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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It's all about giving this week on the World Vision Report: giving time, talents, and resources to help others around the world. From dolls going t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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For Air Beginning Dec 31, 2010 A series of wars and conflicts has left an estimated one-and-a-half million unexploded bombs and landmines scattere...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Haiti is still in recovery mode from its devastating earthquake a year ago. Cell phones were a major lifeline immediately after the quake. This we...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Residents of southern Sudan won’t know until February if they have created the first new country in Africa in almost 20-years. This week the World ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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Families separated by war are being reunited in southern Sudan. Brothers and sisters, children and parents, see each other for the first time in y...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 27:56
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The rising cost of food is the focus of this week’s World Vision Report. A sharp increase in food prices already has sparked riots in Algeria and E...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Change is sweeping across parts of the Mid East. Protests and demonstrations brought down the government of Tunisia and now Egyptian president Hos...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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Persistent poverty, corruption, and youthful unrest are just some of the causes for the recent protests in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak. T...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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Egypt's tourism industry draws almost 15 million visitors a year and accounts for one out of every eight jobs. It represents 11% of the nation's ec...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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