 Ways to Impact Your World every day
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The nation will celebrated Veterans Day on November 11. But veterans and their families need more than honor. They need help to cope with the terrible costs of war. AC360: Back from the Battle  | Full Story | Veterans in Focus
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Banafsha is only 11 but she is already the breadwinner for a family of eight. She is one of an estimated 60,000 street kids who roam the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan scrounging for survival. Full Story | Video
• Aschiana Foundation | International | U.S.
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It prefers to strike at night. It claims more than a million lives a year. And it is so lethal that it kills a child in Africa every 30 seconds. But one grassroots charity found a way to take on this tiny killer with a shockingly simple solution. Story
• NothingButNets.net
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Thousands of women and girls have been systematically raped during a 10-year war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. International aid groups are trying to halt the violence, but the world has been slow to respond. The leader of one aid group, shaken by her encounters with Congolese women, could barely find the right words to describe what she saw. Full Story |
One woman's story | Javier Bardem: ‘Vampires’ terrorizing Congo
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James Rolfe went to Afghanistan to help orphans. What he saw inspired him to do more. Now this California man is bringing smiles to a country that desperately needs all the relief it can get. Video
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Zimbabwe has been shaken by political turmoil and a collapsing economy. The African country is now dealing with a new threat: a deadly outbreak of cholera. Video
• Save the Children: US | UK
• UNICEF
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People devise all sorts of creative ways to raise money for charity. But how many involve a 760-pound pumpkin, a paddle and some astonished onlookers? Video
• Tri-City Children's Dream Foundation
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Tony Madone has donated his crops to charity for 13 years. The Colorado farmer gives to food banks, which are suffering shortages across the country. But when Madone recently fell ill, he discovered he had reaped an unexpected harvest elsewhere. Video
• Feeding America
• Society of St. Andrew
• Houston Food Bank
• The Food Project
• Emergency Food Network
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The desperate looks on the faces above only hint at the scale of the tragedy. The worst flooding in five decades in Bihar, India, has killed at least 2,000 people, displaced millions and destroyed 100 villages. Authorities say relief groups are overwhelmed – and more rain is expected. Full story | Video
• World Vision
• Save the Children
• Catholic Relief Services
• UNICEF
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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The next major disaster could overwhelm some U.S. relief groups, a government watchdog group warns. Full story
• The Salvation Army
• Catholic Charities USA
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Hurricane Ike may have dissipated, but millions of Americans who stood in its path are still suffering. Ike’s initial toll: dozens of people killed, thousands with no drinking water and millions without power. Ike’s fury was felt as far south as Texas and as north as Illinois. Full story | Ike's fury: Video | iReport.com: Ike Shatter's Texas
• Ways you can help
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Barack Obama and John McCain will appeared together in New York City to talk about service. The presidential candidates participated in a half-hour forum at Columbia University on civic engagement in the post-9/11 world. The event, sponsored by Time magazine, was hosted by Time’s managing editor, Rick Stengel and PBS’s Judy Woodruff. The forum was organized by ServiceNation, a coalition of more than 100 groups that offer Americans opportunities for service. Obama-McCain Unite | National Service
• ServiceNation
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When Mike and Kristin Bertrand lost their Los Angeles, California, home to foreclosure, they joined thousands of Americans who have suffered the same fate. But they also found a novel approach to dealing with their loss, one they’re now sharing with others. VIDEO
• California Community Foundation
• Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services
• Catholic Charities USA
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Irene Famulak has not seen her family since 1942. Nazi soldiers barged into her Ukrainian home and took her parents and five siblings. Famulak was forced to work in a labor camp and never saw her family again – until now. Full Story | Video
• American Red Cross
• International Tracing Service
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One day while driving with her father, Hannah Salwen noticed a Mercedes stopped next to a homeless man sitting on the curb. The conversation that followed led to a remarkable decision by the Salwen family.
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• The Hunger Project
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Children are our most precious but vulnerable resource. However, they face daily threats from violence, disease and disasters. CNN looks at the dangers they face around the globe and how you can help them survive.
In-depth: The Survival Project
• UNICEF
• Save the Children
• World Food Programme
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High winds and triple-digit temperatures continued to fan wildfires across Northern California. Thousands of residents have been forced to flee from their homes as firefighters struggled to contain at least 300 fires burning throughout the state.
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• American Red Cross
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The U.N. refugee agency commemorates World Refugee Day with a twist. It invites people to experience the precarious existence of a refugee in the heart of London.
