ZAMBIA: About 1,000 children die daily from diseases caused by dirty water and inadequate sanitation. To reduce this, World Vision teamed up with Sesame Street to make a new Muppet. Raya, a “six-year-old green girl” focused on WASH (water/sanitation/hygiene), joins special Muppets created for HIV, obesity, and other social issues. So far, Raya has taught 75 schools in Zambia. World Vision, which spends about $100 million on WASH annually, plans to expand Raya's hygiene curriculum into Ghana and other parts of Africa.
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The North African faithful are holding sit-ins and prayer rallies to protest a government campaign that’s shut down a third of Protestant congregations.
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Recognized for stewarding a breakthrough peace agreement with Eritrea with a “revivalist” spirit, Abiy Ahmed also helped end a historic church schism among the Orthodox.
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