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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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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"). He runs these ultramarathons to raise money and generate awareness for charitable causes. It challenges you and makes you dig deep.

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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 ?

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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BB: Can you talk a little bit about the program, how long it is, what the women learn, and what some of the challenges are for them to make the training happen within their every day life? It is different in every place and oftentimes very laborious, but we are working on a potential program with The Open Society Institute in Myanmar.