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• Aid Darfur
• Refugees International
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They honor their country when they choose to risk their lives in faraway places. We honor them with vigils at cemeteries and Fourth of July holiday parades. Learn about one remarkable soldier whose love for his country inspired him to win the nation’s highest award for valor. Casualties: Who they are | iReport | Full Story
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Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
• Other military charities
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Tough economic times aren’t just affecting homeowners. They’re forcing some pet owners to make brutal choices.
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• Alliance for Stray Animals and People
• The Humane Society of the United States
• Petfinder.com
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Most children have a home. Khin Zaw Lin has a garbage dump. The seven-year-old Lin lives off of discarded food in a trash dump near the Myanmar border. CNN correspondent Dan Rivers met with Lin to find out why.
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• Mae Tao Clinic
• Save the Children
• Global Giving: Myanmar
• World Vision
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People turn to charities when they need help but where do charities turn when they need help? Some of the nation’s biggest charities are trying to figure that out. They report a surge in demand while their donations are slacking off. The people asking for help, though, don’t fit the profile of soup kitchens patrons. Most are working poor who are squeezed by high food and fuel prices and the foreclosure crisis.
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• Atlanta Community Food Bank
• United Food Bank
• America’s Second Harvest
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At least 5 million people have been left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck China. Earthquake victims have been helped, though, by China’s citizens and the international community. Story
• Some relief organizations working in China
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Three weeks after a cyclone killed at least 130,000 people in Myanmar, the country’s ruling junta announced it would admit all aid workers regardless of nationalities.
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• Some relief organizations working in Myanmar
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A lethal Midwest tornado, with winds of up to 175 miles per hour, killed at least 22 people – including a mother protecting her son. The storm ravaged parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Georgia. States of emergency were declared in Oklahoma and Georgia counties.
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• American Red Cross
• Salvation Army/U.S.
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CNN marked World Autism Awareness Day this past week by taking an unprecedented look at this mysterious disorder. The public’s response was quick and heartfelt. Readers gave moving accounts of living with and loving someone with autism. We share some of these stories from CNN iReporters, including one from the mother of an autistic boy who says she received a "a slice of pure heaven in her home."
Full Story | Autism in-depth | Autistic girl connects with animals
• Autism Research Institute
• Autism Society of America
• Autism Speaks
• Jacob’s Ladder
• Autism Source
• HALO
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War is no longer the business of men. A record number of American women are serving combat support roles in Iraq and Afghanistan. A significant number of female veterans return home battling a new enemy: "military sexual trauma."
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• Operation Homefront
• Armed Services YMCA of the USA
• National Military Family Association
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Thousands of residents are displaced and hundreds dead in Kenya following a deadly election dispute. Kenyans face a desperate economic situation and the threat of a food shortage in what aid agencies are calling a humanitarian crisis.
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• The World Food Programme
| UNHCR
• Concern
| Mercy Corps
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| World Vision
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Military veterans face a number of obstacles on their return home, from finding a job, continuing their education to sometimes dealing with life-changing injuries. Here are just a few ways to help veterans and military families. full story
• Fisher House | Freedom Calls
• American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund
• Operation Education
• When Duty Calls
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For some parts of New Orleans, rebuilding is still a dream more than two years after Hurricane Katrina. Once marked by dense housing, the Lower 9th Ward especially was heavily damaged by the storm. There has been little rebuilding done there since the storm, although some people have been living in trailers in the area.
• Make It Right | Rebuilding Together
• Greater New Orleans Foundation
• HOMEAID | Habitat for Humanity
• Foundation for the Mid South
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World AIDS Day is marked each year on December 1 to raise awareness and remember the disease's victims. full story
• UNAIDS - Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS
• AMFAR
• International HIV/AIDS Alliance
• The Body
• ActionAid International
• Medecins Sans Frontiers International
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Thousands of people died and countless others were left homeless after a cyclone rampaged along Bangladesh's coast. full story
International Red Cross and Red Crescent
• Save the Children | Caritas| CARE
• Catholic Relief Services | UNICEF
• World Food Programme | UNDP
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In September 2007, Zimbabwe faced a desperate economic situation that crippled the country and left many starving. Video 
Here are some ways you can help:
• Africare | CARE
• UNHCR | UNICEF
• Mercycorps | OXFAM
• Worldvision | Childreach/PLAN
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