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NGO Aid Map Twitter and Facebook Contest

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Submitted by Kellie Peake on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 7:56am

NGO Aid Map will be giving away $10 Starbucks gift cards every day this week, starting today, July 16 until July 17, 2012.

One in a Million; One Million Too Many

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Submitted by Sonia Lowman on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 4:27pm

In trying to make sense of the senseless world around us, we can talk ourselves in circles about cycles. Cycles of violence. Cycles of poverty. Giving the impression we understand them and are searching for a way to break them. Then there are weather cycles, crop cycles, food production cycles—and cycles of starvation so overwhelming that they almost break us.

South Sudan: “The worst living conditions I have ever seen”

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Submitted by Nicole Harris on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 10:47am

Since South Sudan’s independence in July last year, over 400,000 people have returned to their home country from Sudan. They arrive with little and the journey can take months.

Will NGOs Join the Open Data Movement?

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Submitted by Laia Grino on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 3:19pm

NGOs are certainly not expected to publish open data tomorrow. But open data is not just another trend that will eventually fade away – it represents a change in expectations about the way organizations should operate.

Deepening Food Insecurity Casts Shadow over South Sudan’s First Birthday

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Submitted by Crystal Wells on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 3:47pm

On July 9, the Republic of South Sudan will celebrate its first Independence Day since its secession from the Republic of Sudan in 2011. I recently travelled, first to Juba, the capital, and then to the Aweil West and Aweil North areas of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state—a region bordering the Republic of Sudan where a staggering 800,000 people live below the poverty line.

South Sudan One Year Later: What's Changed? A Q&A with the Independent Sudan Radio Service

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Submitted by Alison Cohen on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 3:27pm

On July 9, 2011, a historic vote resulted in southern Sudan seceding from the north. The Republic of South Sudan, Africa’s newest nation, was born.

Malnutrition Rates Reach Alarming New Highs in South Sudan

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Submitted by Elisabeth Anderson Rapport on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:18am

According to new field assessments from Action Against Hunger, in Aweil East, a South Sudanese county in the conflict-ridden border with Sudan, the prevailing malnutrition rate is a staggering 28.7%. That’s nearly double the threshold for a critical emergency.

Bottlenecks and Dripfeeds: How Much Has Changed?

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Submitted by Jennifer Lentfer on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 1:57pm

At the upcoming XIX International AIDS Conference here in Washington D.C., I'll be joining REPSSI (the Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative) as they celebrate their decade-long work to lessen the devastating social and emotional (psychosocial) impact of poverty, conflict, HIV and AIDS among children and youth across East and Southern Africa.

Refugees Flee Somalia Seeking Security

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 1:28pm

The Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) told Jesuit Refugee Service recently that the flow of refugees from Somalia into the Dollo Ado area has increased from about 300 a week to 1,000 a week. The influx is blamed on the al-Shabaab militant group. Refugees told JRS last month that the militants force rural Somalis to make a harsh choice: give up a son to join the fighters, or pay the militants off with camels or cash.

Alek Wek's Journey Home

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Submitted by Lauren Meling on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 2:33pm

This July, supermodel and former Sudanese refugee Alek Wek will make her first journey home since South Sudan gained independence last year.

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