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Mia Kirshner "I Live Here" Aug 22
Hosted by actress and I Live Here Founder: Mia Kirshner, Operation USA, Causecast and CODEPINK benefits the launch of our literacy program in Malawi, Africa. We will have a silent auction, music, KCRW DJing the event, food and drinks! Come out and support a great cause. $25 minimum cover. Tickets on sale at: https://donate.opusa.org/ilivehere Please purchase Advance Tickets, as we anticipate to sell out rather fast. If you cannot attend our LA Fundraiser, but would like to donate and support this important cause please visit: http://www.causecast.org/org/i-live-here Every dollar counts.
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Madonna in Malawi - Give to the poor or take them home?
Madonna has been denied her request to adopt four-year-old Mercy James. Should Malawians send their children to America or are they better off at home?
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Tales of Malawi's Forgotten Children
Widespread poverty and AIDS in Malawi hit hardest on the country's orphan children, many of whom are incarcerated for petty theft.
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I Live Here: My Story in Malawi
After Mia Kirshner traveled to Malawi in 2005, her world changed. She founded I Live Here to provide education and hope for orphans in Kachere Prison.
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Madonna To Build School For Girls In Malawi
Through the organization she co-founded called Raising Malawi, Madonna is working to build a school for girls in Malawi.
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"I Live Here" - Mia's New Book Coming in October
Mia Kirshner’s much anticipated ‘I Live Here’, is a unique paper documentary brought to life in collaboration with J.B MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michae... -
Africa Undergoing A "Green Revolution"
Due in large part to crop breeding, soil management, irrigation and diversification, Malawi has undergone a huge change in its agricultural conditions over t... -
What Our Orgs Want For The Holidays
Here at Causecast we couldn't be more excited about the holidays: Secret Santa's have been assigned and the cheesy sweater pictures have been taken.
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New era for South Africa Aids fight?
South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids is likely to receive an important boost, following the appointment of a new health minister, Barbara Hogan.
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Airline Flies a 747 on Fuel From a Plant
Air New Zealand tested a jet fuel made from the jatropha plant as an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to crude oil.
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Mobile Phones, Adapted To Monitor Child Health, Net UNICEF Top Development Prize
UNICEF will share first prize in the United States Development Agency’s innovation competition for adapting basic cell phones to monitor the health of children.
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Breaking The Chain: Nonprofit Works To Save Guatemalan Children
"I stopped trading in little girls last May when I sold an 11-year-old to a Brazilian businessman. He hurt her very bad, very bad."
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International Adoption: A Good Deed When Done Right
Several organizations urge celebrities not to internationally adopt. Melissa Jun Rowley has a perspective of her own. Should we lay off the celebs?
Events
- I Live Here - Fundraiser Cocktail Party Location: 969 Colorado Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401
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Blog posts
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The I Live Here Foundation is born!
I Live Here came out of a creeping realization that I knew little of how most of the world lived. My ignorance felt selfish. After nine months of intensive reading, I made my first research trip...
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"I LIVE HERE" the book launches October 14!
It's hard to believe that I LIVE HERE is done. When I first met with Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge in a café in Vancouver, I told them this would be an easy project and would take seven months...
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An update from Mia and the I Live Here team
Hi- I Live Here has been out for a month now and Paul, Mike, James and I are amazed by the response so far. The reviews have been great, cool publications are writing about what we're doing, and...
