘Mauritian Miracle'- A Southern African Success Story

Posted on June 13, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
Unlike most of southern Africa and contrary to modern development theory, Mauritius has managed to develop substantial prospects for economic growth.
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Keywords: Southern Africa, Mauritius, sugar, African Success Story, European Union,

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Positive Women Taking Their Place in the Economy

Posted on May 10, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
Local Ugandan NGOs help provide HIV positive women with projects that help support them and their families.
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Keywords: women, Uganda, sucess, small business, HIV/AIDS, employment

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Young Guru - Building Awareness Through Film

Posted on May 4, 2007
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Asia, Success Stories
From the streets of India, Ashikul Islam has become an award winning film maker and activist, changing the world one film at a time.
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Keywords: youth, poverty, entrepreneurship, Bengal

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Building the Village Education Project

Posted on April 16, 2007
Countries: Ecuador
Previously filed under: South America, Success Stories
In Ecuador, public education costs money, and many families do not have the resources to send their children to school.
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Keywords: education, children

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Water for Everyone

Posted on April 3, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
How one individual's simple discovery, the refreshing taste of pure rainwater, is providing solutions in the developing world.
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Keywords: water, Africa, Raincatcher, conservation, World Water Day, Jack Rose, rainwater

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Welding His Way to Work

Posted on February 26, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Success Stories
Learn about how Mercy Corps matches young men and women with professional job training in Kyrgyzstan.
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Keywords: Jobs, Work, training, apprenticeship, Mercy Corps, success, entrepreneurship

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