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Teh is a pastor and leader in his community. He started The Goodness and Mercy Missions because he says that praying can not solve everything.
He also encouraged the community to get involved any way they can, including selling bananas!
www.gmmafrica.org
www.whattookyousolong.orgTeh is a pastor and leader in his community. He started The Goodness and Mercy... more
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Remi, with a background in health, runs an NGO that works in the slums of Lagos and trains peer educators on HIV/AIDS in fishing villages.
http://www.chiefngo.org/
www.whattookyousolong.orgRemi, with a background in health, runs an NGO that works in the slums of Lagos and... more
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With the support of the local community and the dedication of a small number of committed donors in France Barnabe has created a refuge for children in need, providing these children a safe and healthy place to live and grow whilst efforts are made to reintegrate them into their own families and communities. L'Arbre d'en face.
www.whattookyousolong.org
http://humanvillage.com/publication/larbre-den-faceWith the support of the local community and the dedication of a small number of... more
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Eric Coomans, a retired Dutch school teacher who 3 years ago founded Child Support, a grassroots NGO providing support to children in need. Working with orphaned, malnourished and abused children, Child Support works with the local hospital, schools and health centres in providing the attention and support these children need, with the aim of nursing children back to health and reintegrating them back in to their families and communities.
Doctors, midwives, and medically skilled, he needs you!
www.whattookyousolong.orgEric Coomans, a retired Dutch school teacher who 3 years ago founded Child Support, a... more
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In Bamako we meet and document the work of the Mali Health Project (MHOP), a grassroots NGO working with slum dwellers on the city’s edge. MHOP was founded 5 years ago by a visionary 19 year old American student volunteering in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, and in this short time has been integral in creating contact between a once forgotten community and the local government, and dramatically improved child mortality rates and basic standards of public health amongst some of Mali’s most vulnerable people.
http://www.malihealth.org/ht/d/sp/i/229/pid/229
http://whattookyousolong.orgIn Bamako we meet and document the work of the Mali Health Project (MHOP), a... more
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Fom its inception in the 80s doulos has remained true to its philosophy of community integration, to understand and address the issues facing the poor by living amongst them.
http://whattookyousolong.orgFom its inception in the 80s doulos has remained true to its philosophy of community... more
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Traveling as locals had never felt better; after 10 hours on the train we reach Choum where we changed to a packed up pickup; 6 people inside the car and 7 people in the bed, and the WTYSL team were of course those 7 hardcore people in the back on top of a pile of luggage stacked 3 feet over the bed’s capacity and held in with net. Throughout the 4 hours through the canyons and dune-ridden landscapes boasting shades of red, tan and yellow, we felt as if we had landed on Mars.
Arriving at Atar, it takes us one hour plus to mobilize the owner and driver of a bush taxi to take us to the capital. Without enough sleep the driver finally agrees to take the team and 2 more passengers down south. In the car with 10 people packed like sardines at 40 degrees Celsius (105 Fahrenheit), the air surrounding us becomes a sauna. A 6 hour ride turns into a 10 hour struggle against the machine a.k.a. the car we are traveling in. First problem: 2 hours after departure the tire bursts and changing it adds 45 minutes to the ride. Second problem: finding another tire to replace the next flat adds another hour. Third problem: at every police control the engine dies, forcing us to get out of the car and push-start the taxi again. It usually took us 3 or 4 pushes before the engine finally agreed to get back into the game. 4th problem: 6 hours down the road the car stops – we are out of fuel. The driver hitchhikes back to a town to pick up more fuel and the incident added 1 hour to our bush taxi experience.
http://whattookyousolong.orgTraveling as locals had never felt better; after 10 hours on the train we reach Choum... more
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During our 4 days in Marrakech we worked with Hakim at the Atfalouna association that provides shelter and support to the street children of Marrakech. This montage begins with our arrival and ends with a video directed by the kids.
http://www.atfalouna-marrakech.com/
http://whattookyousolong.org/During our 4 days in Marrakech we worked with Hakim at the Atfalouna association that... more
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Our quest to ride the iron train-cum-public-transport derives from our vision to travel as locals do, while giving us a way to connect, share and receive ideas and thoughts with the recently urbanized nomad population of Mauritania: the unofficial border country between Western Arab and sub-Saharan Africa.
http://whattookyousolong.orgOur quest to ride the iron train-cum-public-transport derives from our vision to... more
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As soon as we step off the bus in Layounne to the time we leave for Al Dakla we are followed. There is a significant security presence and the tension on the street is noticeable. Although WTYSL is non-political and we are here only with an interest in human stories, it soon becomes clear the state of occupation is the single most important social as well as political issue. Any attempt to improve the condition of people living in the region, whether native Sahwari or Morrocan, must involve a serious attempt at a political resolution.
http://whattookyousolong.org/2009/07/experiencing-occupation-layounne-smara-and-al-dakhla/As soon as we step off the bus in Layounne to the time we leave for Al Dakla we are... more
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