Topic: Mercy Corps
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Change Agent Changing the world, McDonald's style: 5 great social franchises
Social franchises – businesses with a charitable purpose – develop and market cheap, innovative products that solve a social problem. Here are five examples.
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Change Agent Mobile phones unleash farmers in Uganda
The information farmers in Uganda provide via mobile phones does more than just help them order and pay for supplies. It allows the collection of data that will help them sell their crops, build a credit history, and receive other services, such as crop insurance.
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For Libyans, Amb. Stevens was simply 'Chris'
US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, who was killed last month, made a rare and powerful difference as a US diplomat through his accessibility to Libyans.
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Opinion: Yemen needs a US reset, not a retreat
Last week's violent anti-US protests underscore the need for greater US engagement in Yemen. The country's economic, political, and security future hinges on alleviating humanitarian needs, addressing their root causes, and fostering an inclusive political transition.
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Change Agent A lab uses remote sensors to measure how well aid projects work
SWEETLab places sensors on latrines, cook stoves, and water filters in the developing world to better understand how they are being used.
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Change Agent Crisis Action makes a big noise using quiet citizen diplomacy
Crisis Action acts like a coach or talent scout for humanitarian and other citizen groups – but always behind the scenes.
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Change Agent Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman urge fans to help Africa
In a show of corporate social responsibility, DC Comics unleashes its superheroes on the problems in the Horn of Africa
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Opinion: Africa isn't a lost cause, and global consumers are making a difference
In spite of conflicts and humanitarian crises, there's change afoot in Africa. Seven of the ten fastest-growing economies during the next five years will be in sub-Saharan Africa. To support them, global consumers can use the Internet to gain direct access to the goods of African artisans.
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Opinion: Why are US and South Korea turning a blind eye to starving North Koreans?
Aid groups have a proven ability to monitor the way food is distributed in North Korea. So why is the US still delaying food aid when the need is so great?
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Backpack Farms helps small African farmers defeat drought
Backpack Farms supports African farmers with low-cost products and training suited to their needs.
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Antiterror laws could impede US aid for Somalia famine victims
Al Shabab, an Islamist group with links to Al Qaeda, controls famine-stricken regions in Somalia. The US is looking for ways to help starving Somalis while not breaking antiterror laws.
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Opinion: Famine in Horn of Africa is as deserving of American help as a tsunami or earthquake
American generosity is too often triggered by a sudden event like an earthquake or tsunami. The drought and hunger now ravaging the Horn of Africa are no less severe. Millions face starvation, and the UN has just declared a state of famine in southern Somalia.
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ICC: Evidence shows that Qaddafi ordered rape of hundreds
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Wednesday that there is evidence that Qaddafi ordered the rape of Libyan women and supplied troops with male potency drugs.
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Young Kashmiri activists yearn for an ‘Arab Spring’ - and more Western attention
US support for Arab uprisings is reinvigorating a drive among Kashmiri youth for independence. But they want to accomplish it peacefully.
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Kashmir's tools for peace in conflict: Led Zeppelin and rap
Some Kashmiri artists are recording a new version of the Led Zeppelin song that they hope will inspire a generation of youth raised in a conflict zone.
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Japan tsunami: Here's how you can help
Nations are responding to the devastation in Japan, sending aid workers, rescue equipment, and humanitarian supplies. Individuals can help too by donating to legitimate charities.
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Ways to help Haiti in wake of hurricane Tomas
After a January earthquake leveled Haiti's capital and left more than 300,000 dead, and a deadly cholera outbreak in October, Haiti now faces fallout from hurricane Tomas.
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Haiti relief: 'Cinema Under the Stars' helps Haitians move on
As Haiti relief efforts roll on, a group called Cinema Under the Stars aims to give Haitians something to be proud of by showing Haitian films to those made homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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7.0 earthquake rocks Haiti
Relief agencies have put out calls for donations, and are preparing teams to go to Haiti in the wake of Tuesday's quake. A hospital, the National Palace, and other buildings in Haiti's capital were damaged in the biggest earthquake to hit the island in 200 years.
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Earthquake preparation pays off for Indonesian village
Indonesian village Mangopo had no fatalities. Other nearby villages without evacuation training did.
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Indonesia earthquake: Rescue teams refocus on survivors
Aid workers say they are unlikely to rescue more people after Wednesday's devastating earthquake. They are racing to deliver supplies to survivors, though roads remain blocked and phone lines cut.
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Aid groups return to Darfur – with new names
The decision by Mercy Corps, Care, and others to go back to Sudan's troubled region after being kicked out in March opens fresh debate over how to deliver aid to people living under oppressive regimes.
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Pope's urging brings Gaza blockade to forefront
With no clear guidelines for what Israel will allow in, aid groups have run into trouble with everything from 90 tons of pasta to nutritional bars mistranslated as steel bars.
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Pentagon to show softer side to the world
Gates picks an admiral with diplomatic skills to command US troops in Europe.
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Kids embrace the spirit of giving
Some start their own charities, tapping the Web to fund worthy causes.
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