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Videos
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Tamara Harris at HomeFront's Huchet House
Video by Michael Mancuso for Do1Thing: Tamara Harris, 20 and her 5-month-old daughter Kayla on their last day at HomeFront's Huchet House, in Trenton, New Hersey, a place where family care workers and a parent educator focus on ensuring pregnant homeless women receive needed services like prenatal care and employment training. Michael Mancuso has been developing his photographic eye since childhood, when he processed his own film and printed his own pictures in his father's home darkroom. His most recent past includes over twenty years as a full-time photojournalist, refining his skills daily, seamlessly flowing in and out of situations of all sorts, connecting with people of every description, growing in his ability to capture the fleeting moments embedded in daily life that tell a story. www.michaelmancuso.net http://do1thing.org
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Yakima Taylor at HomeFront's Huchet House
Video by Michael Mancuso for Do1Thing.org: Yakima Taylor, 18, seven month pregnant, ponders her future in the nursery at HomeFront's Huchet House, in Trenton, New Jersey, a place where family care workers and a parent educator focus on ensuring pregnant homeless women receive needed services like prenatal care and employment training. When asked how she got where she is now her only replay was " It's a long story. It has something to do with my dad." Michael Mancuso has been developing his photographic eye since childhood, when he processed his own film and printed his own pictures in his father's home darkroom. His most recent past includes over twenty years as a full-time photojournalist, refining his skills daily, seamlessly flowing in and out of situations of all sorts, connecting with people of every description, growing in his ability to capture the fleeting moments embedded in daily life that tell a story. www.michaelmancuso.net Produced by Michael Mancuso for the Do1Thing Project http://do1thing.org
Articles
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Defiant Sudan Quickly Expels Aid Agencies, Imperiling Darfur
A day after an ICC called for his arrest on war-crimes charges, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir took his anger out on Western humanitarian efforts.
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Liya Kebede: Supermodel, Nonprofit Role Model
Ethiopian-born model Liya Kebede wants to provide quality care to pregnant women in her home country. Around the Earth, a woman dies in childbirth every minute.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Infant Mortality
The United States has a higher infant mortality rate than it should. As part of Children's Month, we want you to know these 10 things about it.
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Pregnancy and Swine Flu Deaths Linked
Studies find the chances of hospitalization from the H1N1 virus is four times greater for pregnant women than those not.
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UNICEF Investigates High Child Mortality Rates In Sudanese Orphanages
Mortality rates in Sudan's largest orphanage exceeded 25 percent last month, alarming U.N. officials and prompting an investigation.
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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
- Save the Children's State of the World’s Mothers Luncheon Location: The Metropolitan Club One East 60th Street New York, New York
Blog posts
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Unique Aspects Of Down Syndrome
Down syndrome is one of about twelve identified chromosomal disorders- some of which are caused by additional chromosome, in whole or in part. With Down syndrome, that extra chromosome is added to...
