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UNESCO's fight to promote a truly American value globally: Freedom of speech
May 3, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
Every year on this day, May 3, the international community comes together for World Press Freedom Day. For those of us here in the United States, it's a day to not only celebrate our constitutionally-protected freedom of speech, but more importantly, to stand up and demand it for all...
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A new shot at life for Suleiman – and millions of other children worldwide
May 1, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
The kids were lined up three rows deep in 115-degree heat when I arrived yesterday in Bandouki, an isolated village in northern Cameroon. But their mothers, and older sisters in some cases, knew that vaccination day was worth the wait...
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POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, On the Ground
Just Two Drops
April 30, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
Just two drops. That's all the vaccine it takes to save a child from polio – and lifelong debilitation...
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POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives
Forecast: Storms with a Chance of Hope
April 29, 2013 BY Patrick Madden
It's almost cliché to say extreme weather is becoming the norm, but the sad fact is the dangerous extremes are due in part to climate change. The storyline hasn’t changed, but it keeps getting worse: pollution has dramatically affected the earth’s atmosphere, the polar ice caps are melting, ocean levels are rising, ocean temperatures are shifting, and weather patterns have become more dramatic.
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POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, United Nations
A Critical Moment in the Fight Against Malaria
April 25, 2013 BY Chris Helfrich
This World Malaria Day, we need your help more than ever...
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POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues
We can and must finish the fight against polio
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
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CAMPAIGNS & INITIATIVES
May 3, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
Every year on this day, May 3, the international community comes together for World Press Freedom Day. For those of us here in the United States, it's a day to not only celebrate our constitutionally-protected freedom of speech, but more importantly, to stand up and demand it for all...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Global Issues
A new shot at life for Suleiman – and millions of other children worldwide
May 1, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
The kids were lined up three rows deep in 115-degree heat when I arrived yesterday in Bandouki, an isolated village in northern Cameroon. But their mothers, and older sisters in some cases, knew that vaccination day was worth the wait...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, On the Ground
Just Two Drops
April 30, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
Just two drops. That's all the vaccine it takes to save a child from polio – and lifelong debilitation...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives
Forecast: Storms with a Chance of Hope
April 29, 2013 BY Patrick Madden
It's almost cliché to say extreme weather is becoming the norm, but the sad fact is the dangerous extremes are due in part to climate change. The storyline hasn’t changed, but it keeps getting worse: pollution has dramatically affected the earth’s atmosphere, the polar ice caps are melting, ocean levels are rising, ocean temperatures are shifting, and weather patterns have become more dramatic.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, United Nations
A Critical Moment in the Fight Against Malaria
April 25, 2013 BY Chris Helfrich
This World Malaria Day, we need your help more than ever...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues
We can and must finish the fight against polio
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
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POSTED IN: Global Issues
May 1, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
The kids were lined up three rows deep in 115-degree heat when I arrived yesterday in Bandouki, an isolated village in northern Cameroon. But their mothers, and older sisters in some cases, knew that vaccination day was worth the wait...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, On the Ground
Just Two Drops
April 30, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
Just two drops. That's all the vaccine it takes to save a child from polio – and lifelong debilitation...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives
Forecast: Storms with a Chance of Hope
April 29, 2013 BY Patrick Madden
It's almost cliché to say extreme weather is becoming the norm, but the sad fact is the dangerous extremes are due in part to climate change. The storyline hasn’t changed, but it keeps getting worse: pollution has dramatically affected the earth’s atmosphere, the polar ice caps are melting, ocean levels are rising, ocean temperatures are shifting, and weather patterns have become more dramatic.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, United Nations
A Critical Moment in the Fight Against Malaria
April 25, 2013 BY Chris Helfrich
This World Malaria Day, we need your help more than ever...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues
We can and must finish the fight against polio
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
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POSTED IN: Global Issues
April 30, 2013 BY Peter Yeo
Just two drops. That's all the vaccine it takes to save a child from polio – and lifelong debilitation...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives
Forecast: Storms with a Chance of Hope
April 29, 2013 BY Patrick Madden
It's almost cliché to say extreme weather is becoming the norm, but the sad fact is the dangerous extremes are due in part to climate change. The storyline hasn’t changed, but it keeps getting worse: pollution has dramatically affected the earth’s atmosphere, the polar ice caps are melting, ocean levels are rising, ocean temperatures are shifting, and weather patterns have become more dramatic.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, United Nations
A Critical Moment in the Fight Against Malaria
April 25, 2013 BY Chris Helfrich
This World Malaria Day, we need your help more than ever...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues
We can and must finish the fight against polio
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Global Issues
April 29, 2013 BY Patrick Madden
It's almost cliché to say extreme weather is becoming the norm, but the sad fact is the dangerous extremes are due in part to climate change. The storyline hasn’t changed, but it keeps getting worse: pollution has dramatically affected the earth’s atmosphere, the polar ice caps are melting, ocean levels are rising, ocean temperatures are shifting, and weather patterns have become more dramatic.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues, United Nations
A Critical Moment in the Fight Against Malaria
April 25, 2013 BY Chris Helfrich
This World Malaria Day, we need your help more than ever...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues
We can and must finish the fight against polio
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Global Issues
April 25, 2013 BY Chris Helfrich
This World Malaria Day, we need your help more than ever...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Global Issues
We can and must finish the fight against polio
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Global Issues
April 25, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
I’ve spent the past two days in Abu Dhabi for the Global Vaccine Summit, a gathering of leaders to highlight the importance of life-saving vaccines to the health of children. Hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit brought together people from across sectors and around the world...
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POSTED IN: Global Issues
