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Blog: Carol Grayson - Plasma For Palestinians

Carol Grayson talks to health activist Jad Kanaan Jadallah Tawil; about the issues for haemophiliacs regarding accessing treatment in the occupied Palestinian territory...

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Ctrl Meets Nathaniel Peat - Social Entrepreneur Part 1

Adizah Tejani enters the world of a social entrepreneur - and of the UK’s next generation, fewer are more respected than G20 Summit Brit representative, Nathaniel Peat…

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Stray Bullets - A New Russian Law, An Old Bangladeshi Injustice, And The Same Greek Tragedy

This week’s headlines from across the globe include more austerity protests in Greece, a new law in Russia that threatens to ‘silence and intimidate dissidents’, and Bangladesh’s sweatshop workers hit back. Richard Lemmer reports…

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

Kenyan Diary: The Story Of Julius And HIV Stigma

Sarah Rowe looks back at her two week volunteering trip to Kenya and reminisces over her inspirational friend, Julius: a man fighting his own battles against HIV and stigma, against education fees, and against climate change...

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Plane Stupid Blog: “But Where Would All The Workers Go?”

Josh Moos - from climate change activist crew Plane Stupid - reports on how the airport workers in high-emitting industries are not the enemy, but the capitalist systems based on profit and accumulation…

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Feature: Miss DRCongo 2010 - Amelia Lola

After a manic Miss DRCongo UK 2010 competition and DRC Independence Day celebration night in June, Mike Batanga snapped up an opportunity to interview the winner, Ms Amelia Lola…

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Stray Bullets - Protests In Asda, Waitrose And Jordon

A run down of this week’s biggest global and social issue headlines from across the world by Richard Lemmer, including one of PETA's lettuce ladies being detained in Jordon...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

One Six Eight Zero @ Proud’s Strand Gallery

Onjuli Datta takes a walk through the inspiring One Six Eight Zero exhibition in central London, which tells the stories of various Platform2 returnees and their volunteering experiences around the world; from Ghana, to Peru, South Africa to India...

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Cowboys And Indians - Demolition Plans In Delhi

Kevin E.G. Perry reports from an expansive trip across India; with his first blog looking at how the preparation work for the Commonwealth Games seems to be marginalizing the most impoverished in Delhi…

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

Global Poverty Project UK

This year the Global Poverty Project launched across the United Kingdom - looking at 1.4 billion ways we as individuals and organisations can combat poverty around the world...

Submitted by Felix.Caige