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    First CMH Global Arts After School program

    We first mentioned Children Mending Hearts 3 years ago in our post: RAISE Hope for Congo: Activism you can wear. Then a year after, we posted about the Gala Fundraiser organized by CMH on  April 16, 2010 in Hollywood....

    By Sama Team, January 24, 2012 | In: Raison d'être
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    Sama Gazette Special Edition: En Route To Congo

    While the Democratic Republic of Congo‘s independent electoral commission declared incumbent Joseph Kabila the winner of the November 28th presidential election, several people have already been killed in post-election violence. A year after we launched En Route To Sudan, an entire section...

    By Sama Team, December 13, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    Yoko Ono visits Children’s school in Fukushima

    Yoko Ono is a busy woman, just check the Imagine Peace website. You will find arts, petitions, news, projects… And the Imagine Peace Tower, a memorial to John Lennon in Iceland. But Yoko Ono doesn’t forget Japan, the country where she...

    By Sama Team, December 6, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    CIVICUS Call for ‘Snapshots’ for the State of Civil Society

      The fundamental building block for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation was the 1991 decision of a group of civil society leaders from across the world to reinforce and support the virtual expansion of citizen participation in every region...

    By Sama Team, November 22, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    Fighting Back, One Brothel Raid at a Time

    This is the new article by Nicholas D. Kristof. This is the story of forced prostitution, a Cambodian brothel and rescuing a very young girl. On Nick Kristof’s side, the great Somaly Mam, one of the several ‘Inspiring people’ from Inspiration...

    By Sama Team, November 15, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    Acumen Fund Celebrates 10 Years

    Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. As part of the 10-Year celebrations this week, they will be broadcasting a segment focused on the history of Acumen Fund....

    By Sama Team, November 8, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    ONE on G20 leaders: ‘Break the cycle of famine’

    G20 leaders are meeting later this week in Cannes and ONE teamed up with the City of Paris to send them a message as the square of the Paris Town Hall was plunged in complete darkness while ONE’s “F-Famine”...

    By Sama Team, November 1, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    Elizabeth Blackney, and other committed people

    In July, we decided to support Hunger Strike for Darfur and we fasted for a day to support Darfur. If Max Dana is a clear and ‘natural’ inspiration to us, we are also inspired by the people we mention on Inspiration To...

    By Sama Team, October 25, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington

      Barack Obama led a dedication ceremony in Washington last Sunday, honoring the civil rights leader. The 30-foot granite statue ”Stone of Hope“, is the first monument on the National Mall honoring a black leader.   From MLK Memorial website: The Martin Luther King, Jr....

    By Sama Team, October 18, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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    The 2011 Ibrahim Index and Ibrahim Prize

    Established in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation supports good governance and great leadership in Africa. It was founded by Dr. Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim who was born in Sudan of Nubian heritage. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation encourages better governance in...

    By Sama Team, October 11, 2011 | In: Raison d'être
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