CARE lawyer: Niger felt like ‘Hunger Games’ on steroids
Moni Basu, CNN, May 13
“Alexander has seen poverty before — in 1989, he helped found Hands on Atlanta, which grew to become one of the world’s largest community based volunteer organizations with more than half a million volunteers. But he’d never seen anything as abject as he did in Niger.”
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Obama Unveils $3B Private Sector Pledge to Fight Hunger in Africa
Mary Bruce, ABC News, May 18
“President Obama today announced a $3 billion private sector pledge to support agriculture and help feed Africa’s starving populations, saying the U.S. has a ‘moral obligation to lead the fight.'”
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Tanzania: Scientific Study Projects 450,000 More Stunted Children by 2020
Masembe Tambwe, Tanzania Daily News, May 19
“Scientific projections from a recent report published by the Save the Children show that by 2020, Tanzania will have an additional 450,000 stunted children.”
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