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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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...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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Outside the port city of Calais, French police recently knocked down an encampment where more than a thousand illegal migrants lived while waiting ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Aug 28, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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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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  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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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  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1