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	<title>Archie@ActionAid &#187; Africa</title>
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	<description>Notes from Archie Law, CEO of ActionAid Australia</description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: the link between food and revolution?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2011/02/25/photo-of-the-week-the-link-between-food-and-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of food security has been rapidly growing in importance over the last few years and has played an important role in many political events, such as the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Even back in 2009, Hilary Clinton noted that there had been over sixty food riots in the preceding two years, arguing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: microcredit in motion</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/12/01/photo-of-the-week-microcredit-in-motion/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/12/01/photo-of-the-week-microcredit-in-motion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microcredit loans have taken a beating in the press lately, with reports claiming in India, farmers are committing suicide after facing defaults in their loan repayments. In India, microcredit finance is becoming increasingly privatised and perhaps that is the biggest problem with microcredit loans in that situation. When microcredit is given with a purpose of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: the real diamonds of Sierra Leone</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/11/05/photo-of-the-week-the-real-diamonds-of-sierra-leone/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/11/05/photo-of-the-week-the-real-diamonds-of-sierra-leone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kola Tree Community School, in Western Area, Sierra Leone is part of ActionAid’s Access to Primary Education project in Sierra Leone. This type of project is vital in Sierra Leone, which is still facing reconstruction challenges eight years after the civil war ended. Tens of thousands perished in the decade long war which saw as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: 1GOAL in Uganda</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/20/photo-of-the-week-1goal-in-uganda/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/20/photo-of-the-week-1goal-in-uganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo of the Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1GOAL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Education is a universal human right and, by unlocking other rights, it is the key that enables people to overcome poverty. This is something that our 1GOAL ambassadors, Alishia and William have learnt more about in Uganda. Last week, William and Alishia traveled to Uganda to witness firsthand what effect a lack of education is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Rudd&#8217;s new post good news for overseas aid?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/15/is-rudds-new-post-good-news-for-overseas-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/15/is-rudds-new-post-good-news-for-overseas-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid effectiveness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Milennium Development Goals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian NGOs were living in relatively good times during the time of the Rudd Government.  We had a Prime Minister who was at home on the global stage, an effective if not free thinking Foreign Minister, and in Bob McMullan a parliamentary Secretary who was dedicated and knowledgeable in his portfolio. I should point out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: who&#8217;s really fighting hunger?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/21/photo-of-the-week-whos-really-fighting-hunger/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/21/photo-of-the-week-whos-really-fighting-hunger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week ActionAid released a major international report titled ‘Who’s really fighting hunger?’ This report measures how different countries are progressing to meet MDG targets, especially hunger and poverty. So far, of the twenty-eight developing countries measured, only eight are on track to meet the hunger targets. Twelve of the countries measured were actually going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to know ActionAid Kenya&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/14/getting-to-know-actionaid-kenya/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/14/getting-to-know-actionaid-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milennium Development Goals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately as I&#8217;ve been immersed in the work of ActionAid Kenya these past 10 days which has been an amazing learning journey for me. At a personal level it was fantastic to be back in Africa as I hadn&#8217;t been in those parts since I left Johannesburg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: food riots in Mozambique</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/07/photo-of-the-week-food-riots-in-mozambique/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/07/photo-of-the-week-food-riots-in-mozambique/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mozambique witnessed some of the worst violence ever since the last food riots held in 2008. At least six people have died, including one child on her way home from school. The violence seen is the latest in a series of protests sparked by rising food prises and global hunger. A 30% increase in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: Wanna ride to school?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/07/20/photo-of-the-week-wanna-ride-to-school/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/07/20/photo-of-the-week-wanna-ride-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons why some children don’t attend school in Ghana. Classrooms may be overcrowded as schools are operating above their capacity levels. Often there are poorly trained teachers or not enough learning materials for students. But often, the problem is that schools are too far from where children live, which makes it either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: fifty years of independence but conflict remains</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/07/05/photo-of-the-week-fifty-years-of-independence-but-conflict-remains/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/07/05/photo-of-the-week-fifty-years-of-independence-but-conflict-remains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[un]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks 50 years of independence for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet, a fierce conflict continues in the east of the DRC where civilians have been suffering immensely since the 1990s. Women in particular have been targeted. In the first nine months of 2009 alone, there were almost 8000 reported cases of [...]]]></description>
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