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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![Picture of Amida Yunis James, student at Rumbek Comboni Primary School, holds her new dignity kit and school kit she just recieved.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/MediaSpace_SouthSudan_Resouce%20ID%20129093.jpg.webp?itok=owcLPRNq)
Material resources impact report - Winter 2024
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Health
Location
South Sudan + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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Addressing the emotional pain of war
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Health
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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Healing when trauma builds up
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Health
Location
Nigeria
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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Pleins feux sur Margaryta
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Health
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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Giving babies a boost
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Health
Location
South Sudan
Date
Media Type
Video story
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Dignity kits part 2: Sewing for home / Rebecca Deng
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Health, Education
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Keeping girls in school with dignity kits in South Sudan
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Education, Health
Location
South Sudan
Date
Media Type
Video story
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Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria
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Health, Education
Location
South Sudan
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Beyond Trauma Care
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Health
Location
Kentucky + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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New hope and a chance to heal
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Health
Location
Nepal
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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Saving babies’ lives, mending relationships
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Health
Location
Burkina Faso
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A Nepali woman sits on the ground and feeds a baby with a spoon. Another child is sitting to the left of her.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/feeding-enhanced.jpg.webp?itok=TxDr3MKj)
Super flour saves the day for children in Nepal
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Health, Food
Location
Nepal
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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