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    Arsenic Mitigation in West Bengal, India: Much More Than Water

    In rural West Bengal, India, life is tenuous for millions of people. Desperate poverty, hunger, and disease are a daily reality. To make matters worse, their water is killing them. With every drink of water and every meal they eat, hundreds of thousands of people are being slowly poisoned by the very water they need to survive.

    Residents in eight of this region’s 19 districts are drinking and cooking with groundwater contaminated with naturally occurring, highly toxic arsenic. Tasteless and colorless, the arsenic has slowly seeped into their water sources and then into their bodies. The result: chronic arsenic poisoning of hundreds of thousands of West Bengalis, with many more at risk.

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    Posted May 19th, 2008 by Alyssa Royse

    My distaste for fashion labels, brands, icons and whatnot has more to do with my distaste for being told what to do, than anything else. Even as a child, if someone said to me, “you have to wear a dress,” I would immediately go put on a pair of pants and heaven help the person – no matter how big or “authoritative” - who tried to tell me to take off the pants.

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    Posted May 16th, 2008 by Dan Hammill

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  • 25 Years of Experience—Changing Lives Overseas and at Home

    Posted May 15th, 2008 by ASCEND

    One of the compelling aspects of how ASCEND accomplishes its mission is the use of volunteers in combination with professional staff to accomplish ongoing sustainable programs. ASCEND offers volunteers the chance to participate in short-term expeditions of 1-2 weeks, or longer-term internships / fellowships of 2-18 months.

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  • Empower Those in Need to ASCEND out of Poverty

    Posted May 7th, 2008 by ASCEND

    We extend to you our deep appreciation for your interest and involvement in the wonderful work that ASCEND does—changing lives for the better.

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