UNICEF: Ishmael Beah Book Signing
Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone, spoke at a reception marking publication of his memoir, 'A Long Way Gone', at UNICEF headquarters in New York. The book chronicles his violent past and the road back to reclaiming his humanity with the help of a UNICEF-supported rehabilitation program.
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Category: International & Intercultural
Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone, spoke at a reception marking publication of his memoir, 'A Long Way Gone', at UNICEF headquarters in New York. The book chronicles his violent past and the road back to...
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Students in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are finally beginning a new semester after violence and teachers' strikes kept many away from their studies last year. In the West Bank, a strike initiated by unpaid teachers cancelled...
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Verizon Wireles HopeLine program puts the nation's most reliable wireless network to work in our communities by turning unused wireless phones into support for victims of domestic violence. Verizon Wireless collects no-longer-used...
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