As a team‚ we started off by establishing that we wanted to work with a non-profit involved with refugees and immigrants. This is because it is currently one of the biggest topics in the United States and the presidential debate. We became a group because we all were individually passionate about the issue and wanted to make as big of a difference as possible to help immigrants integrate into American lifestyle. We then met up‚ got to know each other a little bit better and how we work in teams‚
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Food insecurity is a very huge and deadly problem around the world and millions of people suffer from hunger and poor food sources every day‚ especially those overseas in countries like the republic of Congo‚ Zimbabwe‚ Liberia‚ Burundi‚ and Eritrea. (http://top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=8d7963b5). But there are thousands of social workers abroad and nationally that fights for these people and try to get them the supplies they need to survive and not die of hunger or poor food that is diseased or
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Over the course of more than three and a half centuries‚ the transportation of at least twelve million men‚ women‚ and children from their African homelands to the Americas changed forever the face and character of the modern world. The slave trade was brutal and horrific‚ and the enslavement of Africans was cruel‚ exploitative‚ and dehumanizing.Together‚ they represent one of the longest and most sustained assaults on the very life‚ integrity‚ and dignity of human beings in history. In the Americas
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are somewhat bias because she is a women. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso holds a PhD in Political Science from theUniversity of Ibadan‚ Nigeria. Her research interests are gender/women andpost conflict peace-building‚ refugee women‚ transitional justice‚ Liberia‚and African politics. This
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The Cold War‚ often dated from 1947 to 1991‚ was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc‚ dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies‚ and powers in the Eastern Bloc‚ dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany‚ leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. A neutral faction arose with the
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The Idi Amin I knew By Brian Barron BBC Africa Correspondent 1977 - 1981 The first time I encountered the intimidating presence of the one-time sergeant major in the King’s African Rifles was 26 years ago at a military ceremony in West Nile Province‚ his home tribal district. We landed on an old British colonial airstrip in one of his Hercules transports‚ normally used to import scarce luxury goods for the Ugandan dictator and his henchmen. It was a scorching day but Amin was wearing his
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Bank‚ Oprah Winfrey and any others willing to contribute to our cause‚ we are confident that the Ivory Coast can be put on a steady path to success. The Ivory Coast is located on the South coast of West Africa. Surrounding countries include Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Burkina Faso and Ghana. The country is about 322‚463 sq. Kilometers. Today‚ there are over 20 million people living in the Ivory Coast. There are about 39 people per sq. Kilometer. There is a pretty even number of males to females‚ 51% males‚ to
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forced into roles such as porters‚ cooks‚ messengers‚ spies‚ human shields‚ sexual slaves or frontline combatants. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662600/>. They are being abducted in Afghanistan‚ Angola‚ Burma‚ Iraq‚ Lebanon‚ Liberia‚ Mali‚ Somalia‚ Sri Lanka‚ Sudan and the Former Yugoslavia but are most common in Afric Uganda and Sierra Leone. “Many are recruited to become soldiers if they are separated from their families‚ are poor‚ are displaced from their homes or are living
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Ladonya Gatling World Civilizations II Mr. Mitchell 10:00-10:50 (MWF) Colonialism in Africa "Neither imperialism nor colonialism is a simple act of accumulation nor acquisition… Out of imperialism‚ notions about culture were classified‚ reinforced‚ criticized or rejected” (BBC World Service). The nineteenth century saw massive changes in Africa. Some were driven by famine and disease (BBC World Service). Some changes were the result of the territorial ambitions of African rulers. As the century
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