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Marriage Proposal From Chad

Dr. Raghu Venugopal | Posted 06.14.2013 | Canada
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, Humanitarian, Berlin, Huffington Post Impact, Canada, Chad, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Raghu Venugopal, Msf, Canada News
Dr. Raghu Venugopal

I thought about the last few months. Fatigue, exhaustion, satisfaction, and relief. I felt happy just to have survived. It had been hard on my girlfriend Maeve and me -- but we grew stronger apart in some ways too. She was alone at home with her dog Daisy when I called from my tukul one night and asked her to marry me.

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A Day in the Life of a Doctor Without Borders

Dr. Raghu Venugopal | Posted 05.28.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Huffington Post Canada Impact, Doctors Without Borders, Trauma Victim, Msf, Huffington Post Impact, Medeicins Sans Frontieres, Humanitarian Aid, Canada, Chad, Raghuvenugopal, Canada Impact News
Dr. Raghu Venugopal

Wednesday May 15 started early. I got up at 6 a.m. and took a cold refreshing shower. My mind was spinning with day ahead so I had not slept well. Before leaving, I scanned my email inbox to try to deal with a few urgent administrative and medical matters. Even at 7 a.m., the office was hot enough to make you sweat.

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Star Power: The Last Canadian to Accept the Nobel Peace Prize

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Canada Living, Kielburger, Msf, Rwandan Genocide, Dr. James Orbinski, Huffington Post Impact, Free the Children, Nobel Peace Prize, Romeo Dallaire, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Canada Impact News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

In 1999, as Médecins Sans Frontières' international president, Dr. Orbinski, accepted the award on behalf of MSF for its pioneering approach to medical humanitarianism, particularly for its approach to witnessing -- making the atrocities they observe known to the public. We got a chance to sit down with Dr. Orbinski.

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Star Power: Martin Sheen's Fight for Justice

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 03.12.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: We Day, Free the Children, Kielburger, Martin Sheen, Pacifism, Huffington Post Impact, Martin Sheen Arrests, Martin Sheen We Day, Martin Sheen Free the Children, Slidepollajax, Martin Sheen Protests, Canada Impact News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Martin Sheen is truly a living Hollywood legend. Yet despite his accomplishments as an artist, acting is not where his true passions lie. As a pacifist, humanitarian and tireless activist for peace and social justice, Martin has been arrested more than 60 times for public protests and acts of civil disobedience. We caught up with him at We Day Alberta.

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Behind the Headlines: More Than Just a Bacon Shortage

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.03.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Huffington Post Impact, Foodbank, Drought, Pork Shortage, Kielburger, Bacon, Arab Spring Protests, Free the Children, Global Warming, Food Security, Shortage Bacon, Bacon Shortage, Canada Living News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

The alleged pork "fiasco" that broke recently about a bacon shortage was not for want of real news: there is a serious conversation to be had. Not just about the perfect storm brewing in the rise of corn, wheat and fuel prices that's poised to increase food costs for the consumer. But also, what's really behind all of this, and where we're headed.

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