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UPDATED: 07 Jan 2009 GMT
  • Ambassador James McGee Diplomacy Award for US Ambassador to Zimbabwe

    Ambassador James D. McGee received the 2008 Diplomacy for Freedom Award for his extraordinary commitment to promoting democracy and defending human rights in Zimbabwe. The award was presented by Secretary of State Rice on Monday at a function held annually to mark International Human Rights Day in Washington, DC.

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  • Teenagers at the Building Bridges Camp Building Bridges Camp

    The week-long “Building Bridges Camp” gave 63 teenagers from English Access Microscholarship programs in South Africa and Mozambique an intensive language experience where, for the first time in their lives, English was truly the language of communication.

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  • Children from a safe house Trafficking and Recent Sexual Offences Legislation

    Professor Susan Kreston met with officials and activists who deal with the sexual exploitation of women and children. The main thrust of her program was to explain the new Sexual Offences Act which can be invoked to prosecute human trafficking offences. Her program supported the 16 days of Activism and Human Rights Day

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