Pulitzer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder discusses his book, "Strength in What Remains," the account of a young man from war-torn Burundi who founds a health care system in his home country. Program from Sunday, October 11, 2009. ... commentary analysis q&a kidder lamb burundi health care
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi, 18 September 2008 Burundi is small nation wedged between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. For years, ethnic clashes have riven the country. Today, families who fled the violence are coming back, only to face new challenges. Children in post-conflict...
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi, 6 May 2008 -- Over 200 demobilized child soldiers were recently released to officials from UNICEF, the United Nations, the African Union and the Government of Burundi. The child...
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UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman visited the Gatumba Therapeutic Feeding Center in Burundi to consolidate UN efforts and raise international awareness about malnutrition in the Great Lakes region. Credits: Producer:Rachel Bonham Carter
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MUYINGA, Burundi, 5 December 2007 -- Chantal Nizigiyimana has been back in her home country of Burundi for only a few months, having lived in Tanzania since she was a young child. In 1993, her family was among hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled across the border in order to avoid confli...
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Ginebra, 20 nov (EFE).- ( Imágenes: cortesía de Cruz Roja Internaciona l) Los asesinatos de albinos en Burundi y Tanzania han obligado a miles de personas con esta condición genética a huir, pues en estos países sus extremidades se emplean para elaborar "pociones mágicas", según la Federación In...
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This film looks at how the lack of access to high speed connectivity is affecting the media sector in Burundi. The World Bank’s US$424 million Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (RCIP) aims to bring affordable high speed connectivity to as many as 25 countries in Eastern and Southern ...
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This film looks at the incredible opportunities that having high speed connectivity provides. Students and academics in Madagascar, Burundi and Kenya explain how ICT opens a whole new world of learning opportunities. They also discuss how current Internet infrastructure and cost limitations are ...
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This is the 1m30 trailer of the documentary "Buying Time for Peace" (36 minutes) which takes you on a journey into the heart of the Great Lakes region to show you the unique role of an international partnership that is trying to break the conflict cycle and create the conditions for peace in cent...
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