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TIGblogs are TakingITGlobal's online space for you to reflect on events, talk about your travels, comment on the news, or just chat about your day! Below you can read about what's new at TakingITGlobal in our staff group blog, check out the featured TIGblog, or browse through TIGblog entries from the last 24 hours. Did you miss something important? Check out the most popular entries this week on the right hand side of the page.
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Peter Levine , from Tufts University, mentioned TIG in his latest blog post on youth civic engagement. He asks a really pertinent question:
"I wondered why these other groups couldn't... (read more)
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$1.5 million contribution and skill-based assistance committed towards Millennium Villages project in Tanzania (read more)
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Poverty
Poverty is a scandal in a world that produces more than is necessary to nurture all the planet's inhabitants. It is an attack on dignity and a form of exclusion so serious that it leads to wars, conflicts and violence.
Violence often results from the refusal to share, from exclusion, from inadequate education and poverty; the resulting sense... (read more)
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A SILENT LOVE
From the very Begining, the girl's family objected strongly on her dating this guy. Saying that it has got to do with family background & that the girl will have to suffer for the rest of her life if she were to be with him.
Due to family's pressure, the couple quarrel very often. Though the girl love the guy deeply, but she always ask him:... (read more)
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Ugh?
I was mulling over issues I consider important for most budding and aspiring young economists, at least for myself.
When is can you call yourself an "economist"? Is it right after you get your esteemed and long-awaited bachelor's diploma in economics? Or after you finish your MA or PhD? Maybe when you land as a faculty member in one of the... (read more)
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The Sacred Lands Beckon!
The landscape is over 3 Billion Years old!
The Golden Globe is glittering in the Brilliant Blue Sky!
The Gentle Breeze is forever caressing you;
As the Birds, the Long Distance Travelers, dance in the Sky overhead or settle in their nests - feeding their newborn!
You cannot help but feel the deep Silence of the landscape; it acts as a... (read more)
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Happy Oktoberfest !!
G'Day All --
As you probably know, in Germany Oktoberfest is now celebrated during September, in order to increase the likelihood of favorable weather. So the greeting provided below -- coming to you in October -- is a little late.
Nevertheless, I hope you'll enjoy it. I try to include quite a few "bells and whistles" on... (read more)
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MOTIVATING COMMUNITIES TO ECONOMIC DRIVE
ENDING TO TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
I am working on an idea which will definitely result in the total end to poverty. This idea is developed from my 3rd objective in an NGO in Ghana – called NEED FOR FULL PEACE of which I am the founder.
I need resource assistance, contacts and networks to make this work and to be heard... (read more)
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Everyone is entitled to their beliefs...
Differences are as old as the saints:
By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter -
Nassau, Bahamas:
In a country with over 200 churches and 15 denominations it is sometimes hard to understand and appreciate the beliefs of others. As a result, some may find it hard to understand why one church preaches from the Bible while another may... (read more)
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hpt.2
Les hommes ont oublié cette vérité, dit le renard. Mais tu ne dois pas l’oublier. Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé.
(You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.)
TO YOU..
Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams,
I fear these supposed realities are to melt from under... (read more)
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POVERTY IS A LACK OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
Poverty, is condition of having insufficient resources or income. In its most extreme form, poverty is a lack of basic human needs, such as adequate and nutritious food, clothing, housing, clean water, and health services. Extreme poverty can cause terrible suffering and death, and even modest levels of poverty can prevent people from realizing... (read more)
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