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Life-changing journey
; ...the citizens of the fishing village of Mbour. What began as little more than a pipe...companies have donated goods, the message of Mbour has spread. Still, the real preparations...both to her students and to the people of Mbour. When Plamondon travelled to Africa last...
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Some have learned not to hope
; ...improve livesface=-Bold; LINDOR REYNOLDS MBOUR, SENEGAL -- I have come to Africa to understand...shanty towns that line the sand streets of Mbour. Sometimes they speak the words of intellectuals...country. He counts on literacy to move Mbour out of hopelessness, believes that a sense...
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The quality of mercy
; ...humanitarian crisisface=-Bold; LINDOR REYNOLDS MBOUR, SENEGAL -- Late on a warm African evening...is also watching a dream unfurl. * * * Mbour is an hour -- and a world -- from Dakar...thirds the average weekly salary for a Mbour resident. Dozens of wooden stands line...
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Making money in Senegal off human cargo
; ...only meant less money for the fishermen of Mbour. Prices went up for fish, a staple of the...population.Now, however, some residents of Mbour and other towns along the coast have found...papers say that ''recruiting officers'' in Mbour and other coastal towns Joal to the south...
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It's a good-news day -- for Africa, for city's needy
; ...Many of you will have read last Sunday's account of my trip to Mbour, Senegal, with the students, teachers and parents from Winnipeg...parents, teachers and some of the students who travelled to Mbour have decided to rename themselves Beyond Afrique 2007. They...
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Senegal
; ...OCEAN, Cape Verde, Cape St. Mary, Cape Roxo, Ferlo, Sahel, Niokolo Koba National Park, Bakel, This, Diourbel, Gossas, Kaolack, Mbour, Fatick, Joal-Fadiout, Tivaouane, Mbak, Louga, Saint-Louis, Kbmer, Dagana, Richard Toll, Lingure, Dara, Guinguino, Kaffrine...
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Africa's Lost Fish.(overfishing in West Africa)(Brief Article)
; ...increasingly scarce, boats have had to stay out for longer stretches, sometimes days at a time, chasing octopus off the nearby city of Mbour or venturing into the waters of neighboring Guinea, Sierra Leone and Mauritania in search of grouper, sea bream and hogfish...
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Female Circumcision Educators
; ...education program seems to be responsible for the change. DAVID HECHT, REPORTER: A little inland from the popular beach resort of Mbour, the sands turn to semi-desert. Here lies the village of Ingoringibamabara (ph) consisting of just a few cement huts and a nime...
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The baby I held in my arms had no chance to live
; ...him to me said there was no chance of survival. This was one of 83 babies at the Vivre Ensemble orphanage on the outskirts of Mbour, Senegal. They are housed in concrete buildings painted cheery colours. The sand yard is carefully swept. Battered strollers...
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"DISCUSSION" OF PROPOSALS FOR PROHIBITING FGM: NO ACTION.
; ...effects of these practices. . . SENEGAL CONSIDERS FGM ACTION PLAN Donor agencies and activists lobbying to eradicate FGM met in Mbour, Senegal, to discuss an 'ambitious' plan of action to eliminate the practice by 2005. The plan would establish a permanent secretariat...
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