Stories from the World Vision Report

Series produced by World Vision Report

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Individual stories from the weekly World Vision Report.

Individual stories from the weekly World Vision Report.


148 Pieces

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Domestic Worker Rights NYC
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Just before Labor Day, New York Governor David Paterson signed into law a bill of rights for domestic workers. The law protects more than 200,000 ...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Jill Seaman
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Dr Jill Seaman is driven by a desire to help people. She’s spent much of her life in a remote part of Sudan, helping villagers who suffer from inf...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
Free "Breakfast"
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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The month of Ramadan has just come to an end. More than a billion Muslims spend this period fasting from sunup to sundown. In this reporter’s not...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
What's Cooking? - Goat Cutlet
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In Ethiopia and other parts of East Africa, people get their milk and their meat from goats. Jamal Hashi has first-hand experience. As a boy he sp...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
Sole Rebels
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Very few women in Ethiopia finish high school. Even fewer start successful businesses. But Bethlehem Tilahun has done both. As a result, she’s b...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Pakistan Flood
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In Pakistan, floods have displaced millions of people . Farmers have also lost millions of acres of crops and livestock. Pakistani reporter Imtia...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
Child Migrant Day in the Life - Plus Reporter Notebook
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Story: Every day, hundreds of Central American migrants ride on top of Mexican freight trains bound for the US border. Kids and teenagers often att...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 12:34
Ganesha Workers
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Hindus are gathering in homes and temples this week in India to celebrate the birthday of one of their most popular deities -- a pot-bellied figure...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
What's Cooking? - Plear Salad
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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You might just call it “survival salad.” When Kunrath Lam was a little girl, she survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. During those...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
Kung Fu Grannies
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In the slums of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, rape and gang violence are common. Sometimes, elderly women are the targets because they appear to be fr...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 3
Nasser Mizdawi
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Nasser Mizdawi is a Libyan superstar. He brought pop to the Libyan music scene at a time when the country had just emerged from a revolution. The...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 1
Police on Facebook
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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More than six million cars, trucks, and other vehicles clog the streets of New Delhi, India every day. And there’s not nearly enough police to enf...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3
River Coyote
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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You know about illegal immigrants who swim across the Rio Grande to get into Texas. But down on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala it’s the R...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
Street Shrink
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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One in seven Americans lives in poverty. That number ricocheted around the country last week when the 2009 census released its report. The number...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Trashy Bags
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In a new series, “Stuff that Works” we look at good ideas that solve a specific problem. All across West Africa, you can buy water on the street. ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
What's Cooking? - Chicken Tawa
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Iraq appears to be inching toward establishing a new government. But the outcome won’t affect Rodwan Nakshabandi. He left Iraq in the late 80s af...

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Favela Surf Club
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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There were no outright winners in last Sunday’s presidential election in Brazil. Frontrunner Dilma Rousseff faces a run off election. She’s hopin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:22
Libya Tourism
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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A recent travel warning has put tourists in Europe on high alert. But tourists are traveling freely in Libya for the first time in decades. The c...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Micro Liquor
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Some people in Tanzania say alcohol consumption is contributing to greater poverty. Two liquor companies there now package strong liquor in small ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:02
Sustainable Farming
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Most farmers In Haiti have abandoned rural areas over the past 50 years to go live in the city. But one community in the Central Plateau has manag...

Bought by KZYX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2

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