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         <title>Finding hope amid HIV</title> 
      
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         An NGO in Mauritania is continuing its fight to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV, in partnership with an ACT Alliance member.

         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
      <dc:creator>Thomas Ekelund, LWF</dc:creator>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-22T04:15:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>Address climate gaps in Bonn, ACT says</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/address-climate-gaps-in-bonn-act-says</link>
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         With the latest round of climate change negotiations now underway, ACT Alliance is urging governments to address the failures of last year's COP 17 climate talks in Durban, South Africa.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-21T10:45:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>Will the private sector pay the climate bill?</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/will-the-private-sector-pay-the-climate-bill</link>
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         In a time where Western governments struggle to keep their national budgets above the red lines, increased allocations for climate finance are not popular. 
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-21T10:25:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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         <title>Rehabilitation work continues in the Philippines</title> 
      
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         The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) is running a rehabilitation programme to support local communities devastated by last year’s typhoons.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-10T09:45:26Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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         <title>Latin American inequality under focus</title> 
      
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         The significant gap between Latin America’s rich and poor communities is fuelling crime, violence and political instability, warns a new report on inequality in the region, launched by ACT Alliance member Christian Aid.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-09T13:21:21Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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         <title>Irrigation systems inaugurated in Cambodia</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/irrigation-systems-inaugurated-in-cambodia</link>
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         Life With Dignity (LWD) has opened two irrigation systems worth $150,000 in Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province to help farmers irrigate their rice fields.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-09T13:14:15Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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         <title>Towards ecumenical companionship in Colombia</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/towards-ecumenical-accompaniment-in-colombia</link>
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         In recent decades Colombia has witnessed nearly five million people being driven away from their lands.
         
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      <dc:date>2012-05-09T11:55:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>Supporting Colombia's vulnerable communities</title> 
      
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         An ecumenical programme in Colombia is preparing the next phase of its work to support vulnerable communities facing armed conflict and displacement.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-09T11:35:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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         <title>Flood-affected people training to reduce disaster risk</title> 
      
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         A disaster risk reduction initiative taught people how to save their own lives and help others through various life-saving techniques during disasters.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-09T11:05:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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         <title>Contaminated water hampers the life of the returnees in South Sudan</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/contaminated-water-hampers-the-life-of-the-returnees-in-south-sudan</link>
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         Norwegian Church Aid, a member of ACT Alliance, is providing the basics so the refugees from Abyei can rebuild their lives.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
      <dc:creator>Melany Markham</dc:creator>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-09T08:25:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>Midwives Improve Lives for Mothers and Children</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/midwives-improve-lives-for-mothers-and-children</link>
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         ACT member PWRDF supports maternal and child health and preventive health programs in Bangladesh as part of PWRDF’s CIDA-funded health sector program
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
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      <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:55:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>A deepening food crisis</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/a-deepening-food-crisis-1</link>
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         West African region of the Sahel is on the brink of famine. Governments have declared states of emergency and called for international assistance. And at the same time thousands of refugees cross the borders of Mali fleeing the clashes between Tuaregs and armed forces. ACT Alliance member Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is responsible for providing a safe haven for the thousands of people fleeing in to Mauritania every day.
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
      <dc:creator>Thomas Ekelund</dc:creator>
      <dc:rights></dc:rights>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T11:55:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Story</dc:type>
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   <item rdf:about="http://www.actalliance.org/stories/feeding-children2019s-imaginations-keeping-them-in-class">
       
         <title>Feeding children’s imaginations, keeping them in class</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/feeding-children2019s-imaginations-keeping-them-in-class</link>
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         Attendance to Emukatan primary School in Kenya improved last year when ACT member, the Anglican Church of Kenya, started trucking in essential food: maize, beans, cooking oil and porridge flour
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
      <dc:creator>George Arende</dc:creator>
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      <dc:date>2012-04-18T11:50:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>South Sudan: humanitarian crisis mounts as peace flounders</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/imminent-humanitarian-crisis</link>
      <description>
         The humanitarian consequences of political turmoil is expected to mount in the coming months
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
      <dc:creator>by Christopher Nyamandi from Juba, South Sudan</dc:creator>
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      <dc:date>2012-03-14T14:45:00Z</dc:date>
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         <title>Ugandan evacuees return home after decades of conflict</title> 
      
      <link>http://www.actalliance.org/stories/the-beauty-of-life-is-in-returning-home</link>
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         More than 20 years after Ugandan residents of the Pader area fled LRA violence, ACT is helping them return home
         
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      <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
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      <dc:date>2012-03-13T09:35:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:type>Member Story</dc:type>
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