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Kenyan Footprints: Mamma Jane - Simple Mother Living In A Blissful Ignorance

Swap cultures for a day? That's exactly what Caroline McLaren did during her 10 week volunteering trip to Kenya, when she met the beautifully brutally honest, Mamma Jane...

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CAS @ The MDG Pre-Summit

So what's all this fuss about the Millennium Decelopment Goals? CAS reporter Sian Gregory headed down to the pre-summit meeting in Westminster to hear what Nick Clegg and co had to say about making progress towards ending poverty...

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Plane Stupid Blog: Inspiration - The Key To Organising In Our Communities

No matter how you combat climate injustice, the first step is to inspire and raise awareness – the movement starts there, reports Plane Stupid’s Jimmy Kerr…

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Nick Clegg Vs The Millennium Development Goals

This week, at the UN Headquarters in New York, influential people from all over the world are meeting to discuss the progress of the Millennium Development Goals. But what are British politicans doing? Jade O'Hanlon headed down to Westminster last week to find out...

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Vox Pops: Shooting For The Millennium Development Goals

Are the Millennium Development Goals really helping us to address global poverty? Jade O'Hanlon and Sian Gregory talked to young people at the MDG pre-summit meeting in Westminster to find out...

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Stray Bullets - Praises And Protests For The Pope, And France's Deportation Of The Roma People

Richard Lemmer delivers another round of reports from across the globe, including the shocking circumstances surrounding France's Roma people, and a Pope visit to our shores greeted with praises and protests...

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News: UN Forces 'Fail' Rape Victims In The DRCongo

Using rape as a weapon of war is common practice in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ‘rape capital of the world’, but peacekeepers seem unable or unwilling to confront the issue...

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Kenyan Footprints: The Need For Schools And Healthcare

Caroline McLaren reflects upon her ten-week Platform2 placement in Meru, Kenya, looking specifically at the country's underprivileged education system...

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Feature: Tenants Of Nakawa Pushed Out By Luxury Developer

The residents of Nakawa, Uganda, live in uncertainty. Never sure if or when they’ll be forced from their homes by a UK-based development company appointed by their own government. Holly Davis talks directly to her contact and friend from the region...

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Craftivist Collective: Guerrilla Art On London Fashion Week

To mark the start of London Fashion Week 2010, activist group The Craftivist Collective has created homemade Mini Protest Banners aimed at exposing the ugly side of fashion...

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