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Elderly Woman Frees Child Slaves In Nepal
Olga Murray laughs when she's called a modern-day abolitionist. It is, however, a fair description.
This 82-year-old retired lawyer from California now spends half of her time living in Katmandu, Nepal, where she works to free child slaves.
"It's very difficult to think that in the 21st century, this is a practice," said Murray. But, she argued, "it's happening all over the world, and a lot of people don't know about it."
She is no tourist. She and her organization, Friends of Needy Children, have come up with a remarkably simple and successful method of liberating hundreds of young, female slaves.
For generations in Nepal impoverished families from the countryside have been selling their daughters to wealthy families where the girls, known as "kamlaris," are forced to do housework.
When asked why parents would sell their children, Murray explained, "It's not because they don't love them. It's like they have no choice. Sometimes it's a choice between selling their girl & and feeding the rest of their family."
The practice has become so widespread and socially acceptable that we were able to meet and interview slave girls and their owners.
According to the non-profit group Free The Slaves there are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world right now -- more than at any time in recorded history.
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When you buy something from this website, the company gives to a cause that you care about. Tonic Generation hands over a big chunk of their revenue, 40% on average, to the people who need it most. You can also track the impact of the money you gave. The good news is that they're not in competition for dollars you donate to other worthy non-profits. They just sell you stylish stuff and support meaningful causes along the way. See the difference you can make with your purchasing power. When you buy something from this website, the company gives to a cause that you care about. Tonic Generation hands over a big chunk of... more
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Stop junk mail and help the environment
GreenDimes was created to give you a choice about what gets into your home's mail box, and what doesn't. As the trusted leader in stopping unwanted junk mail, we've worked hard to develop effective, long-lasting processes and procedures that really can cut junk mail by up to 90%. Results can be seen in as little as 3 months. All you have to do is sign up at their website and pay a one time only fee of $20. The money you pay them will be used to plant trees across the country. GreenDimes was created to give you a choice about what gets into your home's mail box, and what doesn't. As the trusted leader in sto... more
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Reading rainbow
You shouldn't judge books by their covers... but you certainly can organize them by their color! For the super organized, color obsessed book lovers, here's a weekend project for you! You shouldn't judge books by their covers... but you certainly can organize them by their color! For the super organized, color obsess... more
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Dreamers Who Do
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VisitHoustonTexas.com
A one stop resource for planning travel, business, conventions and recreation in America's 4th largest city. The site has special travel packages, comprehensive listings of events and attractions and extensive multimedia resources.
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The Hipster PDA
From the original site:
The Hipster PDA (Parietal Disgorgement Aid) is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work. It scales brilliantly, degrades gracefully, supports optional categories and beaming, and is configurable to an unlimited number of options. Best of all, the Hipster PDA fits into your hip pocket and costs practically nothing to purchase and maintain. Lets make one together.
Building your first Hipster PDA
1. get a bunch of 3"x5" file cards (heres 500 for around 3 bucks)
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10 Ways to remove clutter from your life
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