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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

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Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

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Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease."

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Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes

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Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes When Cyclone Gombe devastated Malawi, it left many families displaced without housing. Unable to rebuild, she and her children lived in unstable conditions with relatives. The work of Nostos has also been acknowledged as a finalist for The Org Impact Awards.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

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In "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty" , Princeton University professor Peter Singer famously highlights one study in which individuals who were shown a picture of a girl named Rokia and told her story were willing to give far more than when asked to help three million hungry children in Malawi.

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