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...country that has never known it. But the gains are not evenly spread. In downtown Luanda today, it's clear Angola's new rich are doing well. In April, the $35 million Belas Shopping Center - the country's first mall - opened in a new suburb called Nova Vida. There, in a store called Tapazio, they can shop for such baubles as silver-plated ashtrays and a $7,000 candelabra. Yet 70% of Angolans still live below the country's poverty line. Cholera and malaria are rife, and child mortality rates are among the worst in the world. A kilometer away...
...builds to a rousing climax,” says Jones. The services are fully participatory, with audience members singing all of the hymns, and the choir also hopes to include the congregation in its tradition of giving to charity. After services, choir members will accept donations for Casa Nueva Vida in Jamaica Plain. “This year the choir voted on children, domestic violence, and education as the top three types of causes it would like to support. Casa Nueva Vida combines these initiatives as a special interest homeless shelter which provides job training for women and homework help...
...herself going on binges that lasted days, followed by days and even weeks of fasting. It took her years to get help. She looked for a program in which others could identify with her issues of loss and aging. This summer she turned to San Diego's Puente de Vida, a private, six-bed facility that requires at minimum a 30-day stay, which costs $30,000. During her time there, Karen says, three of the six women were her age or older. "I didn't want to be with a lot of teeny-boppers who might look...
...millones (que Richardson asegura sirve a todas las agencias del estado). Pero al mismo tiempo goza del benepl?cito de los conservadores por sus recortes de las tasas de impuestos estatales. Entre sus logros se encuentra el haber convertido a Nuevo M?xico en el primer estado que provee seguro de vida a los miembros del ej?rcito que se encuentran activos, iniciativa que ha sido ampliamente copiada por otros...
...a?os atr?s, Sara Mart?nez Tucker era la primera y ?nica ejecutiva hispana en AT&T. Pero su trabajo no la llenaba. "Hab?a llegado a los 40 y no ten?a ni idea de lo que quer?a hacer con mi vida?, recuerda. De manera que se acogi? a un retiro temprano y prob? su suerte en una docena de proyectos sin fines de lucro. Uno de ellos fue el Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), que en aquel tiempo distribu?a $3 millones de d?lares al a?o entre estudiantes latinos necesitados. Y como descubri? desde su puesto en aquel trabajo, esta cantidad...