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  2 April Apr 2018 1006 10 months ago

  'I have no thought of escaping': inside the Brazilian prisons with no guards

  In a country where jails are seen as ticking timebombs, a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking suc...

  Brazil
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  20 March Mar 2018 0915 11 months ago

  7 year SCORE project: an immense learning opportunity

  The speech of Giampaolo Silvestri, AVSI general segretary, at Sustainable Comprehensive Responses for Vulnerable Chil...

  Uganda
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  14 March Mar 2018 1727 11 months ago

  Syrian refugees: after 7 years of war, more than a half of children in Lebanon and Jordan still not in school

  Sahar’s story is representative of this generation of Syrian kids with no access to formal education.

  Lebanon Jordan
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  13 March Mar 2018 1616 11 months ago

  NGO consortium ‘Back to the Future’ opens educational community centers and rehabilitates public schools across Jordan

  Over 13600 children reclaim their right to education in Jordan, thanks to Back to the Future. Financed by the ‘Madad’...

  Lebanon Jordan
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  9 March Mar 2018 1235 11 months ago

  Syria is a new 'massacre of the innocents,' nuncio says

  Zenari, who has served as apostolic nuncio since 2008 and was named a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2016, spoke at a Ma...

  Syria
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  8 March Mar 2018 1128 11 months ago

  Burundi: visit of the EU Delegation to the project "Preventing and assisting victims of gender-based violence"

  Four organizations have joined to help women victims of violence: in the first year of operation, more than two thous...

  Burundi
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  6 March Mar 2018 1135 11 months ago

  Opposing gender-based violence in Palestine

  The closing event of an AICS funded initiative implemented by AVSI, aimed at raising awareness on gender-based vio...

  Palestine
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  23 February Feb 2018 1417 11 months ago

  Pope Francis calls for a day of fasting and prayer for DRC and South Sudan

  Both countries have been dogged by security and humanitarian crisis over the past few years: AVSI's activities close ...

  South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo
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  13 February Feb 2018 1136 one year ago

  4.5 million displaced in Congo ‘struggling to survive,’ says aid worker

  Mark Pattison (Catholic News Service) interviews Chiara Nava - AVSI desk officer for DR Congo and South Sudan

  Democratic Republic of the Congo
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  2 February Feb 2018 1533 one year ago

  Over 7000 children reclaim their right to education, thanks to Back to the Future

  The major education initiative - supported by AVSI, Terre des Hommes and War Child - reached 7245 children from Syri...

  Lebanon Jordan
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  30 January Jan 2018 1651 one year ago

  Haiti, supporting 4,800 children engaged in child labour.

  Thanks to a project funded by Us Department Of Labor (USDOL), AVSI is committed to help children engaged in child lab...

  Haiti
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  30 January Jan 2018 1623 one year ago

  "Graduating to resilience": hope for refugees and vulnerable families in Uganda

  This new year initiated the start of the USAID-funded "Graduating to resilience" project, implemented by AVSI in part...

  Uganda