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From lifesaving medicine to safe drinking water, here's how you can help to save a life. 
Action, Give, Medicine 
World Water Week: A new report finds investment in water has far reaching impacts. 
Action, Water Crisis, World Water Week 
A New Web Page Set to Help Millions Tackle Malnutrition  
World Health Organization, WHO, Nutrition 
VisionSpring: Improving Lives, Saving Vision 
Action, Vision Spring, Bangladesh 
Give Blood, Save a Life 
action, blood,  
An International Call to Action: AIDS Activists March for Justice  
Action, AIDS, HIV 
Three UK Mums Reach Over 20 Million People on Twitter 
Action, Save the Children UK, Mozambique 
Watch: HBO and RED present "The Lazarus Effect" 
Action, RED, AIDS 
ONE App That Could Change the World: One Launches Mobile App 
Action, ONE App, Global Health 
Innovative Ideas for Social Change: Introducing the 2011 Echoing Green Fellows  
Action, Innovation, Echoing Green 
Questions for Ani Vallabhaneni and David Aurebach: 2011 Echoing Green Fellows for an innovative idea to bring an economically sustainable network of clean toilets that convert waste to electricity and fertilizer to Kenya's slums. 
Action, Echoing Green, Kenya 
Holy Water Healing: A committed doctor and a passionate priest team up to fight HIV and TB in Ethiopia. 
Action, Living Proof, ONE 
Race for Water: Virginia School Brings Water to School in Dhaka, Bangladesh 
Action, Water, H20 For Life 
G-20 Creates a 5-Point Action Plan to Deal With Rising Price of Food 
Action, Food Prices, G-20 
ONE releases report on Aid in sub-Saharan Africa: G7 Fails to Meet Commitments 
Action, ONE, Africa 
Building Schools in Haiti: Petra Nemkova and The Happy Hearts Fund Open a Kindergarden 
Action, Haiti, Education 
World Health Assembly: WHO delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to address the world’s biggest health concerns 
Action, Global Health, World Health Assembly 
Travel Like a Superstar: Win a trip with Will and Jada Smith through Charity:Water 
Action, Charity:Water, Will Smith 
Women in Congo: New study finds rape is at an all time high  
Action, Congo, Rape 
Super Role Model: Liya Kebede is Changing the Face of Maternal Health 
Action, Liya Kebede, Maternal Health 
2011 State of the World's Mother's Report: Small Investments Have Huge Impact 
Action, State of the World's Mothers Report, Save the Children 
Raising Awareness for Maternal Health Issues: Christy Turlington Premieres “No Woman No Cry” and Launches the "Count Me In! Campaign"  
Action, Maternal Health, Christy Turlington 
A Cookstove for Every Culture: The Justa Griddle Cookstove offers a clean alternative in Central America  
Action, Cookstoves, Trees Water People 
Taking Down the Killer in the Kitchen: Improved Cookstoves offer a Clean, Healthy Solution  
Action, Cookstoves, Millennium Development Goals 
Save 4 Million Lives: Sign the Petition 
Action, Vaccines, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations 
Love Cookstoves? Check Out Stove Camp. 
Action, Cookstoves, Stove Camp 
Cookit Solar Cookstove: An Affordable Solution that Doesn't Need Fuel 
Action, Cookstoves, Solar Cooker International 
Mandy Moore Celebrates World Malaria Day: read why AND take her challenge! 
Action, Malaria, Mandy Moore 
Mozzie Takes Manhattan: Mozzie the Mosquito buzzes all over NYC raising awareness about malaria 
Action, Malaria, Nothing But Nets 
5K Races Are So Last Year: Join the Green Belt Movement to trek Mt. Kenya & get your hands dirty 
Action, Earth Day, Green Belt Movement 
Promoting Healthy Births: Update from a 2010 CGIU grant winner 
Action, Birthing Kits, Maternal & Child Health 
Saving Lives With Water: An animated short on ending the world water crisis 
Action, charity:water, Kristen Bell 
It's the Environment, Mr. President: Thousands of Students Rally in DC for Earth Week 
Action, Environment, Earth Day 
WeFeedback: Sharing Food, Changing Lives 
Action, Food, Hunger 
StartSomeGood: Funding good ideas just got easier. 
Action, Crowdfunding, StartSomeGood 
Are You a Champion Against Malaria? Nothing But Nets wants to share your story.  
