5 Life lessons I’m grateful Ethiopia taught me
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Raising awareness about US foreign aid – and asking for your voice
Blogger Rana DiOrio, Founder and Chief Executive of Little Pickle Press, traveled to Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on the Little Pickle Press blog, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip Feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders My recent trip to Ethiopia with a delegation of ONEMoms (and ONE Mums) affected me profoundly. I went
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EXCERPT: Doing my part to help save international aid
This excerpt was originally published on CC Chapman’s website. To read the full version, go here. In the coming days and weeks, we are going to hear a lot about the “fiscal cliff” that we as a country are approaching. I’m not an economist or a government expert, so my over simplified summation is that there
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FEATURED AUTHOR: Cathleen Falsani
What Americans Think About U.S. Foreign Aid Might Surprise You
In an OpEd that appeared on POLITICO last Monday, Mike Huckabee, the former Republican governor of Arkansas, and Blanche Lincoln, the former Democratic senator from Arkansas — who together co-chair ONE Vote 2012, a non-partisan campaign to make global health and extreme poverty foreign policy priorities in the 2012 presidential election, wrote about the importance
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Reasons to be Cheerful: The supportive bloggers edition
I was sat here yesterday afternoon wondering what might be the theme or twist to my #R2BC post for today and a few things were coming to me but as I finally got myself organised and answered all the comments that have been sitting unanswered on my blog for the last 3 weeks or so
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A Cold, Hard Fact on AIDS
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Universal Languages
It seems that I can’t stop talking about Ethiopia. Maybe that was the plan all along. Maybe the thing about allowing this kind of travel to change a person has manifested itself in an ALL ETHIOPIA ALL THE TIME theme with me. Whatever it is, I am going with it. On our travels we got
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Ethiopia Part 3: Kids, schools and education
The highlight of my visit to Ethiopia had to be visiting the various schools and childrens’ homes that were a liberal part of our agenda. Here’s a pro tip: if you’re ever in a country that feels completely foreign, find a spot where there are children, and close your eyes. There is something so universal
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Thirty days of little things: Day 1
ONE Mom Diana Prichard traveled with ONE to Ethiopia this October. This piece, originally published on Righteous Bacon, is part of our ongoing coverage of the trip. Since returning from Ethiopia I’ve felt a bit like my wheels are spinning. I have a lot to say, but am unsure how to say it. I have a lot to do, but