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Pink for October

The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month’s goal is to increase awareness about the importance of the early detection of breast cancer through a worldwide campaign. Through the pink ribbon, people honor survivors and loved ones, and support the progress towards defeating breast cancer.
The ribbon can be worn different ways - mostly by using it as [...]

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The deadly Mother’s club

Re-posted from mother of two.
Marie Claire magazine featured an article in its May 2007 edition about a certain mother’s club that exists in Japan. This club supposedly is composed of mothers within a community. Membership to the club is believed to be essential to one’s child’s success in school and in the community with [...]

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Are drop boxes the answer to abortion?

There is a new system that opened in a Tokyo hospital called “Stork’s Cradle”. This Catholic run hospital set up drop-boxes in the hopes of discouraging parents to abandon their children in parks, and other public places that are potentially harmful to them.
This drop-box system allows anyone to drop off their children to an [...]

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American Idol gives back: Carrie Underwood sings her heart out

The global epidemic continues to expand and infect millions of people around the world. However, alarming numbers have been recorded for South Africa. It is said that millions have died and hundreds continue to die every week. It does not help that there is a total lack of health care and education that would be [...]

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On family abandonment in the Philippines

I came across this article from Inquirer.net while researching about something that was mentioned by Katrina Legarda in our IWD celebration. It gave more insight into what I have observed in my short stay in Singapore and what has been a-buzz among my friends who are either abroad or are left behind by wives or [...]

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