tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34470939060823632492024-03-21T09:13:05.593-07:00roots and shoots, nepalan environmental and humanitory youth grouproots & shoots nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193880350194131720noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447093906082363249.post-8623516905571012552010-04-01T06:38:00.000-07:002010-04-03T01:25:53.013-07:00Animal welfare campaigners call for repatriation of dancing bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcVdXeit_7TH8Wxta1P4edWMujqNq9A5tK_yKCQXVpXMo59v3kZy5IK8Jf2OASlSeZ2v7klA1Imc3IzT_AakvAJku9PUashIN6qnxrZnvjOFyYJW0YqNHQ2X97EH79kadQ1hyS0VoN_E/s1600/DSC_0227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcVdXeit_7TH8Wxta1P4edWMujqNq9A5tK_yKCQXVpXMo59v3kZy5IK8Jf2OASlSeZ2v7klA1Imc3IzT_AakvAJku9PUashIN6qnxrZnvjOFyYJW0YqNHQ2X97EH79kadQ1hyS0VoN_E/s320/DSC_0227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrvyX96Re8uAa7nPmXh5QOIeSy3FHPUJvzip9S9wzAW-h65qvYlt1tKtPgdR-alavaGHgPWXMiYxyVowwvriPHGvJZWWH4gOzgrGZhFJA2I67lGBDpVXQx_QuH_X80XLYwgRss_JrhlY/s1600/bearrescue.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrvyX96Re8uAa7nPmXh5QOIeSy3FHPUJvzip9S9wzAW-h65qvYlt1tKtPgdR-alavaGHgPWXMiYxyVowwvriPHGvJZWWH4gOzgrGZhFJA2I67lGBDpVXQx_QuH_X80XLYwgRss_JrhlY/s200/bearrescue.jpeg" width="200" /></a><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kathmandu – March 25, 2010 - </span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Roots and Shoots Nepal and Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN) call for the repatriation of Rubina, a rescued dancing bear, back to India. According to the campaigners Nepal at the moment cannot offer the specialized care rescued dancing bears need while India has four bear rehabilitation sanctuaries. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">“Cites rules that confiscated animals that are the victim of illegal trade must be returned to their country of origin,” says CITES expert Ravi Aryal. Roots and Shoots Nepal and AWNN argue that Nepal should opt for cross-border cooperation and return rescued dancing bears to India. “India features some of the best Bear Rehabilitation Centers in the world, stretching 160 acres with all the facilities and habitat settings the rescued animals need,” argues Manoj Gautam, representative of Roots and Shoots. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">According to the rescue team members Mr. Navin Dahal and Pawan Thapa, rescued dancing bears need specialized care as they normally suffer from malnutrition, dehydration, damaged feet, gastro-intestinal disorders and worm infestations. “<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nepal</st1:place></st1:country-region> at present cannot offer such care,” according to Thapa. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Wildlife SOS, an Indian organization active in wildlife rehabilitation, has expressed a willingness to rehabilitate the bear. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">While in India dancing bears have virtually become a thing of the past, with over four hundred sloth bears being rehabilitated. In Nepal however, due to the weak implementation of CITES and wildlife provisions, around ten such bears are still active. The sloth bears are captured as cubs by Kalandars or Natyas, gypsies whose livelihood traditionally depends on bear dancing and juggling. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sloth bear cubs are snatched by poachers when they are just weeks old and witness the killing of their mothers. The majority die from trauma, dehydration, starvation or all three. Those who survive are subjected to brutal training methods which include piercing their muzzles and threading it with a coarse rope; standing them on hot coals and hitting their feet with sticks to make them "dance". Before they reach a year old, their teeth are knocked out with a hammer -- with no anesthesia.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Sloth bears are classified as ‘vulnerable’ by IUCN and all international trade in them is prohibited. As they are poached widely for their gall bladders, believed to have medicinal qualities, the sloth bear population is expected to decline by more than 10 percent in the next ten years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YIeEjYQUo4UHfAKL4Hdupo-A7GK_HRDLO6ox1Ho8Devu9ddFnmt5t_SjsEnQuZjXcxm1rp3lewlfirE3I2jjhOpMVBGCZS_CLG6BnrF-q2y8Fj39oJVgB_dngFQF0dmWp8jIfn3pmzM/s1600/DSC_0314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YIeEjYQUo4UHfAKL4Hdupo-A7GK_HRDLO6ox1Ho8Devu9ddFnmt5t_SjsEnQuZjXcxm1rp3lewlfirE3I2jjhOpMVBGCZS_CLG6BnrF-q2y8Fj39oJVgB_dngFQF0dmWp8jIfn3pmzM/s320/DSC_0314.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">On 16<sup>th</sup> March, 2010 Roots & Shoots Nepal with the support of Wildlife SOS India rescued Rubina, a female adult sloth bear at Arunkhola, Nawalparasi. While her owners were arrested, the bear was handed over to Warden of Chitwan National Park. Rubina is kept at the National Park office until her fate is decided upon. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The facility where Rubina is currently being held is substandard. The bear enclosure at the only alternative location, the Kathmandu Zoo, fails any international standard. As a result, three out of four zoo bears have died in the near past. “If Rubina is not repatriated to India we fear for her life,” says Gautam. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Earlier this month the Nepalese and Indian Ministries meet to design a functional cross-boundary mechanism to curb wildlife trade. Roots & Shoots and AWNN believe that the repatriation of animals such as Rubina will be a good start to show how cross-border cooperation can save animal lives and curb the poaching of protected wildlife in the region.