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Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (Good Shepherd Sisters)

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2 Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (Good Shepherd Sisters)

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4 Ending Discrimination Against Girls Protecting Girls Empowering Girls

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6 Young people growing up in high-poverty communities in New York confront tough odds in their journey to independence. Many of them have already given up on themselves, but what we see every day is this: Success is right there in front of us!

7 Nekisha is a busy young woman-a full-time student in her junior year at New York City Technical College with a 3.5 GPA while holding down a job as a paralegal at a Brooklyn law firm. Today, she is actively pursuing her dream of becoming a lawyer, but just five years ago, she wasn't sure if she would even graduate from high school.

8 Ethiopia: Tourist flyer: 13 months of Sunshine Population Population: 85.8 million (UN, 2009) Life Expectancy 54 years (men) 56 years women (UN) 78% of the population live on less than $2.00 a day Ethiopia ranked 2 nd lowest on the Basic Capabilities Index (Social Watch 2009). Extreme poverty is not declining but increasing...

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12 Addis Bethlehem Weaving

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14 An End of Poverty

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