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NMMU students use skills in the community

 Local community projects are benefiting from an empowerment campaign initiated by students from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). Second-year public relations students were challenged by their lecturer, Brightness Mangolothi, to... >> more

Church helps fight HIV in Bay

 A church fellowship has joined forces with the Eastern Cape Health Department in the battle against HIV and TB at a massive denominational conference in Port Elizabeth....   >> more

Mozambican Women find resources where there were none!

 Savings groups are an incredibly powerful and dynamic way of building people’s confidence in themselves and opening up resources they did not consider possible. Story after...   >> more

Religion more important to people in poor countries than rich, surveys reveal

 Surveys conducted by Gallup in 2009 have revealed that religion plays a greater role in the daily lives of people in poor countries than those living in wealthy countries...   >> more

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