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	<title>Congo Currents</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kristof&#8217;s Obscene Number</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t admit in public what I said when I saw the number. Enough to say it threw me back in my chair, staring, willing it to be wrong and knowing it was right.
This afternoon I spent a little quality time with Nicholas Kristof, the author and New York Times columnist. Not face time, though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Newsweek Congo Article</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=68</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Feb. 1 issue of Newsweek included a short article titled &#8220;Battling for Good Health in Congo,&#8221; which I thought needed a response. Here is the message I just emailed to Letters to the Editor. See what you think:
Mr. Sheridan, citing a study by Andrew Mack, names the Democratic Republic of Congo as an example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congo: Battered Family Syndrome?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=56</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Congo history and society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come to think of the Congo as a vast battered family.
There seems to be a kind of systemic dysfunction throughout the country. Is that a fair statement? If you&#8217;ve been part of any ongoing work in Congo, you&#8217;ve probably found the same thing we have: much of what we Westerners think of as essential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VISITING A SCHOOL</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=40</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Congo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, after our seminar concluded (it was a success), I visited a nearby school. The building serves three uses. In the morning it is a secondary school serving some of the outstanding young people selected from across the CEUM. In the....]]></description>
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		<title>Air Travel to Gemena</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=36</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We flew from Kinshasa to Gemena today. This time it was a direct flight that took about 1½ hours. The difficulty is that it only happens once a week. We could fly up....]]></description>
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		<title>OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=29</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=29#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, was our first day back in Kinshasa, Congo. Our first call was at the USAID office, where we learned that our microenterprise project is on track for approval. They hope the papers will be available within....]]></description>
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		<title>Power Changes Lives</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=24</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=24#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy is a worldwide concern.  Energy is a huge problem in the Congo today.  Diesel fuel in the Ubangi region reached $28/gallon last fall and is still above $10/gallon.  There is no electricity grid in the region.  Cooking is done over a wood or charcoal fire.  Few people have flashlights. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=15</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=15#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog will focus on issues of sustainable development, especially in the context of places where the Paul Carlson Partnership works. Over time, we’ll touch on the practical and the theoretical...
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		<title>The Problem with the Roads</title>
		<link>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=9</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=9#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the area of the Congo where we work, nearly everyone is engaged in subsistence agriculture. To generate cash income, markets and transport must be available to enable farmers...]]></description>
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