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Class 6:  February 21, 2008 FORGOTTEN DISASTERS: MALARIA, SUDAN, TSUNAMI, AND “THE CNN EFFECT” Does LWR stay when the headlines go away? Absolutely. And we remember the lessons. Heather Dolphin, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (bio) Alissa Karg, Deputy Regional Director, Africa (bio) International Staff Profiles: Abdallah Ben Mabrouk, Program Officer, Niger (bio) This class is brought to you in partnership with The Lutheran Community Foundation. CLASS READINGS Join the Solution, how you can help: Buy Fair Trade: visit the website >> Join the Advocacy Network: visit the website >> Assemble Quilts, Kits, and Layettes: visit the website >> Give Cash Donations: visit the website >> For more information: Where do LWR Quilts, Kits, and Layettes Go? 2007 Shipping Chart: download the PDF document >> LWR Action Alert on Sudan: visit the website >> LWR Emergency Response to South Asian Tsunami: visit the website >> Reproducible Fact Sheet on Sudan: visit the website >> Current LWR News, search according to your interest at this webpage: visit the website >> Additional Resources: SUDAN FILMS God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2006) Directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker With Panther Bior, John Bul Dau, and Nicole Kidman Lost Boys of Sudan (2004) Directed by Megan Mylan & Jon Shenk Darfur Now (2007) Directed by Ted Braun Facing Sudan (2007) a documentary film by Bruce David Janu BOOKS NOT ON OUR WATCH: THE MISSION TO END GENOCIDE IN DARFUR AND BEYOND (2007) by Don Cheadle (Author), John Prendergast (Author) WHAT IS THE WHAT (2007) by Dave Eggers WEBSITES World Factbook visit the website >> BBC visit the website >> Reliefweb visit the website >> MALARIA WEBSITES World Malaria Report                        visit the website >> WHO Fact Sheet visit the website >> Unicef Statistics                      visit the website >> PMI Technical Areas               visit the website >> National Geographic  visit the website >> TSUNAMI ACT International's Tsunami Fact Sheet download the PDF document >>

 

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