</span></b></div>roots & shoots nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193880350194131720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447093906082363249.post-15573874734978446582010-02-28T23:23:00.000-08:002010-03-02T02:29:53.965-08:00Roots & Shoots Nepal Appeals to Authorities to Save Last Remaining Population of Vultures in Nepal.<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kathmandu</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, 28<sup>th</sup> Feb</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVl8gWxmXZxpzn9hlqCh0zeMqq8zcaOEJDowP6HPMAvtEQHufWiQACaY0NoG94pZ-WgSnVH6DQW3JKb2qlPLG7HdCKrSEK8C0oFyjkTtQREjvm-eg77x7yHNXQs93_R_XKLYg7BtGQSZA/s1600-h/new+vulture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVl8gWxmXZxpzn9hlqCh0zeMqq8zcaOEJDowP6HPMAvtEQHufWiQACaY0NoG94pZ-WgSnVH6DQW3JKb2qlPLG7HdCKrSEK8C0oFyjkTtQREjvm-eg77x7yHNXQs93_R_XKLYg7BtGQSZA/s320/new+vulture.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">After the tragic incident where 14 individuals of rare species of vultures died after consuming poisoned dog carcass, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roots</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">&</st1:state> <st1:state w:st="on">Shoots</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place> appeals to the concerned authorities to take immediate action to save the last remaining population of vultures in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">On the 25<sup>th</sup> of February, a team of conservationists from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roots</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">&</st1:state> <st1:state w:st="on">Shoots</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place> visited Anandban VDC of Rupandehi District to investigate the suspicious death of 14 individuals of rare species of vultures. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">The team, after investigation, found out that the vultures died after consuming a poisoned dog carcass. “The poison used for killing the dog has a strong lethal toxin that caused immediate on-spot death of the magnificent birds”, reports Mr. Mahesh Sharma, from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roots</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">&</st1:state> <st1:state w:st="on">Shoots</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">“The open import, random distribution and haphazard sales of any category of toxins that come in many forms of pesticides, insecticides, and chemicals for other purpose have been a serious threat to the environment, ecosystem and animals” said Mr. Manoj Gautam of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roots</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">&</st1:state> <st1:state w:st="on">Shoots</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">“The case of the poisoned dog and the loss of the vultures is one out of many cases which go under notice of concerned bodies everyday and the government seriously needs to work on bringing a mechanism to check and abate the reckless sales and use of toxins in the country”, Gautam added.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Happy Flight Group, Nawalparasi, established under the umbrella of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roots</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">&</st1:state> <st1:state w:st="on">Shoots</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 2005 has been striving for the conservation of the vultures all these years. From 3 nests in the first year to 21 today, the group with its pioneering step of running Vulture Restaurant locally has brought a significant change in the local population of vultures. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This is a huge loss for us and has seriously hampered our effort of years, this makes me feel how vulnerable our system is and that there is a long way to go. We are more determined to struggle to achieve what we plan for the vultures but there is a serious role for the government authorities to play, facilitating us in our tireless effort, stated Mr. Dilli Ram Chaudhary, president, Happy Flight Group. Happy Flight Group is the Nawalparasi branch of Roots & Shoots, Nepal committed in Vulture Conservation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoykh5AJCXKQHpw_281h19zIbYODe_coLTIu9e4x_qc8oJx9JQG0UZBWhl_5ioQXGIXzRBBhRJ1gOQaAFEbE8QxaY0LLB4LSW18Iz9x1GnNZ_m0etnazx7pMC7ZpR5hNQ4Q_IPfjpCAw/s1600-h/DSC_0644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoykh5AJCXKQHpw_281h19zIbYODe_coLTIu9e4x_qc8oJx9JQG0UZBWhl_5ioQXGIXzRBBhRJ1gOQaAFEbE8QxaY0LLB4LSW18Iz9x1GnNZ_m0etnazx7pMC7ZpR5hNQ4Q_IPfjpCAw/s320/DSC_0644.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">“Vultures being the most seriously declining species of bird, ever, require high conservation priority. With their unique scavenging skills they help to maintain ecological balance, keeping diseases and epidemic outbreaks away. Vultures being magnificent birds yet rare lately have growing tourist attraction. Roots & Shoots, Nepal that runs vulture based eco-trips in the Basa-basahi area of Nawalparasi has seen a great deal of growing interest of tourists in it which has already started helping the vultures as well as the local people. This holds a great value as currently the country looks upon the Tourist Year 2011. This also makes vultures not only ecologically but also economically important”, stated Mahesh Sharma.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">We urge government authorities, all concerned Conservation and animal welfare organizations, activists, animal lovers and individuals from intellectual communities to discourage the open import, random distribution, haphazard sales and reckless use of toxins and to facilitate groups like <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roots</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">&</st1:state> <st1:state w:st="on">Shoots</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place> in addressing the plight of vultures and several other threatened wildlife species.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For more details contact:<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">rootsandshootsnepal@gmail.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is Roots & Shoots?</span><br />
