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By: Heba Aly on Apr 08, 2009
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I lived for two weeks in an Arab village at the edge of the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan, a five-hour drive from the capital Khartoum. Seeing the way people lived in this village – without electricity or clean water and with only shoddy health and educational services – really helped me appreciate what I had. more...
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By: Heba Aly on Dec 26, 2008
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Every time I call home and refer to "Arabs" and "Africans" in Sudan, my mother always stops me and says "What do you mean? Aren't they all Africans?"
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By: Heba Aly on Oct 16, 2008
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Poverty-stricken Africa.
We've all seen the images of malnourished children, overcrowded refugee camps, nomads foraging for food in the desert.
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Ruth has been reporting from China since 2005. She has filed for Marketplace, Deutsche Welle, German Radio and other outlets and also writes for newspapers and magazines.
Ruth is an accomplished radio journalist. Prior to moving to China she worked for the BBC World Service in London for more than a decade, producing and editing programs such as NewsHour, The World Today and Europe Today.
"China never fails to surprise and astonish me," Ruth says. The Middle Kingdom is a difficult place to report from. Journalists face all kinds of restrictions and obstacles. "But people's courage and determination to make this a better place and fight for their rights makes working in China a tremendously rewarding experience."
Taurai Maduna is a Zimbabwean journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As a photographer, his work has been used by international news agencies that include Agence France Presse (AFP) and the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA).
As a writer his work has been used by IRIN News and Panos London.
Amelia De Sousa is a journalist based in Haiti. After winning a Fulbright Fellowship to Haiti in 2003 to study mass media and HIV prevention, Amelia started an independent film company to create educational materials for grassroots organizations working in social change. When the government collapsed a year later, Amelia started freelance radio reporting for major broadcasters like National Public Radio, the BBC, and CNN. She has been happy to report for World Vision Report since January of 2006. 
Ruxandra Guidi is an independent journalist working in radio, print, and multimedia. She's based in Austin, TX, and reports regularly from the Caribbean, and both South and Central America. 
Hailing from New Zealand, James Addison works as senior editor for World Vision Magazine, a publication of World Vision in the U.S.
He is currently on scene in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, covering the effects of the massive January 12 earthquake for World Vision, and relief efforts.