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	<title>ONE &#187; Africa</title>
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		<title>The situation in Sierra Leone</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/17/the-situation-in-sierra-leone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Leone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times has a fascinating report&#8211; part one of a two part series&#8211; from on the ground in Sierra Leone.  Scott Kraft looks at the country&#8217;s flailing public health system and the potential impact it could have on the region.  It&#8217;s a really interesting, in-depth look at a complex and deteriorating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Talent Is Universal, While Opportunity Is Not&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/16/talent-is-universal-while-opportunity-is-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/16/talent-is-universal-while-opportunity-is-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Kristof&#8217;s latest column focuses on Tererai Trent, a remarkable woman from Zimbabwe who overcame extreme poverty and a husband who beat her and will be receiving her Ph.D. from Western Michigan University next month. As Mr. Kristof puts it: &#8220;Tererai is a reminder of the adage that talent is universal, while opportunity is not.&#8221;
Below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 ONE Africa Award Winner: Slums Information Development and Resource Centers of Kenya</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/15/2009-one-africa-award-winner-slums-information-development-and-resource-centers-of-kenya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/15/2009-one-africa-award-winner-slums-information-development-and-resource-centers-of-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edith.Jibunoh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE Africa Award]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right now, I&#8217;m at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Forum in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania about to announce the 2009 ONE Africa Award winner: &#8220;Slums Information Development and Resource Centers&#8221; (SIDAREC) of Kenya.
Founded by a group of young people from the slums, SIDAREC focuses on lifting the standard of living of the youth living in Kenya&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alicia Keys makes a difference in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/13/alicia-keys-makes-a-difference-in-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/13/alicia-keys-makes-a-difference-in-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alicia Keys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NBC ran this segment about Alicia Keys and the work she&#8217;s been doing in Africa and India with the &#8220;Keep a Child Alive&#8221; program.  The program is &#8220;dedicated to providing life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care and support services to children and families.&#8221;
Definitely worth checking out:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Your Life is in Your Hands&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/09/your-life-is-in-your-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/09/your-life-is-in-your-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NGO Partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNICEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Zambia, a rainy season has raised fears of a cholera outbreak.  To help prevent a cholera outbreak, UNICEF and its partners have launched a new advocacy campaign called &#8220;Your Life is in Your Hands.&#8221;
The key to the campaign&#8217;s effectiveness, according to UNICEF, is that it relies on peer-to-peer advocacy, meaning that children and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Somalia to America to Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/06/from-somalia-to-america-to-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/06/from-somalia-to-america-to-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you have a few minutes, I highly recommend this video produced by the New York Times.  It tells the story of 37-year-old Mohamed Aden who for the last year has served as the leader of the small town of Adado, Somalia.  He only recently returned to Somalia after spending roughly 16 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/06/return-to-ethiopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/06/return-to-ethiopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Drummond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ONE’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Jamie Drummond writes about his personal journey to Ethiopia:
Twenty five years ago, like many of my generation, I was called to action by images of drought and starvation – and by a couple of shaggy-haired, Irish rock stars with whom I&#8217;ve now been working for a decade. The Ethiopian famines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to go to school in Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/05/trying-to-go-to-school-in-zimbabwe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/05/trying-to-go-to-school-in-zimbabwe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eye on Zimbabwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the start of the year, Nora Coghlan from our policy team wrote about the education crisis in Zimbabwe.  After a heated conflict between school teachers and the Zimbabwean government, it was feared that &#8220;2009 will be another lost year for education in Zimbabwe.&#8221;
Today, CNN.com has an article examining the state of education in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breastfeeding in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/04/breastfeeding-in-ghana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/04/breastfeeding-in-ghana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Proof]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Living Proof Project, which we&#8217;ve covered extensively here on the ONE Blog, the Gates Foundation has posted this photo gallery following women at the Osu Maternity Home in Accra, Ghana.  It&#8217;s part of a larger discussion about the benefits and techniques of breastfeeding, which were also examined in this infographic.

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		<title>Meet the Women of Indego Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/28/meet-the-women-of-indego-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/28/meet-the-women-of-indego-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Dunigan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this guest post from Indego Africa volunteer Sarah Dunigan.  For more Indego Africa stories, check out their blog, Social Enterprising:

I am often asked what drives me to volunteer in Africa. I find it hard to put into words, but sharing a story often helps.
For the past two months I have had the [...]]]></description>
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