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Being in Kenya for the very first time, I was uncomfortable and painful. That was the first time I’d missed the life I had back home.4While volunteering, I thought I was there helping change the community life, but in fact, this experience changed me more, helping me become independent...
When was the French State founded? When did the Kingdom of France end? When did New France become Canada? When did the Central African Republic gain independence? When did the French Colonial Empire end? When did Denmark gain independence? When did Henry IV rule France? When did Angola gain...
Mary’s Meals, an organization founded in 2002 by Scottish farmer Magnus Macfarlane- Barrow, provides needy kids in 12 countries with free meals at school each weekday. The group’s aim is to ensure that students have food in their stomachs so they can better fix their attention on the stu...
Late in 1990, when Paul Kagame was hiding on the Congolese side of the Virunga mountains preparing to invade Rwanda, his army were not the only inhabitants of that thickly forested volcanic range. The Virungas are also home to mountain gorillas (大猩猩). Soldiers are notoriously excited when...
In a November 2023 Taos News podcast hosted by her daughter Laura, Robin boasted that the newspaper, according to the National Newspaper Association, was “the best [small-town] weekly newspaper in the United States”. Ms. Martin, however, credited the Cura de Taos with having founded El ...
Why it is difficult in Rwanda to breathe was not because of alleged offences of genocide, but apparently because Mr. Rusesabagina had co-founded the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change (MRCD), based abroad, and had been very critical of the government of President Paul...
“I think we had timeless people who were not on stage for the first time. Naa Ashorkor has done this maybe three times. Chris took a break from hosting live shows, and I was looking forward to seeing him. On a scale of 0-10, I would give Chris a 7. The only place I didn’...
Now, the town finally has accommodations befitting the local history: August saw the opening of Cirqa, originally built in 1540, the year Arequipa was founded, as an inn for guests of the Church of San Agustín next door. The property marries preserved elements of the original parador — ...
10,000 WOMEN 10,000 Women was designed to foster shared economic growth in markets around the world. It is founded on research conducted by Goldman Sachs, the World Bank and others, which suggests that investments in education for women can offer significant economic and social returns...