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Burma: Light and hope amid brutality

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Women religious … represent one of the many bright spots of the Catholic presence in Burma. But all too often repression at the hands of a brutal dictatorship obscures these rays of light and hope. (National Catholic Reporter)


KOMISO

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KOMISO, or the Korean Missionary Society is a Church-related NGO that works with the poor in Cambodia, providing vocational training and a baby day care center.


What can Myanmar refugee kids dream about?

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Bishop Joseph Phibul Visitnonthachai of Nakhon Sawan in Thailand has been executive director of the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR) since 1998. (Panithan Kitsakul, ucanews.com)


‘Sex vs God’ in the Philippines

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Armin Luistro is embroiled in a fierce debate between church and state. As the Philippines education secretary, it’s his job to steer government plans to introduce sex education into elementary and high schools in the predominantly Catholic nation. (Jennee Grace U Rubrico, Asia Times Online)


Video - Redemptorist School for the Deaf

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A video by the Thai Redemptorists featuring a school the order runs for deaf children.


Film Review - The Karate Kid

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It is 26 years since the original Karate Kid was released starring Ralph Macchio as the young lad trained in the arts of defence by Mr Miyagi, played by Pat Morita. (Fr Peter Malone MSC, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting)

This time, our hero is not so much the karate kid as The Kung [...]


Manila coin collection feeds poor youngsters

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A project by Manila archdiocese to collect coins for the poor is now feeding school children around the country and funding education, housing, micro-finance and other enterprises. (Pinky Choudhury, ucanews.com)
Pondo ng Pinoy (Filipino Fund) started in 2004 when Catholics in Manila felt they needed to something about “the poverty and homelessness around us,” recalled Cardinal [...]


Villamaria

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Villamaria is a kindergarten and nursery operated by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


Video - School for the blind, Pattaya

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Featuring the Redemptorist School for Blind Student, Pattaya, Thailand, offering a glimpse at what it does and the children it serves.


Bahay Tuluyan

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Bahay Tuluyan is a non-profit organisation working with children in need of special protection (CNSP) in the Philippines. It provides “alternative education” - something the site explains further - and social services for children in Manila, Laguna and Quezon, Philippines.


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