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Female Genital Circumcision Still Practiced Worldwide

Posted 7月 20th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Nagat Elmahdi holds a newspaper article that she wrote as a journalist in Egypt. (photo: E. A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

It happened quickly, but it was extremely painful for five-year-old Faduma.

She sat with her legs spread apart, knowing her turn had come.

Pastor, Doctor Honored for Her Humanitarian Work in Africa and Massachusetts

Posted 5月 30th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
EthnicNewz.org
The Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond's humanitarianism has spanned decades and continents. She has founded or chaired organizations that help people in wartorn Sudan, and founded a ministry to help high-risk black teen girls in Boston. (photos: umb.edu)
Sarah Moten is education division chief for the Africa Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She received an honorary degree from the Univ. of Massachusetts Boston for her distinguished international career. (photo: umb.edu)

Burundian Refugees Embrace New Lives in Nashua, NH

Posted 5月 19th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Daniel Nyabenda is one of 39 Burundian refugees who is starting a new life in New Hampshire – free of civil war, crowded camps and biweekly 10.5-ounce food rations. (Photos: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz. See group photo at bottom of Web page.)

If you think you have problems, meet Daniel Nyabenda, an African refugee who has never had a home in his 32 years of life.

In Nashua, NH, 34 Burundians are finding peace as they transition into American culture. Here, 13 of them pose for a NEWz photo with Don Job of United Methodist Church. (Photo: E. A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

Mass. Doctor's Trips to Africa Help Poor Often-rejected Women

Posted 4月 12th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
JewishJournal.org
Writer: 
Susan Jacobs
Some of Dr. Michael Reich's patients in Nigeria wear donated clothes that he brought from America. (JewishJournal.org courtesy photo: Dr. Michael Reich)

Jewish Journal editor’s note: This is the Jewish Journal's final installment of a four-part series about North Shore (Massachusetts) doctors who volunteer their time and expertise i

Michael Reich, an OB/GYN in Mass., will depart on his 14th medical mission to Africa on May 24, 2008. He will perform surgery on poor Nigerian women who suffer from pregnancy-related complications. (JewishJournal.org courtesy photo: Dr. Michael Reich)
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