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World Service,24 Jan 2015,26 mins

Humanitarian Instinct

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We meet an activist-turned-aid worker from Homs, and learn about the perils of doing humanitarian work in Syria. And, we visit a US-funded housing development in Haiti called Village la Difference. Plus, language barriers in Kenya and the effort by Translators without Borders to break those barriers down. Meals on wheels in India versus Meals on Wheels in America. And grabbing a latte at Meow Parlour, New York City’s very first cat café. (Photo: A Syrian aid worker who asked that her identity not be revealed. Credit: PRI’s The World)

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