Monthly Archives: October 2011

PHOTOS: Revolution & Evolution: My Trip to Egypt – Part 2

By Carolyn | Published October 26, 2011

Don’t forget to check out the first part of my trip, a visit to one of our Early Childhood Development centers. After a fun morning with the kids, I headed over to visit our maternal and newborn health program in Assiut, which was a great opportunity to see how much our programs depend on partnerships […]

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Revolution & Evolution: My Trip to Egypt – Part 1

By Carolyn | Published October 24, 2011

I just returned from a quick—but packed!—trip to Egypt and was struck by both the breathtaking speed of change in the country and the still-hovering sense of uncertainty. It’s as if the whole country is standing on the bank of a strong-running river, trying to decide whether to jump in and swim to the other […]

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AIDs in Africa Thirty Years On….

By Carolyn | Published October 12, 2011

The AIDS epidemic reached 30 this year and though there has been a huge amount of progress here in the U.S., the story in Africa is a vastly different one. On the continent, women and children are the main victims of the disease with the fastest growth of infection rate now among women and youth. […]

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