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Water cyclists: an epic ride to raise awareness of a scarce resource

On July 4, 2010, Joost Notenboom and Michiel Roodenburg set off from Deadhorse,... more

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US 'deeply concerned' after Egyptian forces raid NGO offices in Cairo

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Egyptians raid offices of NGOs, including U.S.-based groups

REPORTING FROM CAIRO -- Egyptian security forces stormed the offices of 17 nongovernmental organizations, including three U.S.-based agencies, as part of a crackdown on foreign assistance that has drawn criticism from the West and threatened human rights and pro-democracy movements.

The raids appeared to be part of a strategy to intimidate international organizations. The country’s ruling military council has repeatedly blamed “foreign hands” for exploiting Egypt’s political and economic turmoil.

Human rights groups say the military is using the ruse of foreign intervention to stoke nationalism and deflect criticism away from its shortcomings and abuses.

Egyptian soldiers and police forces raided offices and seized computers and files across the country. Those targeted included the U.S. groups: National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute and Freedom House, which are funded by Congress to monitor elections and promote democracy overseas.

"The public prosecutor has searched 17 civil society organizations, local and foreign, as part of the foreign funding case," the official news agency MENA quoted a prosecutor's office as saying. "The search is based on evidence showing violations of Egyptian laws including not having permits."

The Reuters news agency quoted one person working in an office at the National Democratic Institute as saying: "Security forces who said they were from the public prosecutor are raiding our offices as we speak. They are grabbing all the papers and laptops as well."

[Updated 9:55 a.m., Dec. 29: Freedom House condemned the raids as a sign that Egypt’s government has become only more repressive since last winter's revolution overthrew former President Hosni Mubarak.

The raids were part of “an intensive campaign by the Egyptian government to dismantle civil society through a politically motivated legal campaign aimed at preventing ‘illegal foreign funding’ of civil society operations in Egypt," said Freedom House President David J. Kramer, who was a senior State Department official during the George W. Bush administration.

"It is the clearest indication yet that the [ruling] Supreme Council of the Armed Forces … has no intention of permitting the establishment of genuine democracy and is attempting to scapegoat civil society for its own abysmal failure to manage Egypt’s transition effectively,” he said.

The raid came three days after the organization filed papers to officially register, as required under Egyptian law. On Thursday, the group called for the U.S. government to reconsider the $1.3 billion in aid it provides each year to the Egyptian armed forces -- 20% of the military’s total budget.]

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has been increasingly agitated by pro-democracy activists and protesters. Clashes last week between demonstrators and soldiers ended in the deaths of at least 15 people.

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Egypt authorities raid foreign-funded NGOs

Egypt authorities raid foreign-funded NGOs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsgTFJh0nGI

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Dharavi: Reaching for the sky

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Tales from the Missionary Hut: The Banana leaf Tampon

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Funny Glengarry Glen Ross spoof by Oxfam to highlight land grab deals

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NGO Supporting communities, not trying to take over communities

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VOWW-TV Launched on CurrentTV + @ http://voicesofwomenworldwide-vowwtv.ning.com/ on May 4, 2011

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Wikileaks: Clever Ruse To Control and Censor The Internet

Claim: WikiLeaks is being used as a platform for global corporations, governments, and... more

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Facebook co-founder starts "Jumo" - a Facebook for charities

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Regional Food Hub Launches in San Francisco

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Tales from the Missionary Hut: The Oxy Johnny

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Teh in Cameroon & the bananas that built a school.

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C.H.I.E.F. Lady of Lagos

Remi, with a background in health, runs an NGO that works in the slums of Lagos and... more

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French Uncle Barnabe, the street children, & puppets of Burkina Faso

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Retired Dutch school teacher doing good in Ghana despite inevitable "white doctor" reputation.

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The Youth of Garissa & G-Youth

Introducing the children of Nomads and how G-Youth, a local NGO, is helping them... more

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Hunger is not a news

News about humanitarian crisis around the world have been, during 2009, only 6%.... more

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A shout-out to Doctors Without Borders

Hey everybody, sorry I have been absent for a few weeks, I was shooting a story in Colombia about some new developments in Narcotrafficking. It was a wild adventure. We are still in the middle of production on the story but look for it in next seasons Vanguard.

I wanted to write today about some of my friends at Doctors Without Borders. Quite frankly Doctors without Borders (known more commonly as MSF) is an invaluable organization for us to collaborate with here at Vanguard. The reason is two-fold. One, MSF acts as the front line eyes and ears for the journalism community. In difficult situations where sometimes the ground truth is obscured by distance, uncooperative governments, nefarious actors, and apathy, MSF is often a great source of unadulterated truth in a land of agendas. I sympathize with them because their agenda is really to provide aide not get sucked into local politics. I've seen this time and time again in places like Yemen and Colombia. The second factor is that often we (Vanguard) couldn’t go to the places we go, without the assistance of MSF. Its often too remote and too dangerous. So naturally when you are sleeping in a small MSF house in a place like Yemen and sharing meals of dubious nutritional value, a lot of bonding occurs. I still maintain contact with some of the doctors I have worked with overseas, and I can tell you they are the most committed and noble group of individuals I have ever encountered in the face of abject difficulty and despair. However, even the most stoic of these doctors can’t help but be impacted by the circumstances they find themselves in.

If you are interested in the life of a humanitarian volunteer, I highly recommend you check out this film called Living in Emergency, a critically acclaimed independent documentary that interweaves the stories of four MSF doctors in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia.

Untitled from LivinginEmergency on Vimeo.

I think the film gives an amazing portrayal of the difficulties facing these kind of humanitarian volunteers as they battle disease, destitution, violence, and poverty.

Watch Kaj Larsen's reporting from Yemen in Vanguard: Beach of Death. Also, check out Kaj's most recent show: Vanguard: Remote Control War.

Recently on the Vanguard Blog:
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- Kaj’s robot and weapon firing skills are put to the test - Lauren Cerre
- What Do You Want to Watch? - Mitch KossHey everybody, sorry I have been absent for a few weeks, I was shooting a story in... more

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