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Petition to President Obama asking him to protect funding for HIV/AIDS programs
In advance of President Obama’s release of budget requests for the 2014 financial year,we ask you to sign a petition calling him to preserve funding for HIV/AIDS programs. We have 30 days to collect...
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Congress extends lifeline support to millions around the world
Patricia Kisare writes about the reauthorization of PEPFAR and the concern of its decreased funding in the latest PeaceSigns. One of the most successful global health programs, PEPFAR’s extension comes...
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E-Memo: October 6, 2014
Marching for action on climate change Several dozen Mennonites joined the estimated 400,000 people who walked in the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21, 2014. Two days later, world...
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Health as a human right with HIV/AIDS
Health is a fundamental human right. Therefore, each individual, society as a whole, and the government share in the responsibility for providing equal access to healthcare for all. For the highest...
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Beyond treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, … and yet you do not supply their...
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Rejected and stigmatized, but saved by your love
In March, I met with Hannatu Anthony* one of the beneficiaries of free medications, treatments and socio-economic empowerment programs made possible by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) support for the...
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Reaching both mother and child
Victor Ncube is a 3-month-old baby at Isaiah’s Baby Home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, which provides basic services for abandoned or orphaned children. At any given time, up to 20 children at the home...
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The greatest act is love
The U.S. government has been an integral leader in the fight against extreme poverty globally, investing in life-saving humanitarian and development needs. The needs remain enormous. About 65.3 million...
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Doing more than just assisting
Martina Talatu Garba was looking forward to becoming a mother, in a culture that highly values having children. Unfortunately, her hopes were dashed when she died at childbirth due to complications...
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January 7, 2019 Looking back at 2018 and ahead to 2019 As we begin 2019, we are grateful for the advocacy work that we have been able to do together with you over the past year. We celebrated reforms...
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