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Feature articles & stories
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- Local aid group headed to Haiti
San Diego Union-Tribune, January 13, 2010
- San Diegans with Haitian ties hold prayer meeting
San Diego Union-Tribune, January 13, 2010
- Santa pays a visit to California Border Healthy Start families
Asian Journal, December 18,2009
- "Make A Wish" child wishes to help others
KUSI, December 3, 2009
- Local teen who was granted his wish to help others
Imperial Valley Press, November 26, 2009
- Showing their concern: Local women return from inspiring trip to Zambia
Del Mar Times, August 6, 2009
- The Zambia Story
North County Voice, August 2009
- Showing their concern: Local women return from inspiring trip to Zambia
La Jolla Light, August 5, 2009
- Humanitarian trip teaches local women the harsh realities, hopeful spirit of life in Zambia
Carmel Valley News/Del Mar Village Voice, July 30, 2009
- Entrepreneurs start company for charity
Del Mar Times, March 12, 2009
- Food for Progress Success Stories
PCI's Mis Llamas program in Bolivia is highlighted on the USDA website.
- CBHS advocates sow seeds of change: Maternal healthcare outreach marks one-year anniversary
Asian Journal, July 2008
- California Border Healthy Start Project celebrates one year anniversary
Asian Journal, May 28, 2008
- Project Concern International Improving the Health of Pregnant Women in San Diego
Asian Journal, March 19, 2008
- World Water Day Highlights Need for Clean Water in Developing Countries
(March 20, 2008 - audio archive from San Diego's KPBS These Days program)
The president and CEO of San Diego-based Project Concern International explains how lack of water access destroys societies in developing countries.
- Expectant mothers get boost from California Border Healthy Start:
CBHS seeks 22 “promotoras” to help spread the word
Asian Journal, February 20, 2008
- Local Non-Profit Wins Grant to Boost Poor Mothers' Prenatal Health
KPBS, Sept. 19, 2007, Kenny Goldberg (Listen to mp3 audio archive)
- Two Years After the Tsunami: Pak Tarmidji's Story
- Project Concern gala raises awareness, funds
Project Concern's Hands Across Borders fundraiser, held on November 3, 2006 in San Diego, celebrated Africa and honored former Zambian president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda.
- Ex-President of Zambia Links Poverty to Woes
On November 3, 2006 in San Diego, Project Concern honored Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, who led the colony of Northern Rhodesia to independence in 1964, for his political work and his more recent efforts to combat AIDS in Africa.
- Five Friends Send Bikes to Africa
Learn how a group of friends in South Carolina helped provide transportation to people living with HIV and AIDS in Zambia.
- New UCSD Cross-Border Program Aims to Assess and Treat Tuberculosis in Tijuana
- Coronadan Volunteers In Bolivia With Project Concern
A Project Concern intern shares her experiences volunteering at several project sites throughout Bolivia.
- Pak Labok's Path
The story of one man who is benefiting from PCI/Indonesia's post-tsunami Livelihood Revitalization Program
- The Sun Shines Again in Baroh Geunteut
Restoring livelihoods of those affected by the December 2004 tsunami
- Project Concern teaches health is more than ‘fun and games’
Training Community Health Volunteers in Aceh, Indonesia
- A true humanitarian soon to exit the stage
A tribute to Dr. Jim Turpin, Project Concern's founder
- On India's Roads, Cargo and a Deadly Passenger
A New York Times article on the spread of HIV by India's truckers and sex workers
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- Volunteers stalk HIV ignorance on a trek around India
An ABC News feature story that documents the success of PCI/India's AIDS Walk for Life
- San Diegans are part of 'Walk for AIDS Awareness' in India
KPBS, the San Diego PBS affiliate, reports on the India AIDS Walk for Life Finale in Dehli
- Jantang Leads Agricultural Recovery Effort in Tsunami Stricken Areas
An update on PCI/Indonesia's tsunami rebuilding efforts featured on the USAID website
- USAID May 18 newsletter
An update on Project Concern's efforts to rebuild tsunami-affected communities in Indonesia.
- India's Long Walk for AIDS
Featured on NPR, this story highlights PCI/India's effort to prevent the spread of AIDS though the year-long AIDS Walk for Life. (Click on the link to listen to the audio version.)
By Mandy Cunningham (Morning Edition, May 9, 2005)
- India AIDS Walk for Life
Learn more about this unprecendented year-long walk to promote awareness and help fight AIDS in India (Assignments Abroad Times, January 5, 2005)
- Finding ways to help poor is ex-adman's main Concern
A profile of George Guimaraes, Project Concern's President & CEO
By Ozzie Roberts (San Diego Union-Tribune, May 13, 2004)
- Best Practices: Orphaned in Zambia: The Story of Fidelis Banda
Global Health Council AIDSLink Issue 83
By Yvonne Mulenga, PCI Zambia, and Helen Cornman, Community REACH, PACT | Africa
Fidelis Banda, an AIDS orphan in Zambia, now thrives in the a PCI partner program.
(Note: You will be prompted to establish a user name & password in order to access this story).
- Photo assignment: HIV in Delhi's slums
Photographer Jennifer Warren documents the fight against HIV and AIDS in Delhi's slums, red light district and drug havens.
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