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Roots & Shoots® engages and inspires youth through community service and service learning. Founded by famous Primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall, this global program emphasizes the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action. All Roots & Shoots groups show care and concern in three areas: the human community, animals, and the environment. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Mission</span><br />
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To foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs, and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, animals, and the environment.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Goals</span><br />
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<ul><li>To implement positive change through active learning about, caring for, and interacting with the environmen.</li>
<li> To demonstrate care and concern for all animals. </li>
<li>To enhance understanding among individuals of different cultures, ethnic groups, religions, socio-economic levels, and nations through our global communications network. </li>
<li>To help young people develop self-respect, confidence in themselves, and hope for the future. </li>
<li>To make the youths and children of the present days feel that they have some responsibility towards their community and surrounding environment..</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our History</span><br />
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The Roots & Shoots program began when 16 students gathered with Dr. Goodall on her front porch in Dar e Salaam, Tanzania in 1991. The students were fascinated by animal behavior and concerned about the state of the environment. But their schools didn’t cover these topics. The students wondered if they could further these interests through out-of-school activities. Their conversation ranged from how to help chimpanzees to how their actions might affect their communities. The sixteen returned to their schools with a task: find other interested young people and take action. And so the Roots & Shoots program was born. Since then, Roots & Shoots has spread rapidly. More than 7,500 groups – ranging in size from two to 2,000 – have registered in more than 90 countries.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Nepal, it was formed in 2003 when six dedicated youths joined their hands with the concept of Dr. Jane Goodall.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“It’s not just a homework assignment; it’s a wonderful program.” – Renee Gunther, director of middle school choice/initiatives, Bronx, NY<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Whether you are starting a new group at an elementary, middle or high school, looking for ways to build service learning into your lesson plans or starting an after-school club, the flexible Roots & Shoots ® model can work for you. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Service learning and community service projects are at the heart of Roots & Shoots in schools. We encourage teachers to use our knowledge-compassion-action learning model. Roots & Shoots also fosters connections between students and their communities and young people of different cultural and religious backgrounds.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Knowledge</span><br />
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Knowledge and understanding are the basis of responsible action. The more students know about their communities, the better they can judge what needs to be done. A high level of community knowledge also wins the respect of community members. We encourage groups to survey their communities to develop ideas for service projects and learn about root causes of problems. Here are three tools we offer groups to get started:<br />
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Care and compassion are the engines of your project. Concern and a desire to make a difference energize students to tackle problems around them. The Roots & Shoots program has created a structure to help students stay involved and a system to reward students for caring.<br />
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Action is the result of your students’ learning and planning. At all grade levels, Roots & Shoots school groups take action through projects that show care and concern for people, animals, and the environment. In addition to the R&S Coordinator’s Manual mailed to you upon joining, we offer a variety of online tools and information to help groups at the “Action” stage:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Connection</span><br />
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Roots & Shoots fosters connections in so many ways—among students, families, and between youth and communities, animals, and the environment. Our Roots & Shoots network provides opportunities to connect with other concerned individuals at the local, regional, national and even global level.<br />
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