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	<title>World Hunger and Poverty</title>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Pay Key to Child Poverty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent research in the UK has shown that women&#8217;s low pay has huge implications on child poverty.
I think we can apply those findings to most countries. Throughout the world, women both tend to have most of the child raising responsibilities and tend to receive lower pay. For example, many single mothers work hard at multiple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/06/19/womens-pay-key-to-child-poverty/</link>
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		<title>$30 Billion a Year Would Eradicate World Hunger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ENS did a great job reporting about the opening of the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy.
In my opinion, the most noteworthy part is when Dr. Jacques Diouf, the director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, pointed out the shameful contrast between what we waste and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/06/05/30-billion-a-year-would-eradicate-world-hunger/</link>
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		<title>Poverty Book of the Day: The Support Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s poverty-related book of the day is The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and The Next Episode of Capitalism by James Maxmin and Shoshana Zuboff. Here is the overview:
&#8220;Business is broken and can&#8217;t be fixed because today&#8217;s &#8216;managerial&#8217; capitalism has grown hopelessly out of touch with the people it should be serving. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/28/poverty-book-of-the-day-the-support-economy/</link>
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		<title>The Nature of the Current Food Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate that the current food crisis has gained a lot of media coverage lately. Today, I want to clarify  part of the nature of the current food crisis that I think some people may not realize.
We do not actually have a shortage of land, food or other resources. As I often stress on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/27/the-nature-of-the-current-food-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Poverty Book of the Day: The Greater Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s poverty-related book of the day is The Greater Good by Claire Gaudiani. Here is the overview:
&#8220;For over a century, the United States has stood as a beacon of prosperity and democracy, proof that big business and big dreams could flourish side by side. Yet few Americans realize the crucial role that generosity plays in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/26/poverty-book-of-the-day-the-greater-good/</link>
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		<title>Long-Term Personal Development Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Increasing prices of energy and food have worsened and will continue to worsen the problems of world hunger and poverty. Even in first world countries such as the United States, rising food prices and inflation have made poor people poorer, have put more people at greater risk of poverty, and have worsened the financial conditions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/25/long-term-personal-development-programs/</link>
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		<title>Book of the Day: How to Make a Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s book of the day is How to Make a Difference by Catherine E. Poelman. Here is the overview:
&#8220;A selfless volunteer herself, author Catherine E. Poelman offers hundreds and hundreds of ideas for would-be volunteers. Her book is filled with ways to serve, along with Internet resources, national and community organizations to contact, and books [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/24/book-of-the-day-how-to-make-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>Requiring Healthcare with Education Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I could criticize the No Child Left Behind Act. But almost all the people with whom I have spoken about it have expressed strong criticism of it themselves. Namely, they make note of the obvious flaws in taking funding away from failing schools, considering that those schools tend to need the funding the most. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/22/requiring-healthcare-with-education-funding/</link>
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		<title>Poverty Book of the Day: Do Unto Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s poverty-related book of the day is Do Unto Others by Samuel Oliner. Check out the overview:
&#8220;In Do Unto Others, Holocaust survivor and sociologist Samuel Oliner explores what gives an individual a sense of social responsibility, what leads to the development of care and compassion, and what it means to put the welfare of others [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/21/poverty-book-of-the-day-do-unto-others/</link>
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		<title>Walk Against Hunger in Connecticut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, May 4th, I will be volunteering at Foodshare&#8217;s Walk Against Hunger. If you will be in Connecticut and could make it to the walk site in Hartford, then please do. If you want to go and volunteer with me, just tell me as soon as you can. (You can contact me by email [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/2008/04/19/walk-against-hunger-in-connecticut/</link>
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