February 18, 2004
Staff Cautious as Traumatized Students Return to School Damaged by Israeli Forces
Teachers at World Vision’s Rehabilitation Center for the Deaf and Disabled will welcome their students back to class on Saturday. Students will return two weeks after the Israeli Defense Forces destroyed part of the school. Many students are still traumatized by the event. Read more...
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    		• Commercial Sex Workers Graduate to Better Lives
    Commercial sex workers in Zambia are returning to work this week. Thanks to sanduka (“transformation”), a job-training program run by World Vision and local churches, they are now employed in safe, healthy and dignified professions, many as seamstresses and tailors. Read more...
    		Displaced Women Confront Warlords, Demand End to Fighting
    Women in the Bay region of central Somalia have had enough of the fighting that has displaced their families, killed friends and relatives and continues to threaten their lives. For nearly five years, the Rehaweyn clan has been fighting in the region. As part of peace talks within the clan, women who had been displaced by the fighting met with warlords. Read more...
    		Consistent Charitable Givers, American Teens Gear Up for 30-Hour Famine
    Charitable giving has remained relatively consistent since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, according to the Gallup Organization’s annual “Lifestyle Survey,” reflecting patterns in Americans’ charitable giving, which was released yesterday. Read more...
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