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
Finally, there is some good news to report about AIDS. The number of new HIV infections around the world has dropped.
What’s causing it? You’ll...
When Dr. Beat Richner wants to raise money for some children’s hospitals in Cambodia, he whips out his cello.
He performs concerts for tourists wh...
Outside the port city of Calais, French police recently knocked down an encampment where more than a thousand illegal migrants lived while waiting ...
As diplomats work on peace in the Middle East, the West Bank town of Nablus is humming.
This week the World Vision Report talks to shopkeepers and...
When people go to prison in China, their children are frequently left behind to fend for themselves. This week the World Vision Report takes you t...
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The world marked another dubious milestone this week. According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world ...
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More than 250-thousand Americans lost their jobs last month, but unemployment for ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel is a way of life. They spend their...
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In remote regions of China, educational opportunities are limited. That’s because most of the qualified teachers leave for more lucrative teaching...
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Kenya is a country in crisis. There’s been no consistent rainfall there in a year. Crops are shriveling. Rivers are down to a trickle.
This w...
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Hip-Hop music has hopped all the way to Myanmar, or Burma. Musicians there use hip-hop as a means of protest against one of the most repressive go...
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The economy in Japan has improved slightly in recent months, but the country is still reeling from the global economic crisis. Many Japanese don’t...
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More money is spent every year on baldness than on fighting malaria.
Baldness can be ugly, but malaria kills more than a million people a year.
It...
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Around the world, polio is on the verge of being eradicated. But recently there have been outbreaks in countries that were previously polio-free. ...
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Nigeria is rich with oil, but its people are mired in poverty. Much of the country’s wealth has been lost to corruption. But the government is no...
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In the capital of Liberia there’s a building everyone calls “the Titanic.” It’s the local hangout for former fighters in the country’s civil war t...
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As President Obama visits Ghana, the World Vision Report this week focuses on the age-old question of whether foreign aid really helps the poor in ...
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This week on the World Vision Report, an award-winning story on a man in Liberia who posts the daily news on a chalkboard with headlines and symbol...
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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...
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The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran has sparked protests amid claims the election was a fraud. This week, the World Vision...
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As President Obama pushes for health care reform in this country, it’s an even stiffer challenge in South Africa. Private health care is too expen...
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