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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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Ultramarathons are extreme running events: 250-kilometer (155-mile) foot races over five or six days in the harshest environments on Earth. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). spanhidden.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. What have been the challenges of using that process? What's the challenge of using that process ?