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KILI CLIMB COMES THROUGH

Rock n’ roll peakbaggers make good on fighting cancer, as Tanzania opens its first children’s cancer ward. Some charity hikes raise “awareness.” This one raised a roof. Literally. In our June 2010 story “High Note,” […]

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MHC Opens Wards for Children With Cancer

Dar Es Salaam — Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) has opened a new paediatric unit for children with cancer. The new unit is expected to reduce congestion at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), which cares for […]

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More To Live For

Event: In partnership with the Denver Film Society and Love, Hope, Strength – the Starz Denver Film Festival will present a special, one-night-only Denver Arts Week Film & Music Event at the Boettcher Concert Hall […]

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Love Hope Strength Leads To Children's Cancer Center

Love Hope Strength Foundation turns musical treks and extreme concerts into Tanzania’s First Cancer Center Dedicated to Children. When the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS) was created in 2007, its founders envisioned using the power […]

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Tumaini, Upendo, Ujasiri

On February 8, 2011 Shannon Foley, Exectuive Director of LHS, and Mike Peters, LHS co-founder and front man for the popular Welsh band, The Alarm, joined representatives of The Tanzanian Ministry of Health, Ocean Road Cancer […]

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WHO | World Cancer Day

Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. WHO estimates that 84 million people will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015 without intervention. Each year on 4 February, WHO supports International Union […]

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Sue Shaw Auction Winner

Sue Shaw is doing what she can to help in the fight against cancer. Most recently Sue purchase a quitar signed by many Aussie Rock lengends. Sue is not a quitarist but she lost her […]

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OUTDOOR RETAILER Q&A: ROCKER GRACE POTTER

BACKPACKER jumps the tour bus to talk music and the outdoors with the lead singer of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. If you’re Grace Potter, apparently the only way to follow up a Wednesday night […]