Action, Malaria, Nothing But Nets 
Colbert Talks Food Prices: Speculation and Biofuel Production Causing Instability 
Action, Stephen Colbert, Food Prices 
Your Dollars At Work: LifeSpring, Making Pregnancy Safe 
Action, LifeSpring, Maternal Health 
Today, TOMS is challenging you to take a walk in someone else’s shoes – Do you dare to go barefoot? 
Action, TOMS, One Day Without Shoes 
Submissions closed! Stay tuned for an announcement of all winners to our "Moms Matter" Challenge 
Action, Search for the Obvious, Acumen Fund 
Lessons from CGIU: Top 5 tips for the next generation of world-changers.  
Action, Students, CGIU 
The Science Behind Making the World a Better Place: Q&A with famed social entrepreneur & professor, Scott Sherman. 
Action, Students, Transformative Action Institute 
Get Involved in Earth Month: A healthy planet = healthy people 
Action, Earth Day, environment 
Person of the Week: The Radiant Dr. Hawa Abdi 
Action, Somalia, Maternal health 
Hungry for Answers Competition: Students add their voice to the Global Hunger Crisis 
Action, Edesia, Hungry for Answers 
Change your campus. Change your world. Join Nourish International and put an end to global poverty.  
Action, Nourish International, Hunger 
Water: An honest look at how we are using the world's water supply  
Action, Give, Water 
Taking on the TB Misconceptions: The forgotten epidemic of tuberculosis is being fueled by charlatan doctors. 
Tuberculosis, Operation ASHA, Dan Harris 
Your Dollars At Work: Operation ASHA details the impact of treating TB 
Action, Tuberculosis, TB 
World TB Day: David Rochkind uses photography in the fight against TB 
Action, tuberculosis, India 
It’s World Water Day! Time to Celebrate! 
Action, Water, World Water Day 
Learn About Water: Class Projects for World Water Day 
Action, Water, World Water Day 
Text POOP: Help equip a local health worker to combat the world's #2 childhood killer 
Action, Save the Children, Diarrhea 
The Real Real World: In Senegal, A Night in a Maternity Ward 
Take Action, Global Citizen Year, The Real Real World 
Giving Made Easy: How text-to-give programs are changing the face of philanthropy & disaster response.  
Action, Mobile Giving, Text-to-Give 
Q&A with Mandy Moore: Saving a life has never been so easy.  
Action, Malaria, Nothing But Nets 
charity: water's Scott Harrison says it's possible to maintain wells in Africa.  
Africa, Water, Wells 
Your Dollars at Work: Edesia lets us into the making of Plumpy'Doz, a life-saving nutritional supplement.  
Action, Hunger, Edesia 
Quake and Tsunami Medical App Helps Out in Japan 
Action, Earthquake, Tsunami 
Why Should You Care about Global Health? Why Not? 
Action, Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute 
Fortifying the fight against malnutrition has never been so easy. Discover what you can do.  
Action, Malnutrition, GAIN 
Students Designing a Better World: Students around the country are designing and distributing products for the developing world.  
Action, Students, College 
30 Hour Famine: Kids fast for 30 hours to raise money for the hungry in impoverished nations. 
Action, Hunger, Poverty 
'Text4Baby': A free text service gives practical information about pregnancy and childbirth. 
Action, Maternal & Child Health, text4baby 
Disaster Strikes Japan: How you can help 
Action, Japan, Earthquake 
Disaster Preparedness Basic Kits: You Can Never Be Too Prepared 
Action, Earthquake, Tsunami 
Creating a Movement to Face AIDS: Three students are inspired to create a student movement to fight HIV and Aids. 
Action, HIV/AIDS, Students 
Add your voice: Help create a world where no child is born with HIV. 
Action, HIV/AIDS, ONE.org 
Your Dollars At Work: An update from JHPIEGO, training midwives in Afghanistan to save women's lives 
Action, Jhpiego, Maternal Health 
Nothing But Nets: Mandy Moore and a young girl raise money for bed nets to help prevent Malaria. 
Malaria, Nothing But Nets, Mandy Moore 
LIVE Blog from Women in the World 
women, take action, women in the world 
Put your creativity to use: Ordinary people share their ideas to fuel a global water movement. You could be next.  
Action, Water & Sanitation, Acumen Fund 
Take the Challenge: Design for the other 90% 
Action, Students, Design 
Forget pencils and foodstuffs: We're building a new kind of CARE package 
Action, CAREpackage, CARE 
A Tale of Two Mothers: Preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child.  
