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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Afghanistan is a male dominated country. Women are often treated as little more than an object or possession. No education, no jobs, and abuse is c...
- Added: Dec 17, 2010
- Length: 28:00
How do you build a house without wood, cement, and other construction materials? That's a big problem facing homeowners in the Gaza Strip. So, an i...
- Added: Dec 10, 2010
- Length: 28:00
As tensions between North and South Korea heat up, more and more North Koreans may be making a dash for freedom into China. That’s a very perilous...
- Added: Dec 03, 2010
- Length: 28:00
For air Thanksgiving Weekend 2010
Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rap...
- Added: Nov 22, 2010
- Length: 28:00
If you’re planning a trip to the Gaza Strip, you better take some bottled water along. Water in Gaza is salty and laced with sewage that seeps int...
- Added: Nov 19, 2010
- Length: 28:00
As if January's earthquake wasn't enough, Haiti is now dealing with an outbreak of cholera aggravated by flood waters in the wake of Hurricane Toma...
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- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
From a firefight in Iraq to fighting extreme poverty in Africa -- that’s the journey of a former special operations officer with the Marines. On t...
- Added: Nov 05, 2010
- Length: 28:00
Two clerics in Syria -- one Muslim, one Christian -- talk openly about a subject rarely discussed in public -- HIV-AIDS. They’re working to change...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2010
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
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: Oct 22, 2010
- Length: 28:00
You think driving to work in your town is a mess? Try navigating the streets of India’s major cities. It’s chaos and confusion of the first order...
- Added: Oct 15, 2010
- Length: 28:00
Children in one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest slums take up surfing instead of drugs and crime. Promoters say surfboarding has worked wonders over t...
- Added: Oct 08, 2010
- Length: 28:00
