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Farmer Suicides in Kenya. Cereal Exports in Ethiopia. How Harvesting Fog is Saving Lives – Weekly Link Round-Up
AJWS’s Josh Berkman tells Change.org that millions of hungry families are not a market opportunity [Change.org] Climate-related farmer suicides are surging in eastern Kenya [AlertNet] Villagers in South Africa are harvesting fog to deal with drought [AlertNet] In Mali, more aid is needed [IRIN] The cereal export ban is lifted in Ethiopia [IRIN] In a …
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Six Months After the Earthquake, the Fight for Food Justice and Responsible Reconstruction Continues
Today is the six-month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and, even though the world’s attention is fading, there’s been a lot of newsandblogcoverage about the work that lies ahead. Most of the focus has been on Port-au-Prince and, while the earthquake took its major toll on an urban center, we can’t forget about the devastating …
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Haiti's Orphans are Still in Crisis. Where's the Aid When They Need It?
Today’s heart-breaking New York Times story about Haiti’s orphans is a painful reminder of the earthquake’s enduring devastation. The article offers a harrowing portrait of Daphne, a 14-year-old girl who watched her mother’s mangled body get carted away in a wheelbarrow from a shattered marketplace. Daphne then lived in a makeshift orphanage founded by Frades—a …
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Three Things Washington Needs to Remember in Haiti
Originally posted on Change.org. Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released a report on the state of play regarding relief and reconstruction efforts in Haiti. It doesn’t paint a pretty picture. One of the report’s major findings is that the various donor governments are having trouble agreeing on a unified set of priorities and plans, …
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What Does Global Finance Have Against African Farmers?
African countries aren’t spending enough on agriculture,IRIN reported last week. And that’s a bad thing: “Spending money on food production is critical in Africa, where 70 percent of people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for food and income. There are also going to be more people to feed in Africa in the …
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On the Ground in Haiti with Ian Schwab
Late last week, NPR released a heart-wrenching report about how foreign aid is hurting rice farmers in Haiti. And this past Tuesday, another NPR report revealed how Haiti’s rice market is a mess and how farmers’ children are going hungry. Since the earthquake, free rice from foreign aid groups has made it harder for Haitian …
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AJWS Selects 12 College Students for Prestigious Summer Internship Program
New York, NY; June 10, 2010—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has selected 12 extraordinary college students from across the country for its highly-competitive summer internship program. The 2010 intern cohort will begin the program this week in AJWS’s offices in New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. AJWS …
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Farming Can Save Haiti if Congress Acts Now
“If $1 billion of the $11 billion pledged by international donors was put toward agriculture, the world could watch Haiti not only feed itself, but export billions,” said Haiti’s presidential candidate Charles Henri Baker in the Montreal Gazette’s feature “Can Farming Save Haiti?.” A future in which Haiti is not only self-sufficient, but is exporting …
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Does Bill Clinton Really Want to Help Haiti for the Long-Term?
Bill Clinton was back in Haiti last week, echoing a major concern of many in the international development community that the upcoming hurricane season poses a huge threat to the country. In addition to nearly a million people living in fragile temporary shelters in the large cities, the agricultural infrastructure in rural areas — already …
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AJWS and AVODAH Revamp Jewish Social Justice Partnership
AJWS and AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, a domestic year-long service program for Jewish young adults, have announced a new name and website for their partnership.
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