Action, ONE, Maternal Health 
In Conversation: Dr. Helene Gayle of CARE on investing in women, history of the care package 
Action, CARE, women 
International Women's Day: Where to spend March 8th and honor women around the world 
Action, International Women's Day, #IWD2011 
Make Your Voice Heard: Children from across the country gather on Capitol Hill to protest proposed foreign aid cuts.  
Action, Save the Children, Foreign Aid 
Slideshow: HIV testing goes door to door in Kenya.  
Action, ONE, Congress 
Why Aid Matters: Adding your voice could help save millions of lives 
Action, Congress, Foreign Aid 
Web Exclusive: Dr. Besser Visits a Polio Ward in New Delhi, India: For many young women, marriage & hopes for the future depend on getting their polio deformities corrected. 
Polio, India, Dr. Richard Besser 
This Close: Polio survivor Itzhak Perlman shares a message with the Be the Change community, on what we can do to put an end to polio once and for all.  
Action, Polio, Itzhak Perlman 
Rotary International celebrates its 106th Anniversary, pledging to put an end to polio. And you can help.  
Action, Polio, Rotary International 
Your Dollars at Work: An update from Casa Jackson on their efforts to combat malnutrition in Guatemala 
Action, Casa Jackson, Malnutrition 
From the frontlines: Promising steps in the battle against measles & polio in Nigeria.  
Action, Polio, Measles 
Lady Gaga & the MAC AIDS Fund Team Up to Combat HIV/AIDS With Every Pucker 
Action, Lady Gaga, HIV/AIDS 
One Person's Trash Could Save Another's Life: Recycled Phones Could Provide Healthcare to Millions of People Across the Globe 
Action, Hope Phones, Josh Nesbit 
Winner Announced: Send a Valentine to Women Who Really Need It 
Action, Design, Maternal and Child Health 
Win $5K to Raise Awareness About Vaccines: Deadline Extended for the GOOD Vaccine Challenge 
Action, Vaccines, Awareness 
The Power of Pocket Change: With SwipeGood, you can change the world with every purchase.  
Action, SwipeGood, Giving 
Submissions: Send a Valentine to the Women in the World Who Really Need It 
Action, Design, Maternal and Child Health 
Hungry for Answers Competition: Want to learn more about the causes and effects of today's hunger crisis? Have an idea for how people can help? Share it!  
Action, Malnutrition, Students 
The Great Water Challenge: U.S. schools connect with schools across the globe to improve their classrooms 
Action, Water & Sanitation, Dr. Richard Besser 
Project: Send a Valentine to the Women in the World Who Really Need It 
Action, Design, Maternal and Child Health 
Sharing the love on Valentine's Day: This year, let's re-boot Hallmark's favorite holiday for good with #GenerosityDay.  
Action, Generosity Day, Giving 
Final Call! Put a Cap on Infant Deaths Using Your Knitting Needles  
Action, Save the Children, Caps for Good 
More than 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water: Your school can change that.  
Action, Water & Sanitation, Students 
Walk for Water: Pass the Bucket, It’s Your Turn to Walk 
Action, Water & Sanitation, Students 
Ensuring the Right to Clean Water, One Bottle at a Time: Matt Damon and water.org team up to end the global water crisis 
Action, Water.org, Water & Sanitation 
Haiti One Year Later: Redefining scalable solutions, preparing for the next disaster, and design that matters. 
Haiti, Students, Disaster Rebuilding 
The Last Measle: For less than $1, you can protect a child forever.  
Action, Measles, Measles Initiative 
Students Help Haiti Rebuild: A Year After the Haiti Earthquake, U.S. Students Raise Funds 
Haiti, Students, Rebuilding 
Take the Students Rebuild Challenge: Help Build Schools in Haiti and Get Matched Dollar-for-Dollar 
Action, Students, Haiti 
Why global health matters: We asked, you answered 
Action, Global Health, Acumen Fund 
Text-to-Give for Haiti: For the First Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake, Text to Give Campaigns Still Taking Donations 
Action, Haiti, Disaster 
'Be the Change: Save a Life' Viewers Donate More Than $700,000 to Global Health Projects 
Give, Global Health, Take Action 
Gapminder: Hans Rosling illustrates the relationship between wealth and life expectancy 
Action 
Rotavirus: The Killer Disease You've Never Heard Of Can Be Easily Stopped 
Action, Rotavirus, Infographic 
What Is My Challenge? Do you have an idea that you think can change the world? A global health problem that needs fixing? A design for the other 90 percent? 
Action, students, college 

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