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      A must-see film

      06 December 2005
       Ella Carpenter
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      Cinema hot tip: for a riveting, racy ride into the world of pharmaceutical conspiracy and political intrigue mixed with a large dash of romance, I strongly advise you to go and see "The Constant Gardener", the new film out by Fernando Meirelles (of "City of God" acclaim).

      The fantastic performances by Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz are already propelling the film towards Oscar glory. And Meirelles has infused this John Le Carré thriller with an energy and passion that inspires you to make a stand against corruption.

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      What message will you write today?

      21 November 2005
       Ella Carpenter
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      Our greetings cards have hit the spot! Hundreds and hundreds of you have leapt at the opportunity to send these fun cards to all your friends.

      People are not simply sending our colourful cards out to celebrate the holidays. We've heard reports of some inventive folk using them for all kinds of messages - thanking a friend for a present, inviting a colleague to the cinema, asking a neighbour to turn that music down… People are sending cards every day - and why not? They're free!

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      Winning a marathon for the hungry

      14 November 2005
       Ella Carpenter
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      Paul Tergat - who ran with us in the Lisbon Walk the World event last June - won the New York marathon last week! But he might never have walked, let alone become the world's fastest marathon runner, if the World Food Programme had not started handing out daily meals at his school in Kenya. Read his compelling tale about the role school feeding played in his life.

      WINNING A MARATHON FOR THE HUNGRY
      By Paul Tergat

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      Despair behind normality

      20 October 2005
       Ella Carpenter
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      A life-threatening food crisis is tightening its grip on Malawi. However it takes a trained eye to see the despair behind the bustling "normality" of everyday life there. Read the startling report that Chris Endean of the World Food Programme is blogging on the Guardian site:

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      Shoes in Mozambique

      05 October 2005
       Ella Carpenter
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      Check out this photo from Mozambique that was just sent to me…

      We were planning and thinking about Walk the World 2006 and wondering what was going to make it unique this year… One idea came up that wherever we are, in whatever city and with whatever lifestyle, we should kick off our shoes and walk barefoot.

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