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07/15/2017
Glimmer Influences Widespread Change
Glimmer
brought
together
leaders
from
our
Ethiopian
partner
organizations
for
a
week-long
workshop
to
discuss
the
unique
challenges
and
solutions
to
working
in
rural
...
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07/05/2017
Global Changemakers
This
summer
students
at
the
Austin
Tennis
Academy
are
launching
a
$100,000
campaign
to
bring
education
and
clean
water
to
children
in
rural
Ethiopia.
...
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03/22/2017
Water Overflows In Gonok
Nowhere
else
in
our
work
have
we
seen
people
come
together
to
solve
a
water
crisis
like
we
did
for
Gonok
Village.
When
others
...
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02/03/2017
Holding Up A Community
Glimmer donors rallied to raise funds for families of drought-impacted AdiKeyh Senale. Students stayed in school and communities stabilized.
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10/05/2016
Big Change for Little Birchiko
In
the
early
morning
before
school,
10-year-old
Birchiko
grabbed
her
yellow
jerry
can
and
joined
her
friends
on
the
short
walk
to
the
new
...
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09/06/2016
Progress for the People of Shoa
Six
months
ago,
a
group
of
Glimmer
staff
and
supporters
joined
villagers
in
Shoa
to
experience
their
daily
struggle
to
collect
drinking
water.
After
...
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08/04/2016
Despite Challenges, Gonok Finds a Way
We
are
so
close
to
bringing
clean
water
to
Gonok
thanks
to
the
perseverance,
creativity
and
commitment
of
the
community
and
our
local
partners.
...
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08/04/2016
Emergency Delivery Saves Mother and Son
In
a
rural
village,
Tarikua,
a
mother
of
six,
awoke
to
signs
of
labor
and
immediately
began
to
experience
complications.
After
a
difficult
night,
...
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06/22/2016
Rapid Response Saved Lives
Thanks
to
our
supporters,
Glimmer
provided
emergency
relief
in
two
communities
hardest
hit
by
the
severe
drought
in
Ethiopia.In
March,
we
launched
a
food
...
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03/08/2016
Seeing Is Believing
A
group
of
Glimmer’s
most
committed
donors
recently
visited
the
Shoa
community
for
a
firsthand
look
at
the
need
in
this
area
—
as
...
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03/01/2016
Looking Ahead to Our Next Phase of Work
With
construction
on
Year
2
projects
officially
underway,
we’re
now
shifting
our
focus
toward
raising
funds
for
the
next
phase
of
work
in
Year
...
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02/03/2016
Ethiopia Drought Now at a Critical Point
The
drought
in
Ethiopia
is
now
at
a
critical
point.
Despite
an
early
response
by
the
Ethiopian
government,
the
international
commitments
for
emergency
food
...
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