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	<title>Global Breakthrough</title>
	
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		<title>Water: A Crisis of Poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Global Breakthrough, we celebrate other’s efforts to alleviate poverty and to address other social justice concerns. Today we give props to charity:water. Charity: water is a non-profit organization designed to help the impoverished access sources of clean and safe water close to their homes.   The Statistics According to water.org, one in eight people lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children of Cambodia. A Trip Update 2/20/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Child Trafficking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a small team currently in S.E. Asia. They have just spent a few days in Cambodia developing partnerships with existing organizations who work with children who are trafficked from Cambodia to Thailand.  Here is Jeff McKinley&#8217;s (President of Global Breakthrough) reflections on their trip: I’m writing from the bordering city of Poi Pet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Thailand Trip Update</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/february-thailand-trip-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trip Updates]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex tourism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Breakthrough&#8217;s first all male team is currently in Thailand working to impact the consumer side of the sex industry. Watch this video to find out more on what is in store for them: &#160; &#160; Want to get involved? Click here. &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Up Organization Making Positive Waves</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/girl-up-organization-making-positive-waves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Foundation campaign Girl Up is one of many new organizations in a girl-and-women-centric movement sweeping the NGO world. &#160; Girl Up&#8217;s Vision Girl Up focuses on connecting American girls to United Nations programs that help girls in developing countries around the world. The campaign’s goal is to have a world where all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unvoiced Diseases of Poverty Killing Millions</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/unvoiced-diseases-of-poverty-killing-millions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elepantiasis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Breakthrough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neglected diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over one billion people suffer from what are called neglected diseases (WHO). Neglected diseases are conditions inflicting people in the poorest countries of the world. They are dubbed ‘neglected’ due to the fact that these diseases are often overlooked by pharmaceutical companies, the news media, government officials, and public health programs, and since these diseases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Afghanistan Ready for a Female President?</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/is-afghanistan-ready-for-a-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fawzia Koofi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female president]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fawzia Koofi entered this world an unwanted baby; she won’t leave until her story is heard and her country takes steps towards a new way of life. Fawzia Koofi overcame all odds, rising from an unwanted girl to Afghanistan’s first female deputy speaker of Parliament.  She also served as a UNICEF child-protection officer in Badakshan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closer Look: Child Labor in Cambodia</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/closer-look-child-labor-in-cambodia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At seven years old, Doung Paeaktra is the sole provider for his family. His father is dead and his mother is nursing a new born babe. He sits on the banks of a river sifting through trash and looking for plastics he can recycle and thereby gain a few cents. Doung is not alone; it’s been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mu Sochua: Women Making a Difference</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/mu-sochua-women-making-a-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mu&#8217;s Story: Mu Sochua escaped Cambodia’s violent Khmer Rouge regime when her parents, fearing for her safety, sent her away never to see her again.  She returned to Cambodia 18 years later to advocate for human rights and proper governance.  Today, she serves as a Member of Parliament and Human Rights Advocate.  She has received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poorest of the Poor: the Dalit Children of India</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/poorest-of-the-poor-the-dalit-children-of-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalit Freedom Network]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you’re 12 and you have a job. Now imagine your job is to be lowered into a manhole to clear blocked sewers, with no protective gear. Imagine you’re 9 and you have a job that only you can do because of your social class. You’re job is to dispose of dead animals by dragging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Betty Makoni: Women Making a Difference</title>
		<link>http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/betty-makoni-women-making-a-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betty Makoni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forced marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girl Child Network]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newsweek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Daily Beast]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalbreakthrough.net/blog/?p=1349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyday, women across the globe are building schools, starting business, protesting corruption, and resisting prejudices. This courageous fight for human rights has increased the standard of living for all. In honor of these women, every year Newsweek and the Daily Beast highlight 150 of these amazing leaders. Read their remarkable stories here: “Newsweek and The Daily [...]]]></description>
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