June 2008

Longitude Volunteers Headed to Ghana

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Jun29
By shawnrubin
We are excited to have three Longitude volunteers leaving for Ghana this summer. Judah Lakin is a Providence high school teacher who will be working with a high school in Abeka as well as the PROFESA academy. Judah will be leaving tomorrow, June 30th, and will be working alongside Meshach for the next five weeks of the summer. Please follow along with Judah's adventures as he lays the groundwork for what will hopefully be an outstanding cross-cultural teacher collaboration. Amy Draizen and her son Eli will be leaving for Ghana on July 10th and staying for 4 weeks.

Dear friends and ARV well-wishers

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Jun29
By shawnrubin
Most loving Greetings This is to bring to your kind notice that I have shifted my residence from Hyderabad to Khammam which is central location to cover entire Andhra Pradesh. . Khammam is a town and 180 KM distance from Hyderabad (capital of Andhra Pradesh) Khammam is a small town and backward area , mainly tribal communities are living in and surroundings of the Khammam. I would like to concentrate more on Dalits and Tribals. I hope my presence will help more on interventions to empower Dalits and Tribals.

Dalits to meet in New York to discuss their plight

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Jun29
By shawnrubin
New Delhi (PTI): An international meet to discuss the plight of Dalits will be held in New York next week where issues like educational empowerment and social justice for the suppressed communities will top the agenda. The three-day conference will highlight the problems faced by marginalised communities and seek practical solutions, Union Minister and Chairman of Dalit and Minority International Forum Ram Vilas Paswan said at a press conference here on Saturday. Paswan, who is leading a big delegation of leaders belongi

HYDERABAD

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Jun24
By shawnrubin
HYDERABAD : A small alteration between the dalits and upper caste youths in tiny village Pottilanka of Kadiyam mandal, represented by excise minister Jakkampudi Ramamohan Rao led to claiming the life of a dalit youth on Saturday night. This has sparked tension on Sunday. The Dalit youth held up traffic on the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway No 9 for more than three hours, led by Amalapuram MP G V Harsha Kumar.
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