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By: Jared Ferrie on Jul 17, 2009
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On a flat, dry plain, to the side of the highway, thousands of tents were lined up in neat rows with mountains hovering in the distance. Many of the 2.5 million people displaced by Pakistan's war against the Taliban had taken refuge in official camps like this one in Swabi. more...
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By: Jared Ferrie on Apr 11, 2009
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The streets of Phnom Penh are bustling with tourists. It's no surprise that so many people are drawn to Cambodia's capital -- it is a backpacker's paradise of Buddhist temples and crumbling colonial-era buildings. But behind Cambodia's charm lies a dark history.
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Chris Burrell lives with his son in East Boston, Massachusetts. A freelance radio and television producer, he has contributed work to WGBH and WBUR and to the shows, Here & Now and The Takeaway. He was a staff writer for the Vineyard Gazette and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer.
Chris' recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.
Ruxandra Guidi is an independent journalist working in radio, print, and multimedia. She's based in Austin, TX, and reports regularly from the Caribbean, and both South and Central America. 
Amelia De Sousa is a journalist based in Haiti. After winning a Fulbright Fellowship to Haiti in 2003 to study mass media and HIV prevention, Amelia started an independent film company to create educational materials for grassroots organizations working in social change. When the government collapsed a year later, Amelia started freelance radio reporting for major broadcasters like National Public Radio, the BBC, and CNN. She has been happy to report for World Vision Report since January of 2006. 
Carla Seidl is a singer-songwriter, writer, and independent radio producer currently serving as a Girls' Education and Empowerment volunteer with the Peace Corps in Togo. To find out more about her work, music, and other travel adventures, please visit CarlaSeidl.com.
Gretchen L. Wilson is based in Johannesburg, and reports throughout the continent on globalization, power and money. Her work has appeared on Marketplace, The World, Slate, the BBC, CBC, and in The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press. Gretchen is also the co-author of From Dust to Diamonds: Stories of South African Social Entrepreneurs (2007). Her Web site is www.gretchenlwilson.com.