World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour

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The Global News Partnership (formerly World Vision Report) produces this news magazine that captures the human stories behind global issues, taking listeners into the lives of ordinary people in the developing world.

The Global News Partnership (formerly World Vision Report) produces this news magazine that captures the human stories behind global issues, taking listeners into the lives of ordinary people in the developing world.


109 Pieces

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GNP Show 8 (Half Hour) World Vacation
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Summer tourism with a twist is the theme this week on the World Vision Report. In Nepal, we follow a street vendor who sells an exotic musical ins...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP 007 (Half Hour) Emmanuel Jal and Spleen Sandwiches
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, w...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 06 (Half Hour)-World Hunger and Popcorn
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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(To air the week of June 18,2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 05 (Half Hour) Afghan Orphans
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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(To air the week of June 11, 2011). An orphanage in Afghanistan for descendants of Genghis Khan… …teenage refugees sing peace but get death threats...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 004 (Half Hour) - Coffee
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On this week’s show we look at efforts to contain the Mafia in Sicily. We also explore who makes the big money off of coffee, and how coffee growi...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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GNP Show 03 Half Hour Clinics in Sudan and Toys in Haiti
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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If you get sick in southern Sudan, your chances of dying escalate. Health care is a rare thing in that part of the world. This week, we talk wit...

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  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 2 (Half hour)-8 year old Mechanics to air the week of May 21, 2011
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Okay, you're on the road in Pakistan and your car breaks down. You pull into the nearest auto garage and an eight-year old kid comes out to look u...

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
GNP Half Hour #1--Western Union and Tamales
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Many families in Africa go without medical care or prescriptions because they don’t have the money. Now residents of Senegal can purchase micro-in...

  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR Show 382 - Mexico Special (Half hour to air May 7, 2011)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Spend a half-hour in Mexico this week without ever leaving home. It's all on The World Vision Report. From immigration issues to a plate full of ta...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
Show 381--African Stowaways (Half hour to air week of April 30, 2011)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR Show 380 World Music Half Hour
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Crank up your ipod. We’re going on a musical journey around the world on this week’s edition of the World Vision Report. In Iran, Isla...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
WVR - Show 379 (Half Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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The tiger of free enterprise is now loose in Cuba. The socialist government there now allows private citizens to own small businesses. Despite heav...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR - Show 378 (Half Hour) - Egypt and Baseball
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An "emergency law" put in place 30-years ago in Egypt is still in place and it's believed thousands of political prisoners, bloggers, and other act...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR - Show 377 (Half Hour) - Help Portraits and Mamou Playboys
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This week the World Vision Report focuses on those little events in life that often times matter most to people. For instance, professional photog...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR - Show 376 (Half Hour) - Media Freedom
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Modern communications is changing the world of journalism. So-called “citizen journalists” have kept the world informed on the revolutions spreadi...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
WVR - Show 375 (Half Hour) - Sustainable City and Micro Credit
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Officials in Haiti may want to visit Mexico and how it’s rebuilding cities wiped out by disaster. This week the World Vision Report visits a brand ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR - Show 375 (One Hour) - Sustainable City and Ruben Blades
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Officials in Haiti may want to visit Mexico and how it's rebuilding cities wiped out by disaster. This week the World Vision Report visits a brand ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
WVR - Show 374 (Half Hour) - Libya and China
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Young men in eastern Libya say they’d rather risk their lives trying to toss Muammar Gaddafi from power than to live a life of poverty under Gaddaf...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
WVR - Show 373 (Half Hour) - Revolution
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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The fires of reform continue to burn across North Africa and the Middle East as more countries face demands for democracy. But what about sub-Saha...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
WVR - Show 372 (Half Hour) - Libya and Refugees
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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The fires of revolution continue to spread across North Africa. First Tunisia, then Egypt, and now Libya deals with demands from its people for ch...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:00